Pep Guardiola (Manchester City coach): “We are not here for revenge (Manchester City had been eliminated by Real Madrid after an epic confrontation, editor’s note). It’s one more opportunity to achieve what you want to achieve. What happened last year, precisely, is over. It’s finish. If Real Madrid went through, it’s because they deserved it. We had the right team, we had played an exceptional game in Manchester and a very good game here… but that hadn’t been enough. The lesson is that we don’t come for revenge. We come to seize this new opportunity to obtain a good result before the return match.
Rodri (Manchester City midfielder or defender): “Football gives us the opportunity to take our revenge from last year. You can always learn from past experiences. We had played two very good matches, but we had not won. It’s like that. This happened to us, and three weeks later we did the same thing, we scored three goals in seven minutes to win the Premier League… Sometimes football is inexplicable. But we are here again, motivated to fight for our place in the final. We arrive at the top of our form, and we know what we must improve to pass.
