Having played under Benítez, Mourinho and Guardiola, the Spaniard has given his players a structure and identity
Football is, fortunately, a game. Victory and defeat are sometimes decided by chance. When the best of the best meet, I reckon it’s 20%. The draw increases the luck factor even more. That’s nice: it makes new winners possible.
It brought Manchester City and Real Madrid together in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the most spectacular clash in European football for three years. Once again, it kept all its promises and thrilled with intensity and great goals. In the second leg, Carlo Ancelotti had everyone defend and said it was the only way Real had a chance. The penalty shootout was decided by psychology.
