Pep Guardiola is getting ready for his fourth Champions League semi-final towards Real Madrid of his profession, as his Manchester City aspect put together to tackle the European champions with a spot within the ultimate on the road.
The Catalan boss has pitted Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City towards the 14 Champions League winners within the final 4 of the competitors previously, with Guardiola in search of revenge on City after so badly lacking final season's ultimate .
Real Madrid and Guardiola by no means appear far aside, which begs the query: what's Pep Guardiola's document towards Real Madrid? FourFourTwo deepens the numbers.
Despite solely spending 4 seasons in La Liga accountable for Barcelona - he's at the moment in his seventh on the Etihad Stadium - Guardiola has confronted Real Madrid a minimum of 21 instances, making him his fourth opponent most continuously. He solely managed extra instances towards Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United.
In these 21 matches, Guardiola carried out fairly impressively, profitable 12 instances, drawing 4 and shedding 5. His groups additionally scored 42 objectives in that span, conceding a complete of 28.
Among these 21 fixtures, nonetheless, are the aforementioned essential Champions League semi-finals.
Last season, Guardiola's Manchester City traveled to the Bernabeu for the second leg after profitable the opener 4-3, and regarded destined to achieve the ultimate as the sport entered the knockout levels. Rodrygo cruelly robbed them of that chance, scoring twice in added time to ship the sport into additional time, the place Karim Benzema duly scored the profitable objective.
Seven years earlier than, within the 2013/14 season, Pep's Bayern Munich had misplaced in each semi-final matches, together with 4-0 at house as Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale went wild.
He has fond recollections of the 2010/11 El Clasico encounter, profitable 3-1 on mixture to achieve the ultimate, the place he lifted his second - and up to now, final - Champions League trophy as a than supervisor.
All isn't bleak for Manchester City towards Real Madrid beneath Guardiola both. In the 2019/20 season, City knocked Los Blancos out of the Champions League within the Round of 16 with two 2-1 wins.
The upcoming semi-final would be the fifth and sixth time Guardiola will face Real Madrid as Manchester City supervisor. Sail to the ultimate in Istanbul, and the coveted treble turns into a fair larger chance for Manchester City this season.
Pep Guardiola's document towards Real Madrid
1. Barcelona 2-0 Real Madrid, La Liga (2008/09)
2. Real Madrid 2-6 Barcelona, La Liga (2008/09)
3. Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid, La Liga (2009/10)
4. Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona, La Liga (2009/10)
5. Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid, La Liga (2010/11)
6. Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona, La Liga (2010/11)
7. Barcelona 0-1 Real Madrid, Copa del Rey ultimate (2010/11)
8. Real Madrid 0-2 Barcelona, Champions League semi-final first leg (2010/11)
9. Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid, Champions League semi-final second leg (2010/11)
10. Real Madrid 2-2 Barcelona, Spanish Super Cup ultimate first leg (2011/12)
11. Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid, Spanish Super Cup ultimate second leg (2011/12)
12. Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona, La Liga (2011/12)
13. Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona, Copa del Rey quarter-final first leg (2011/12)
14. Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid, Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg (2011/12)
15. Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid, La Liga (2011/12)
16. Real Madrid 1-0 Bayern Munich, Champions League semi-final first leg (2013/14)
17. Bayern Munich 0-4 Real Madrid, Champions League semi-final second leg (2013/14)
18. Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City, Champions League spherical of 16 first leg (2019/20)
19. Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid, Champions League Round of 16 second leg (2019/20)
20. Manchester City 4-3 Real Madrid, Champions League semi-final first leg (2021/22)
21. Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City, Champions League semi-final second leg (2021/22)
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