Inter deserved the final! We don’t want to win the Champions League and disappear, says Guardiola. Will winning the Eared Cup change anything?

Manchester City footballers won the Champions League final on Saturday night, beating Inter Milan narrowly 1-0. Pepe Guardiola commented on a number of issues in his post-match interview. He spoke clearly about City’s victory and also praised his opponents, who he felt deserved to reach the final.

It was close, but we did it. Manchester City, led by Pep Guardiola, walked away with the famous Eared Cup for the first time in the club’s history.

Spanish midfielder Rodri scored the only goal of the game in the 68th minute. Inter also had their chances, but Ederson made some great saves in goal for his team.

The Nerazzurri were very underrated, but they managed to torment the English champion much more than expected before the match. Unfortunately for Inter Milan fans, it was not enough to win.

In a post-match interview, the Citizens coach answered the question whether he thinks winning the Champions League will make a difference. Whether the Manchester team will now be “someone else”.

“We don’t want to win the Champions League and then disappear. You have to be there all the time, seven or eight years. It’s our turn, just like it could have been our turn two years ago.

If we didn’t win the Champions League before, it was because the opponents are very strong. If people think that now that we have won the Champions League we will be any different, they are wrong,” Guardiola said in a post-match interview.

Guardiola praised Inter

But in addition to the above statement, the experienced strategist also praised his opponent. According to Guardiola, Inter deserved to be in the Champions League final.

“I say it as a winner, I would have said it even if I had lost. They absolutely deserved it and we knew it would be a very difficult game. This competition is like a coin toss, that’s how close it is. We could have easily gone 1-1 and gone into extra time,” said the Manchester City coach.

The fifty-two-year-old coach also said that even though the game was exactly what he expected Inter to play, playing against a confident Andre Onan in goal and great midfield players like Hakan Calhanoglu and Nicolo Barella was very difficult.

According to him, it is also no coincidence that the Italian side have reached all three final matches of European competitions. However, they have not succeeded in any of them. Inter succumbed to Manchester City, Sevilla beat AS Roma in the Europa League and Fiorentina fell short to West Ham.

“I just want to tell him that he feels what we felt two years ago. He has to realise that he has the second best team in Europe. When you have the second best team in Europe, it’s an extremely high level. He will come back here. That’s sport, somebody has to lose and somebody has to win,” he added wearing Inter coach Simone Inzaghi’s jersey.

Sources: UEFA, Football Italia