Manchester Metropolis head coach Pep Guardiola has moved to disclose his appreciation for the efforts of Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid, en path to being despatched packing from the Champions League in midweek.
Atlético had been after all condemned to their newest devastating exit from European competitors on Wednesday night time.
After welcoming arch rivals Actual Madrid to the Metropolitano, the Rojiblancos secured a 1-0 2nd leg victory throughout 120 minutes, sending the tie to a penalty shootout.
When all was mentioned and performed, although, it was the guests who held their nerve from 12 yards, advancing to the Champions League’s quarter-finals because of this.
This got here by the use of a controversial sequence of occasions, which noticed Julián Álvarez’s efficiently transformed spot-kick dominated out by VAR for a double contact of the ball.
And one particular person who’s evidently of the opinion that Atlético had been altogether laborious performed by comes within the type of the aforementioned Pep Guardiola.
Drawn on this week’s Madrid Derby throughout his newest press convention on Friday, Spanish tactician Guardiola defined:
“Within the Champions League, as was the case with Julián Álvarez and Atlético Madrid, the bottom line is the margins. Are you able to think about lacking out on the Champions League for that purpose?
“Atlético Madrid had been sensible on the Bernabéu, sensible of their model of play towards Actual Madrid, who’ve all the time been an unbelievable membership on this competitors. However take a look at the choice; you can be judged, season after season, whether or not good or dangerous, by these particulars.”
Conor Laird – GSFN