Pep Guardiola doesn’t hold back on Inter: “It can win the Champions League”

Pep Guardiola’s words on the eve of Manchester City-Inter

Pep Guardiola spoke at a press conference on the eve of Manchester City-Inter, scheduled for Wednesday at 9 p.m. at the Etihad Stadium: "Inter è a very strong team, they can win the Champions League. They have grown since the Istanbul final, they are a complete lineup, they were the best ever in Italy and Serie A è a very competitive league".

"Yesterday for the first time I watched that final again. It will be a very different match, let’s see if we can play our game,” added the Citizens’ coach. But even before Istanbul, I knew it would be a match with little distance between us and them. È a coin was tossed and we won. But finals are like that …&and you in Italy are very good at always saying before that you start beaten…".

"The new Champions how do you approach it? By winning the first game, then the second game, then maybe we will see the ranking. It’s going to be a bit like the Premier League, you don’t è you look at where you are right away, you do it further ahead, in modern soccer è it’s right to think about the present, the immediate. Certainly, we will have to win home games".

Danger number one for the Nerazzurri will be Erling Haaland, who has already scored nine goals in the Premier League: "Well, those are big numbers, a la Ronaldo and a la Messi. If Erling surprised me? Well, sì. Let me tell you something: Do you know how many years I played? Eleven. And how many goals I scored in my career? Eleven. Here, he alone in this Premier è already at nine. Let’s say I’m okay with that as well if he doesn’t improve and stays that way, from here on out".

The Spanish coach closed by also praising Lautaro Martinez: "If the Argentine can’win the Ballon d’oro? Maybe sì. È a sensation player, special, otherwise you don’t do what he did with Inter and Argentina. With Thuram he forms a great pair. Inter ’Inter è tough, beautiful, good, we will have to be very careful".