Former player of the Russian national football team, Igor Shalimov, admitted that he was surprised by Manchester City’s devastating score against Real Madrid in the decisive semi-final match of the Champions League.
“I believed weakly. They look very powerful so everything is debugged. If you consider the game as offense and defense… They are very well coordinated, they are in such a move.
I had little faith that Real could put up a fight. I just didn’t think that Manchester City would beat the Madrid club so easily,” Shalimov says. “Match TV”.
The match ended with Manchester City winning 4:0 (first leg 1:1).
Bernardo Silva scored a double among the winners, Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez sent another goal to Real Madrid.
In the final, Josep Guardiola’s wards will play against Italian Inter, who eliminated Milan from the tournament (3:0 overall).
The Champions League final match will be played on 10 June in Istanbul. This will be the first official match in history between Manchester City and Inter.
Previously recognizedJosep Guardiola, head coach of English Premier League (EPL) “Manchester City” club, may be the sixth specialist in history to win the Champions League with two different teams.