Spain's Josep Guardiola expressed his fear on Thursday that he would be fired from Manchester City if he failed to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League final.
Although Guardiola won Manchester City with five titles in the past three seasons, he failed to get past the Champions League quarter-finals with his team, which caused great disappointment.
City, the champions of the past two seasons in the domestic league, are 22 points behind leaders Liverpool, which makes it under the pressure of European compensation, after keeping the title difficult to reach.
"I want to win the Champions League, I dream about it, and I will enjoy preparing to play against Real Madrid," Guardiola told Sky Sports.
"If we don't beat them (Real Madrid), well, the club president or the sports director will come and say this is not good enough, we want the Champions League, I will tell you (...) I don't know (whether this will happen) it happened Several times it may happen. "
The Spanish coach had started his training career with Barcelona’s reserve team, before receiving the helm in the first team for four seasons (2008-2012), then he moved to Bayern Munich (2013-2016), and then to the “Citizens”, where his contract expires at the end of next season , So that this would be the biggest period he spent with a team if he continued in his position.
The Catalan coach responded by saying that the success or failure of any season should be measured only by the tournaments achieved, "We give a bad message to the new generation, and to our children, that we only count the winner and the prizes we win."
"You say the season is catastrophic, but if you win the Champions League, that will be exceptional. Why? Because it is difficult to win," he said.