Pep Guardiola sees Real Madrid with great respect: “He is the king of the competition”

Manchester City drew goalless with Atlético de Madrid, in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, and the result was enough to advance to the semifinals. Once the goal was reached, the ‘Citizens’ coach, Pep Guardiola, highlighted the great work of ‘Aleti’, led by Diego Simeone.

“He is the champion of Spain. He couldn’t expect anything else. In the first part, we have been good. And in the second, they have squeezed us well and we have forgotten to play. They’ve put a lot of pressure on us and it couldn’t be, but we’re in the semi-finals, it’s the third time in our history. Last year we were there and it is an incredible success for us”declared Guardiola, for Movistar +.

“They squeezed us a lot, you defend the result, you don’t know whether to attack, we had problems. We are not a good team without the ball. I give much more credit to what Atlético de Madrid did”. added the Catalan, who led the English team to the semifinals of the competition for the second consecutive season.

Guardiola did not spare praise for the red and white team, which Manchester City defeated 1-0 in the first leg, at the Etihad Stadium, last week.

“Atletico de Madrid was brilliant. I didn’t like defending myself like that in the second half at all, but we had no choice. We have been bad and they have been very good. Here, at the Wanda Metropolitano, as I experienced it when I played at the Vicente Calderón, when the team has its moments, this stadium, these people, it is that it is unstoppable “Pep said.

Finally, the former coach of Barcelona and Bayern Munich referred to Real Madrid, his team’s next rival in Europe’s most important club tournament. “He is the king of the competition, we will try to be at a good level to be able to compete with them and we will see what happens. Let’s see how we get there. We come from three very tough games against Liverpool. We have many games. People are starting to get very tired. The demand is very great.” sentenced.