Guardiola’s Treble Triumph: Manchester City Wins Champions League 2023

2023-06-11 09:21:00

He is alone on his planet. The only one who knows what it’s like to win two hat-tricks with two different clubs. Josep Guardiola had already achieved this feat with Barcelona in 2009. He did it again with Manchester City in 2023. This one was not easy to conquer. The Citizens struggled to gain the upper hand against a remarkably organized Inter team. They never really mastered their subject. They did not deploy this flamboyant game to which they have accustomed all observers. But they won. And that’s all that mattered.

Guardiola is more of the perfectionist type. But the appreciation of the content proposed by his team is ultimately irrelevant. And he’s the first to say it. “Winning this competition and achieving the treble is so difficult that the way today did not count, what was needed was to win ithe summed it up perfectly. We weren’t at our best. It was not our best performance. In the first half, we were nervous. You just had to be patient.”

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“Small final but great champion”

It was the most important quality to overcome Inter. Simone Inzaghi’s team did what it took not to end up crushed like the other opponents of City. Perfectly organized and tactically disciplined, she maneuvered perfectly to stop the Mancunian machine. “They are really goodrecognized Guardiola. This competition can turn one way or the other, but we were there and it was written that this season was ours.”

No energy to talk about next season

The defeat may seem cruel for Inter. But the coronation of City is no less deserved. This team so brilliant in the game has proven that they are also capable of suffering to achieve their ultimate goal. Above all, she had acquired so many certainties that she never doubted. Even if she had to draw on her reserves to reach the end of her dream. “I’m tired, calm and satisfied of course, this damn trophy is so hard to win“, released Guardiola.

Manchester City won their first Champions League

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It is first of all his work, even if City did not skimp on the means to build a team capable of winning the Champions League. His players did not fail to pay tribute to him. “He’s just a geniuslaunched Jack Grealish. I went to see him to say ‘thank you, you made all this possible for me, you showed me so much confidence after buying me so much’. Even last year when I was playing really badly he stayed by my side talking to me and this year he gave me that space to perform so I wanted to thank him.”

The Catalan technician is back at the top of Europe, twelve years after his last coronation in the competition with FC Barcelona. The architect of City’s consecration will be able to enjoy a well-deserved rest after a season as exceptional as it is exhausting. “I don’t have the energy to talk about next season, it’s impossible“, he breathed. He has time before that. For now, it’s time to savor. He has deserved it so much. And when asked to compare himself to the great Real Madrid, Guardiola wields irony to get his point across: “Be careful Real Madrid, we are only 13 Champions Leagues away from you. If you fall asleep, we’ll catch you.“And more seriously:”We cannot compare ourselves, we have just won our first C1. But I don’t want us to disappear after a Champions League.” Sure that in any case, this team will be remembered.

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