His failure to clinch the Champions League means he will be unable to become the fifth Bayern coach to lift the continent’s most prestigious trophy, with the man he succeeded among the elite quartet to have achieved that feat. “Yes, in terms of what we have won”, he replied.
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It had been his goal to win the Champions League final with Bayern after doing it with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, Guardiola said, and he had given an important part of his life to the German club.
“I want to praise all our staff, our fans and the outstanding players”.
Guardiola apparently asked his medical team how Atletico Madrid’s Diego Godin could recover from his injury within two weeks while the Bavarians’ players tend to take much longer to recover.
Guardiola said: “Usually what happens inside the dressing room remains inside the dressing room”. We played to win and we did that. “Titles are numbers, statistics are statistics”.
“If you say that I had to win the Champions League, then I have failed”. As we’ve seen again today, our opponents give everything and push us all the way, but at the end of the day we’re the strongest. When you go home feeling you have not given all. I have not managed it, I hope Carlo can do it next season.
“We know that the final against Atletico will be tough”, the Germany midfielder said after Gareth Bale’s deflected cross off Fernando sent 10-time champion Madrid into a 14th European Cup final.
The outgoing Bayern boss claims information has been repeatedly leaked during his three-year spell at the club with the aim of undermining his position.
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“In the second half, we did things differently, pressed them high, counter attack and we got the goal”. We were disoriented in the first half and we could not find our footing. “For me it is the first time and I will enjoy it as I always do”, he added. “We need to keep grounded and first of all think of the Liga before the final”, said Griezmann, whose side are level on points with leaders Barcelona in the Spanish title race.
