By: EFE
By: EFE
Pep Guardiola, Manchester City coach, assured that cannot tell his players what Leo Messi is going to do , but that he is happy with the level that the Argentine is showing and that it will be nice to face him.
Manchester City will receive Paris Saint Germain this Wednesday with the need to add a point to sign their pass to the second round of the final of the League Champions.
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“I can’t tell my players what Leo is going to do, but the same thing happens with Neymar, with Mbappé or with Di María. Each player can be a star in any other team in the world and here are all four ” , Guardiola said at a press conference.
“ With Messi it is very difficult, because sometimes he has the ball and he doesn’t even know what he’s going to do. Imagine trying to find out yourself . There are players that you can identify if they are going to go left or right. When he has the ball, nobody knows what will happen ”, he added.
“But I like to see that he continues to play and the level he is at. It’s going to be nice to face him ”, pointed out about a Messi who already scored them in the first leg and that this weekend he scored his first goal in the French League against Nantes.
Manchester City and PSG will define this Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium who will qualify as group leader. Guardiola will seek to guarantee the first place at home, however, the team of Messi and company will do everything possible to snatch the leadership.
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