Guardiola and Zidane are calling for more efficiency to advance in the European Champions

Spaniard Josep Guardiola and Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, coach of Manchester City and Real Madrid, respectively, called for their players to be more effective in front of the goal, although they made a great way towards the quarter-finals of the Champions League in football, with their precious victories yesterday, outside the rules on Wednesday at the conclusion. The first leg is the final price.

Guardiola insisted after his team's victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach (2-0), that his team still needs to "be more accurate and effective in attack."

"We achieved a good result and I am happy with it. The final price of the Champions League competition is always difficult, even if we did not play in Germany and the match was held behind closed doors," he said, referring to the match in the Hungarian capital Budapest due to travel restrictions imposed by Germany. On arrivals from England.

In the second match, Zidane admitted his team’s suffering to win at Italian host Atalanta (1-0), saying, "We did not present a great match, we did not find the spaces, we tried, but we did not succeed, and the expulsion forced us to change our plan", referring to the red card received by the Swiss defender Atalanta Remo Freueller in the 17th minute.

He added, "But it is a good result, we scored a goal outside our home, and we did not concede any goal, but there is still a second match, so this confrontation is still open. We will have to present a big match in Madrid to reach the quarter-finals" in 16 Next March.

Zidane praised his fellow left-back Ferlan Mendy, who scored the winning goal with a strong shot from his right from outside the area (86), and said, "I am happy for him because he scored the winning goal and with the right foot. He has been distinguished by it for a long time. He shoots more strongly with the right foot than the left. The left hand is more accurate, the right hand is stronger. "

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