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Pep Guardiola has made a surprising admission when explaining why he has given his Manchester City players the day off 24 hours before facing Real Madrid in their Champions League last-16 second leg.
Just hours before attempting a miracle after the 3-0 first-leg defeat, Guardiola surprises everyone by giving his team the day off.
It all started on Sept. 2, 2007, in a Spanish fourth-tier game against Premia in front of around 2,000 fans. Eighteen years later, Pep Guardiola will reach 1,000 games as a coach when he leads Manchester City into one of the biggest games in world soccer ...
Real Madrid ended Man Citys Champions League hopes for a fourth time in the last five years with victory at the Etihad on Tuesday; only Carlo Ancelotti has won more than Pep Guardiolas three wins as a