Carlo Ancelotti
Real MadridPep Guardiola
Manchester City
Meeting Highlights...ABOUT MATCH
It is a very attractive match. Two teams are playing that are not similar, because each one has its characteristics, but they are teams with a lot of individual quality on the field. We will see a very nice match, on a technical level. We think we are superior in some aspects and they in others. We will see the superiority after 180 minutes. Whoever wins the tie will be superior.
...LAST YEARS MATCH
We played without courage and without personality, which are fundamental aspects in this type of match. On the return we lacked that. Obviously there was also a lack of football in some situations of the game. It was not only a mental problem, but also a technical one. They put a lot of pressure on us from above and we did not look for alternative solutions. These are things we want to avoid in this tie.
...BELLINGHAM
He is having a very good season in the area. Physically he is very strong and is helping us a lot in the defensive aspects and up front to create spaces and offer mobility. He is very mature. He is only 20 years old, but he is very professional, very serious and humble. He did not surprise us as a player, but he did surprise us as a person, because for his age his head is very well furnished.
Carlo Ancelotti
Manager on Real Madrid...ABOUT MATCH
It is a very attractive match. Two teams are playing that are not similar, because each one has its characteristics, but they are teams with a lot of individual quality on the field. We will see a very nice match, on a technical level. We think we are superior in some aspects and they in others. We will see the superiority after 180 minutes. Whoever wins the tie will be superior.
...LAST YEARS MATCH
We played without courage and without personality, which are fundamental aspects in this type of match. On the return we lacked that. Obviously there was also a lack of football in some situations of the game. It was not only a mental problem, but also a technical one. They put a lot of pressure on us from above and we did not look for alternative solutions. These are things we want to avoid in this tie.
...BELLINGHAM
He is having a very good season in the area. Physically he is very strong and is helping us a lot in the defensive aspects and up front to create spaces and offer mobility. He is very mature. He is only 20 years old, but he is very professional, very serious and humble. He did not surprise us as a player, but he did surprise us as a person, because for his age his head is very well furnished.
Pep Guardiola
Manager on Manchester City...ABOUT TEAM
First I would say as a club there was a sense of relief. We made a lot of good things but always in the press conferences it was ‘you arrived seven years ago but you didn’t win the Champions League, you have to win the Champions League otherwise you would not complete the job. Always I tried to reject it because this competition is so difficult.
...ABOUT SEMI-FINAL
I would say we are a little bit more than one decade flying in Europe. Before we did not fly in Europe. Now we are a club who face this type of competition with the best teams of the world. But it is no more than one decade and a decade is not enough. Even now, to compete again, is experience for the future of our club.
...TO THE FINAL
People say once we have won it, it’s done. No. Absolutely not. It’s not like elite clubs like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, for example, the big, big clubs who for 40, 50, 60, 70 years play in this competition. We are, in terms of history, new. But we have a sense of ‘okay, we did it’. And of course if we did it once, we can do it again.