In a press conference before Manchester City-Bayern Pep Guardiola did not mention Napoli for fear of making Luciani Spalletti “grumpy”, after the latter annoyed him in March by considering the Italian formation as the best in Europe. But the Italian apologized.
Last March, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola somewhat angered his Neapolitan counterpart Luciano Spalletti, believing that the Serie A leader was “perhaps the best team in Europe”.
“I don’t want to talk about Naples because the coach is going to be grumpy with me, Guardiola then replied to a question from a transalpine journalist about Napoli, during his press conference on the sidelines of Manchester City-Bayern. They are very sensitive in Italy”, had slipped the Catalan.
“Every time we talk about Guardiola, I get up”
In turn present in front of the media before the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League against AC Milan (this Wednesday, 9 p.m.), Luciano Spalletti made his mea culpa. “I understood that my words had not had the desired effect. And anyway, every time we talk about Guardiola, I get up. I learned a lot from him. He can be compared to illustrious celebrities who have done fundamental things in their field that have inspired us all,” he explained in his laudatory speech.
Spalletti invites Guardiola
“If my words did not have the effect I wanted, I apologize to Guardiola, continued Spalletti. It is a great pleasure when such a coach talks about Napoli and says nice things about the game of Napoli. I could talk about his teams for days, since his Barcelona debut. […] I hope that with Guardiola we can chat over a good Turkish coffee,” concluded the Partonopei coach.
And the origin of the coffee in question is absolutely no coincidence: the Champions League final will be held on June 10, in Istanbul, the only stadium in the competition that could put the two teams against each other.