Guardiola opened the game on how Atletico Madrid played in the Champions League and received a strong reverse; check out the controversy!
O Manchester City won the Madrid’s athletic at Champions League by 1 to 0 and guardiola drew attention when talking about the way rivals played. After the final whistle, the coach of the English team gave a press conference, said that the Spaniards played in 5-5-0 and the way he approached the subject irritated Kokecaptain of the Colchoneros.
Guardiola’s speech about Atlético de Madrid came during his analysis of the game. According to him it will always be difficult to score goals in a scheme with two lines of five. Atleti’s stance surprised the Catalan coach and the Manchester City captain ended up granting an impact sentence in relation to the Champions League quarter-final clash.
CHANNEL – ATHLETISTIC:
It was a very disputed, difficult game. They are masters defending all together. We thought they would play a 5-3-2, but soon he adjusted to a 5-5-0. Whether in prehistory, today or 100,000 years from now, it will always be difficult to attack against a 5-5-0, there are no spaces”, said
Pep Guardiola also highlighted the physical difference between his players and those of Atlético de Madrid: “They are strong and knots are small and light, it’s a matter of being patient. I told my players that we were fine. I believe that in Madrid we will have a game similar to the one after we scored the first goal“.
After Pep Guardiola’s statements, Koke seems to have been irritated by the “prehistoric” part. The Atletico Madrid captain used social media to respond to the rival and was very uncomfortable with what the Manchester City coach said about the performance of his squad throughout the quarter-finals.
Passionate about its history since prehistory. Proud to be Athletic“, posted Koke on his social networks about Pep Guardiola’s statement about Atletico Madrid’s stance in the Champions League quarterfinals.
Source: sportbuzz
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