Man City proved their unstoppable strength when they defeated Real Madrid 4-0 in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final. Coach Pep Guardiola has appeared in the Champions League final four times.
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| Coach Pep Guardiola (in black shirt) congratulates his Man City players. (Source: BBC) |
Coach Pep Guardiola and Man City have the opportunity to win 3 titles in the 2022/23 season
The 4-0 victory over Real Madrid at Etihad Stadium in the early morning of May 18 (Vietnam time) helped Man City win the right to play in the Champions League final against Inter Milan.
The Etihad Stadium team is facing a great opportunity to win a historic treble this season (including Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League).
In addition to meeting Inter Milan in the Champions League final, Man City will face neighboring rivals Man Utd in the FA Cup final.
This weekend, if they win against Chelsea, coach Pep Guardiola's team will also win the Premier League two rounds early.
Coach Pep Guardiola talks about Man City's chance to win a historic treble this season: "Of course we have a great opportunity. The players can imagine winning a treble this season.
They have a feeling success is coming, that's normal. We have three more games in the Premier League. We can absolutely win the title."
Sharing about the 4-0 victory over Real Madrid in the second leg of the semi-final, the Spanish strategist said that he and the whole team felt very relieved after "fairly paying the debt" of losing bitterly to their opponents last season.
"We are in a good mood right now. I feel like we had a painful year with what happened last season, but today everything has disappeared. Last season people said we lacked character, now we are showing how special we are.
I have told my players many times that we just need to be ourselves to get to the final match. From the first minute, I had the feeling that the match would belong to us.
I don't feel nervous or stressed, I know for sure that we are ready to produce the best performance," coach Pep Guardiola expressed.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti admits Man City deserved victory
Meanwhile, coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted that Real Madrid lost "convincingly" to Man City.
Coach Ancelotti affirmed: "We played against an opponent who deserved to win. They played with more intensity, had more quality in attack and took advantage of their opportunities."
Outstanding achievements of coach Pep Guardiola in the Champions League
Man City booked their place in the final with a 5-1 aggregate win over two legs. The first leg at the Bernabeu ended in a 1-1 draw.
This is the second time Man City have reached the Champions League final, in 2021 they lost 0-1 to Chelsea in the final also under coach Guardiola.
Coach Pep Guardiola became the strategist to win the right to play in the second most Champions League finals in history, along with Sir Alex Ferguson, Jurgen Klopp and Marcello Lippi.
He is the 5th coach to have reached the final of the most prestigious tournament in Europe 4 times. The leader of this list is coach Carlo Ancelotti with 5 times.
In addition, coach Pep Guardiola also became the coach who eliminated Real Madrid the most times in the Champions League (3 times, twice before he led Barcelona). Behind the Man City strategist are Ottmar Hitzfeld and Marcelo Lippi (both twice).
Guardiola also became the third coach to win 100 victories in the Champions League after Sir Alex and Carlo Ancelotti.
If Man City beat Inter Milan in the final on June 11, Pep Guardiola will win the Champions League for the third time in his career as a coach.
The previous two times, coach Guardiola brought Barcelona to the Champions League final in 2009 and 2011 and both times they beat Man Utd.
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