Alaba: “It will be nice to see Pep again, but this time it’s about annoying him”

real Madrid Y Manchester City will meet on Tuesday, April 26 for the first semifinal of the Champions League at the Etihad Stadium. And David Alaba, who was directed by Pep Guardiola when he was in Bayern Munich, he referred to the Spanish technical director and what will be experienced in said match.

“Lately we haven’t had contact but it will be nice to see Pep again. We had a wonderful time together at Bayern but the point this time is to screw it up.”declared the Austrian for Sport Bild.

Let us remember that Alaba was managed by Guardiola between 2013 and 2016, he won the Bundesliga three times and the German Cup twice. However, the pending debt was to lift the Champions League trophy.

Later, he referred to his rival in Champions: “It’s two games against an extremely strong opponent. We have to prepare perfectly. But naturally our goal is to get to the final and if you get it, it’s clear that you also want to win it “he declared.

Finally, he gave details of how Madrid’s hard-fought qualification to the semifinal was after almost being eliminated by Chelsea at the Santiago Bernabéu: “It was madness. We knew that Chelsea were going to press from the start. They did it very well. But even after the third goal we didn’t stop believing in ourselves and we didn’t give up. I think we have shown this season what we are capable of dealing with situations like this”.