Pep Guardiola called for a “special thing” from his team in Manchester City to save the Champions League.
City, the winners of 2023, slipped outside the first stage in the 24th stage in the stage after winning only two of their first seven matches and they must now beat Bruges at Itid Stadium on Wednesday to stay in the competition.
“The position we have is that we must win the game, and if not, we will not continue in this competition,” said Guardiola, the city director. “But it is not a problem, it is an opportunity, challenge, and we will face it.
“We would like to register a lot in the first twenty minutes, but I don’t think this will happen. The approach is to read the game that we must play – be completely relaxed, emotions and understanding of the game.
“I know that this type of game that you should put in something special – something has not yet been enough in this Champions League – to win the matches.”
“We were not good enough.”
The city finds themselves in this impasse after they surrendered by 2-0 to lose 4-2 in Paris Saint-Germain last week.
Although they are two points outside the qualifying sites, their mission is at least clear because the Club BRUGGE is one of the difference they can capture.
Therefore, victory will be sufficient to extract a match spot, and Guardiola, a winner coach twice with Barcelona, uses in dealing with these pressures.
He said: “I have been many years ago in the Champions League since I started my career as a manager, and this type of games that I played several times.
So sooner or later, you have to play this type of game where if you win pass, and if you do not go out.
“This happened in the other stages, but we are here for the reasons we know, that we were not good enough, but this is a situation we lived several times.”
Guardiola refuses to think about the possibility of defeat.
He added: “It will not be good [to lose] But I am not thinking about that now. “
He was asked if it’s embarrassing, he said: “Ask me the question yet. I know you want it!
“Thank you for your interest again. I know how worried if we are outside. After the game you can ask me and I will answer you.”
“It is a final for both sides.”
The bets are also high for Club BRUGGE, who entered the game against the backdrop of operation of 20 unbeatable games.
Guardiola said: “It is final.
“They do it well-different differences in accumulation, which is a human signs, it’s always uncomfortable.
“We have to do it well but in each team, including Manchester City, there are weaknesses. You have to try to discover them all and try to punish them.”
Gvardiol’s warning to his colleagues in the city
City without defenders Nathan Ak and Robin Dias, but they hope that John Stones, who did not start for a month, will be decent after he appeared on the bench against Chelsea on Saturday.
Defender Josko Gvardiol warned of his teammates to expect an easy trip against Club Brugge.
“I can tell you that they are a good team,” he said. “It will not be easy. I faced them three years ago with RB Leipzig and they were really good.
“They are playing with the two wings to allow them to play one V, so I think it will be a good game, we need points, we need to win and we will do everything to win the game.”
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