Guardiola underscores his desire to win the Champions League: “I really want it”

The technician of manchester city, Pep Guardiola gave a press conference this Monday, the 10th, the eve of the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munchen. On the occasion, the commander highlighted his desire to win the competition again, after more than 10 years.

“I really want to win this competition. It’s an honor to be here against an elite club like Bayern Munich. This question has been asked since I arrived here, in every season. We tried in the past years, but we face teams that also want that. My ambition is to live that, again and again. We’ll try all the time, but that doesn’t mean we’ll win“, said Pep.

Afterwards, the coach also commented on the good phase that his team is going through, coming from exciting performances and defeats in the last matches. According to Guardiola, this does not interfere at all in Champions League knockouts, which require a high level of attention throughout the game.

“In this competition it’s not about how you are in the league or in the national cups. What counts is how you perform at the specific moment. You need to be perfect on time“, he completed. Also at the press conference, captain Ruben Dias spoke about the ambition of the teams, and said that it would be a key part in the classification.

Living his seventh season for the Manchester team, Guardiola is still looking for the continental title, which is the club’s biggest goal since he was bought. During the period, the coach took the team to its first final, lost to chelseaand tries to repeat the feat, this time, to take the cup.