{"id":172496,"date":"2024-04-17T14:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/17\/im-not-afraid-of-real-guardiola-brags\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:33:39","slug":"im-not-afraid-of-real-guardiola-brags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/17\/im-not-afraid-of-real-guardiola-brags\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Not Afraid Of Real&#8230;Guardiola Brags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Pep Guardiola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he \u201cdoesn\u2019t fear\u201d 14-time Champions League winners Real Madrid ahead of their quarterfinal second leg.<\/p>\n<p>City have faced Real Madrid in each of the last three seasons, knocking them out in the semifinals a year ago but losing at the same stage in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid have reached at least the last four in 11 of the last 13 seasons, but Guardiola insists he\u2019s not concerned about their stellar record in the competition ahead of the make-or-break game at the Etihad Stadium today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t fear them,\u201d Guardiola told a news conference on Tuesday. \u201cI respect them a lot. I\u2019ve faced them many times. I respect Real Madrid and if I say I\u2019m scared of them, I would be false.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s the rivalry, you want to beat them and do well. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. But I\u2019m not scared of them and if they beat me \u2014 as has happened many times \u2014 we will say congratulations and wish them well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After last week\u2019s 3-3 draw in the first leg at the Bernab\u00e9u, there have now been 23 goals in the last five meetings between the two teams.<\/p>\n<p>City beat Real Madrid 4-0 at the Etihad in the semifinal second leg last season, but Bernardo Silva insists this version of Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s team is better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo different seasons, and it never happens the same game in football again,\u201d said Silva. \u201cI feel Madrid is stronger this season than last season. That was my feeling when we played them at the Bernabeu [last week]. For sure they will want a bit of revenge [for the result in Manchester last season] so it will be a very difficult game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After making history last season by becoming the only second English team to win a Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup treble, City remain on course to repeat it this year.<\/p>\n<p>Two consecutive trebles would make Guardiola\u2019s side a contender for the title of the greatest club team in history and Silva has admitted that the prospect is providing motivation for the City squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one week we could be out of all the competitions but we are fighting for it,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola \u00a0 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he \u201cdoesn\u2019t fear\u201d 14-time Champions League winners Real Madrid ahead of their quarterfinal second leg. 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