At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 5, the Champions League focus battle, Real Madrid hosts Manchester City. In the first leg, Manchester City won 4-3 at home. In the second leg, Real Madrid needed victory to turn the tables. This duel can be described as a star-studded duel, Karim Benzema, De Bruyne, Modric, B seats... of course, there is another set of duels that attract special attention, that is, the two famous coaches of Guardiola and Ancelotti PK!
From the coaching career of coaching the first team of the big club, Guardiola debuted at the peak, from 2009 to 2011, within three years, the first Pep Guardiola, led the invincible Barca to the Champions League twice in 3 years! However, due to various reasons, Guardiola retired from barca, left Spain, went to the Bundesliga giant Bayern, coached Bayern for 3 years, Guardiola has never been able to break through the Champions League semi-finals, and has been criticized as: leaving Messi is nothing. After that, Guardiola left the Bundesliga to sign with the Premier League giants Manchester City. Last season, Guardiola's Manchester City lost to Chelsea and hated the Champions League final. This season, Manchester City has made a comeback, and Guardiola continues to attack the first Champions League title in 10 years since leaving Barca, and the first Champions League title in Manchester City's history, which is of great significance.
On many levels, against Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League, Guardiola can't afford to lose! Once defeated and eliminated, Guardiola will not only continue to be criticized, but also his fate with Manchester City will also be overshadowed.
Compared to Guardiola, Ancelotti is under a lot less pressure. First of all, Ancelotti has led Real Madrid to this season's La Liga title, thus achieving a super slam in 5 major leagues. In addition, in the Champions League, Ancelotti in his coaching career has also been added to the 3 crowns, and is also expected to impact the 4th crown. Finally, Real Madrid is already the 13 champions of the Champions League, Manchester City is impacting the first crown in the history of the team, and Manchester City has invested far more than Real Madrid in recent years, and the expectations for the Champions League champions, the top management of the Manchester City club and their fans are far more than Real Madrid. So Ancelotti can afford to lose, and, to be fair, Ancelotti has accomplished real madrid's goals this season.
Under Ancelotti, the veteran Benzema has a second spring, this season's Champions League has scored 14 goals, basically locked the Champions League Golden Boot, is also the biggest favorite of the Ballon d'Or, Benzema's play will undoubtedly affect the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Manchester City, perhaps, it is a shot, a goal thing.