Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola has responded to his Atletico Madrid counterpart Diego Simeone over his intelligence comment.
Whereas he did not point out Guardiola, Simeone accused the Spaniard of ‘praising him with contempt one thing that the Manchester Metropolis boss did not need to get entangled in.
“I’ve solely ever had good phrases to say about him. He can play nevertheless he needs, in fact. I’d by no means say in any other case. All I mentioned was that it is extremely onerous. They usually understand how to do this higher than anybody on this planet. Don’t be mistaken, I by no means criticized Atlético,” mentioned Guardiola.
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On the sport, Guardiola added: “They pushed us again, we forgot find out how to play. That’s to their credit score.
We’re celebrating going by means of however after that second half, we may very well be out. We have been in large, large bother. That they had possibilities to attain, however they didn’t in the long run.”
With the draw on Wednesday evening, Metropolis progressed to the semis on a 1-0 combination rating and can now face Actual Madrid with the primary leg going down on the twenty sixth of April.