“Luck for us to win the Bernabeu, and everyone knows it, it would be … I don't know if it reaches 1 % or roughly, but it's minimal. This is how Pep Guardiola presented the chances of his Manchester City team last Saturday to snatch the qualification in the knockout stages of the Champions League against Real Madrid. An assertion to which Carlo Ancelotti reacted on Tuesday.
And for the Real coach, his Mancunian counterpart is in the middle of a liar poker. Besides, there is no question for him to fall into such a coarse trap. “He doesn't think a word. »» And the Italian to indicate to the journalists present at a press conference, that he would ask the question to Pep Guardiola himself: “I will ask him before the meeting tomorrow (Wednesday): 'Do you really think you only have 1% chance of going?'“”
A big one will fall
For Carlo Ancelotti, reality is very different. While his team won last week in England on the 3-2 score, he knows that everything is possible with Manchester City.
“He knows that the probabilities are higher in truth. And he is right. We don't think we have 99% to qualify. We think that we have a small advantage and that we must take advantage of it to achieve the same performance as in the outward journey. »»
The uncertainty remains before this return shock of the dams of the Champions League. One thing is certain: whatever the outcome of this duel, a big of Europe will disappear brutally and early from the competition.
