The blue side of Manchester still waits for the coveted Champions League trophy.City knocked out Bayern on Wednesday night, one major obstacle in their new attempt to climb to the roof of Europe, but the next one awaits them – the biggest one. Real Madrid.Pep Guardiola is also aware that for Manchester City it will be the ‘final before the final’, no matter which Milan club makes it to the showpiece.”I think all the clubs in the world have the same feeling: if you want to win the Champions League trophy, you have to beat Real Madrid. It used to be Barcelona, but now Madrid are the ones,” said Pep after the triumph over Bayern.UCL: Upamecano is the new Maguire, Bayern’s defender helps City secure a place in the semi-finalCityzens overcame Bayern in the quarter-finals quite easily. Everything was decided after 3-0 in the first game, and in the second leg, the Germans couldn’t do anything against Guardiola’s machine.”I am happy that we reached the semi-finals for the third season in a row. The overall 4:1 does not reflect the true state of affairs in the two games, how good, strong, with good ideas Bayern were. I’m impressed. In this competition, everything is in the details.”In particular, Pep praised Erling Haaland, who missed a penalty in Munich, but then scored.”He’s only 22 years old and he’s already an incredible machine. He will learn a lesson from the missed penalty, but his finish was very, very good.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7190230##And after the Champions League comes the FA Cup.”We are exhausted. I really don’t know how we will recover for the match against Sheffield United. This is a difficult moment for the game on Saturday,” Guardiola said.We guess there are some well rested players on the bench that are up for the task…
