ManCity coach is warned after the first leg: this YB force makes Guardiola think

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At the so-called MD-1 press conference, i.e. “Match Day minus one”, Pep Guardiola seemed tired. Rated? Maybe. But how does he end the fifteen minutes with the journalists? ‘We’re so busy here. I haven’t had time to watch the Young Boys game on Saturday. Luckily I still have Tuesday morning.” And you can be sure: He will do it.

Earlier it was about Erling Haaland, who had to leave during halftime on Saturday because he suffered an ankle injury. Overloaded. Will he be fit? “Yesterday he told me he felt much better. But it all depends on the afternoon training,” says the boss. At least the first fifteen minutes of this training, which is open to journalists, revealed: Haaland sprints like a young rabbit.

“This club was so successful!”

He doesn’t want to say too much about some questions. For example, after the one about what is the secret to winning all home games. City did that in 2023 and extended that record on Saturday with a 6-1 win over Bournemouth. “No idea. We don’t think about that. We just always try to win the next match. But of course you feel more comfortable at home. You know the size of the wardrobe. We are aware of the good experiences we have had in recent years. But at some point we will lose or draw a match. So it is an extraordinary situation.”

Of course he wants to close the bag on Tuesday. «We have the chance to qualify early with a win. Then we continue in February. The fact that we have won all three games so far speaks for our consistency. Because in the end we have always succeeded in that. It started with Roberto Mancini. Things continued with Manuel Pellegrini. The club has been so incredibly successful in recent years!”

Pep doesn’t want to know anything about little YB

Now it’s about good preparation for the match against YB, because: “After the Bernese equalizer, we had a lot of problems in the first leg. They were very strong in the transition game. Every time we lost the ball, they went powerful on the counter-attack and gave us problems at the back. We hardly had second balls. We have to adjust some things that were not right in the first game. And then hopefully we can get the job done.”

That shows that there is no such thing as underestimating Guardiola. “I never underestimate an opponent in the Champions League. Also when people say: ‘Wuh…’ He makes a gesture with his hand that symbolizes derogation. “I have great, great respect.”

Everyone says that. But living before and after is something different. Guardiola does that.

Source : Blick