Coach Pep Guardiola is worried that Man City will not recover in time when meeting Real Madrid again
Both Man City and Real Madrid have perfect momentum before rematch in the second leg of the semi-finals Champions League at 2 a.m. on the morning of May 5, but coach Pep Guardiola is concerned that the home team will not be able to recover in time.
Accordingly, Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-0 late at 30/4 to be crowned champion La Liga 35th time in history, then right after that Man City also beat Leeds 4-0 to regain the top of the English Premier League first Liverpool.
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However, despite the easy victory, coach Pep Guardiola assessed: “Man City will have difficulties. We need the best recovery, and then go to the Bernabeu to fight Real Madrid. That’s all”.
In the first leg, Man City beat Real Madrid 4-3 after leading 2-0, then 3-1 and 4-2, but let the opponent shorten the score at the end of the match to rekindle hope. Although still holding the upper hand, the second leg at the Bernabeu, which has just witnessed the Spanish Royal team win the 35th La Liga championship in history, promises to make Pep Guardiola’s army not easily maintain its advantage.
The fear of coach Pep Guardiola has a reason, because Real Madrid in the win against Espanyol to win La Liga kept most of the pillars on the bench such as Benzema, Vinicius, Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy, Toni Kroos and Federico Valverde. Coach Ancelotti only uses Modric and Camavingabefore in the second half when the score was arranged to bring Benzema, Kroos and Vinicius on to the field to maintain the feeling of preparing to fight Man City again.
Meanwhile, Man City only took care of De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez, while Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling, Rodri and Ruben Dias all played because they needed a win to reclaim the top of the table from Liverpool in the tense English Premier League title race. After the victory over Leeds, “Green Man” also suffered a loss when midfielder Nathan Ake was injured.
However, what coach Pep Guardiola is most worried about for Man City is that the physical condition of many key players is not at its best, due to playing highly competitive matches in the Premier League, while Real Madrid is obviously more comfortable because the La Liga championship is in hand when playing Espanyol.
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