Guardiola’s farewell to Manchester City, Spain reacts to the absence of Madrid at the World Cup

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By: Manu Tournoux

Manchester City says goodbye to Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola’s farewell shakes England. “ Blue Monday », signs the Manchester Evening Newsin reference to an English expression designating a depressing day. 20 trophies and a decade later, the Spanish tactician leaves Manchester City after having won everything on the national and European scene. Very moved during the parade, he delivered his last words to the Citizens supporters, but also to Bernardo Silva and John Stones, who are also leaving the ship this summer.

The Madrilenians will not go to the World Cup

The Spanish press is looking gloomy after the non-selection of the Madrilenians with La Roja. If A.S. highlights the 26 names selected by Luis de La Fuente, in its interior pages, the daily returns to the strong choices of the coach. Among them, we find Dean Huijsen who lost everything this season. “ From untouchable to discarded “, noted A.S.. Huijsen goes from dream to nightmare after arriving with great fanfare last summer. 40 matches played with Casa Blanca and only 13 matches without conceding goals for the defender, who fell from a height after this announcement. If the defender did not react publicly to this disappointment, he nevertheless shared an eloquent story with a timing that leaves no room for doubt. A few hours after the announcement, the Madrilenian reposted a publication from the media sofascore in which he appeared in the eleven of La Liga, a way of getting his message across in a subtle way.

Luis Enrique’s dilemma over Zaire-Emery

In The Parisianwe mention “ the Zaire-Emery dilemma » for Luis Enrique. The most used player this season by the Asturian, the titi who took part in 53 of the 55 matches and played 4,200 minutes could however start on the bench for only the 2nd time in the Champions League this season, at the worst of times. While Achraf Hakimi will return to training this Tuesday and Fabian Ruiz has found playing time in recent weeks, it is the French international who could find himself on the sidelines. You will have understood, the choice of the king of Luis Enrique promises to be difficult.