Guardiola and the ‘playoff’ against Real Madrid: “It looks like a derby”

The Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola, acknowledged this Friday that it is “very hard” to play the ‘playoff’ of the Champions League against Real Madrid, in a duel between English and Real Madrid who “already looks like a continental derby.

“It looks like a derby, four years in a row against Real Madrid … Real Madrid or Bayern, both would be very hard. And yes, I hope we can arrive at a good time to the first leg and the game a week later in Madrid “The Catalan coach analyzed at a press conference, after the” playoff ‘raffle of the Champions League crossed both teams for the fourth consecutive season.

Guardiola insisted that it was going to be “complicated to play”, both against Real Madrid and against Bayern Munich, although he criticized the calendar. “The problem is that in the middle we have to play against the Newcastle, many years have always been very friendly, many years …”, Ironized.

“Television chains decide. Do not ask me what is better, if you play on Tuesday or Wednesday, to have one more day. There are leagues that play on Friday before Champions to have another day of rest,” he said.