Guardiola: “We have to win the Champions League if we want to take the next step”

The Manchester City coach gave an interview to UEFA’s official website, Pep Guardiolaa few days before the big final of the Champions League, where his team will face Inter!

The Catalan coach said that Europe’s top club competition has offered him more than he could have imagined, spoke about the difference between ambition and greed, while stressing that City must climb to the top of Europe if they are to take the next step as great club.

What the Manchester City coach said in detail:



“I’ve reached the semi-finals of the Champions League ten times, I’ve been in three finals, I’ve won two. Now, it’s the fourth time I’ve come this far. This event has given me so much more than I could have imagined. If my life ended now, I would have won the trophy once as a footballer and twice as a coach.”

“Football gives you, but it also takes things away from you. Life is unfair, but what was unfair to me, seems fair to Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid or Barcelona. So is. We always want more and that is wrong. You must be ambitious, but not greedy. The Champions League has given me many bad moments, which hurt me a lot and will forever be in my mind. But it also gave me many beautiful ones. That’s life and sports”.

On whether his job will be judged by whether he wins the Champions League with City: “It’s unfair, but we have to accept it. We have to accept that if we want to take the next step as a great club, we have to get to the top of Europe. We have to win the Champions League, we can’t avoid it”.

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