Ferran Soriano, general director of Manchester City, pointed to the fortune factor as the key to the success of Real Madrid in the last edition of the UEFA Champions League, in which they came from behind in the semi-final tie against the English team in the added time of the second leg, and said that “it is fair” to affirm that the madridistas they were “lucky” in the competition.
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“There is talk of the success of Real Madrid and I think it is fair to say that there has been a bit of luck. They deserved to lose against PSG, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool”, assured Soriano in the podcast ‘Dr. Football’.
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And precisely he remembered one of the great Madrid players in its history, Emilio Butraguenowho retired without winning any European Cup, to explain the difficulty that City finds in becoming champions.
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“The Champions is an additional prize that we want, but we know that it can depend a bit on luck, so we are not obsessed. People don’t remember that at the end of the 1980s, Real Madrid had a fantastic team, one of the best in history, with Emilio Butrageño, and they couldn’t win it”, he pointed out.
Ferran Soriano values the performance of the team led by Pep Guardiola for the final result in the Premier League, a competition that he explained rewards regularity, and insists that the teams that win the league are the ones with the greatest consistency.
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“The Champions League is not the core of our goals because luck plays a role. There are a handful of games where it can be bad, like in the semi-finals, and you’re out. The one that wins the League is the best team. It is what feeds us, what we do for a living, ”she sentenced.
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