Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City, confirmed that the provisions will be called based on his success in achieving the European Champions League title (Champions League).
The Spanish coach led the “Citizens” team to crown the local championships, since he assumed technical duties in 2016, but the title of the Champions League eluded him, despite reaching the final match in 2021.
Guardiola answered the journalists’ question, whether his success was related to the European Champions League, saying: “I will certainly be judged in that tournament, absolutely yes.”
And he added in the press conference preceding the Manchester City and Leipzig match: “Because from the first day of my arrival here and in my first match in the Champions League, they told me you are here to win the Champions League, and that was the moment I arrived and sat here for the first time.”
He continued by saying: “I said what?..if I were a Real Madrid coach (that would not happen) I would understand that, but here I do not know, but I accept it, so no matter what you are going through, the matter will not change, yes, absolutely.”
Guardiola is preparing to lead the “Citizens” against German Leipzig, as the two teams meet on Tuesday evening, on the grounds of the Etihad Stadium, in the second leg of the round of 16, and the first-leg confrontation ended with a positive tie result 1/1.
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