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Pep Guardiola made some surprising comments after the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals on Friday.
It’s a clash at the top of Europe between the two highest-rated seeds on the continent. An early final which will pit the last two winners of the Champions League against each other. Once again – for the third edition in a row – Real Madrid and Manchester City will meet in a double header in the knockout stage.
The draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, carried out on Friday in Nyon (Switzerland), designated this dream poster. Called to react immediately, Pep Guardiola preferred to use humor to evoke an opponent he knows like the back of his hand.
Guardiola laughs yellow
“ Now we don’t have another option (laughs)said the Catalan, laughing yellow. It seems like it’s a bit of a tradition now, playing three years in a row against the kings of the competition because they have won the Champions League 14 times. But it’s like that. I hope we will arrive in good shape, there are still a few weeks before the first match in Madrid. We will see“.
As a reminder, Real Madrid eliminated Manchester City in the semi-finals during the 2021-22 edition, for which they were crowned. The English champions took their revenge the following year, notably inflicting a correction on the Merengue (4-0) on the return leg, before climbing to the top of Europe.
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