Guardiola: In Istanbul to make Manchester City's dream come true

On the evening of June 10 in Istanbul, the great final of the Champions League will be played between Manchester City and Inter, a final that will determine the winner of the most important European trophy for clubs. The English are seen as favorites and coach Pep Guardiola has also understood this, who believes in his team and calls it a dream that must come true for the "citizens" he has been leading for several years. Meanwhile, the coach of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, on Tuesday remembered the defeat (0-1) in the final of the Champions League against Chelsea, in "Estádio do Dragão" (Porto), to emphasize the magic of the days before the final of the competition. On Saturday, in Istanbul (Turkey), the Premier League champions will play against Inter. "We are back where we were two years ago. The important thing is to be there in a few years. This is what makes a club a great club. Here I learned that too much excitement is not for us. We will go to Istanbul to make a dream come true and we will try to play a good game", underlined the Catalan coach, who still has not got over the defeat against the London "blues" in 2021. "We had the opportunity two years ago, we didn't make it. This year we will try to do our best. As a coach, I have reached ten semi-finals of the Champions League and have been to three finals, winning two with Barcelona. I am in my fourth final as a coach. The championship has given me more than I could have imagined. Football gives and takes. Life is full of unfairness, but everything that is unfair to me is fair to Atletico Madrid, to Real and also to Barcelona. That's how the world goes. We always want more and more and this is wrong. You must be ambitious, but not greedy!” The Catalans are clear that to become a big club in Europe you must win the cup with big ears. "Many clubs have destroyed projects and ideas because they failed to win the Champions League. Others became big clubs because they succeeded. Even if I don't think so, I understand that everything we've done all these years will only make sense to others if we win. If we don't win, things will seem to make less sense: it will be a bit unfair, but we have to accept it. We also have to accept that, if we want to take the final step and be a big club, we have to win in Europe. We have to win the Champions League", said Pep.