Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, has argued that his team will be the outsider if they face either against Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the play-offs of the Champions League.
City’s miserable form in competition this season had the club Brugge defeated on the last matchday to book a place in the play-offs. After a fear in the first half, they ultimately made easy work on the Belgian side to take the 22nd place in the overall ranking.
Her reward for this victory is a play-off difference against Madrid or Bavaria, whose own European fights she took 11th and 12th place.
“Going to the Bayern Munich or Real Madrid will be really tough,” Guardiola admitted. “But it will be in two weeks and in two weeks we have a few players back, the new commitments back, so we can play two good games.
“They are better than we are at the moment, both, but I don’t know what will happen in the next two weeks. Ruben [Dias] and Nathan [Ake] are back, Jeremy [Doku]Oscar [Bobb]New signs … If everyone comes back, we can compete. “
On the other side of things, while one of Madrid or Bayern City faces, the other will end with a play-off tie against the Scottish side Celtic.
“We have to wait for the draw when we get the city, it will of course be more complicated,” said Madrid Manager Carlo Ancelotti. “We are happy and pleased, it is a shame not to have woken up earlier in this competition.
“City is more likely to win the Champions League [than Celtic]. It is a fact. We don’t like to play against you. There will be a tie and whatever comes. Not many changes: To win the Champions League, you have to beat the biggest teams. “