{"id":6635,"date":"2022-04-14T00:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T00:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praizsports.com\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2022-04-14T00:50:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T00:50:23","slug":"pep-guardiola-responds-to-diego-simeone-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praizsports.com\/pep-guardiola-responds-to-diego-simeone-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola responds to Diego Simeone Criticism over intelligence remark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the Champions League quarter-finals between Manchester City and Real Madrid ended in a tight 0\u20130 draw, emotions ran high in both locker rooms.<\/h3>\n

The game’s physicality led to scuffles between players, which police had to break up, but the match’s ugliness was further exacerbated by coach Diego Simeone.<\/p>\n

The Argentine manager did not identify the city manager by name, but accused Pep of complimenting him with disdain.<\/a><\/p>

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At his post-match press conference, Guardiola responded to Diego Simeone claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have only ever had good words to say about him. He can play however he wants, of course. I would never say otherwise. All I said was that it is very hard. And they know how to do that better than anyone in the world.\u201d He said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be mistaken, I never criticised Atl\u00e9tico,\u201d said Guardiola pointedly. \u201d<\/p>

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The final stages of the game were tense, with a victory for City seeming unlikely at one point. We recorded Pep Guardiola’s reactions:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey pushed us back, we forgot how to play. That\u2019s to their credit. We\u2019re celebrating going through but after that second half we could be out. We were in big, big trouble. They had chances to score, but they didn\u2019t in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

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