On Sunday, Real Madrid lost to Celta Vigo in La Liga – at home. Not many hours later, an emergency meeting was called in Madrid. Pep Guardiola is honest that at Real Madrid, he had also been fired.
Now, Guardiola has not been as relevant as coach of Los Blancos, because both as a player and coach at Barcelona, the Spaniard has done everything to relegate his arch-rival to second place. Nevertheless, Guardiola knows the conditions at the world’s biggest club well. Before the Champions League match against Real on Wednesday, Guardiola admits he would not have kept his job as Real coach if he had delivered like last season at Manchester City. It was a season in which City struggled, finished third in the Premier League and also lost the FA Cup final to Crystal Palace.
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“With what I achieved last season, I would have been sacked six months before the end of the season. It’s a difficult place. But he (Alonso) knows it – he’s been here, he knows the realities. It’s about winning games,” Guardiola said at the pre-match press conference.
For Xabi Alonso, there are almost six months left of the season. According to El Mundo , it was decided at the crisis meeting at Real Madrid to give Alonso one last chance. If it is to be taken literally, the last chance falls on Wednesday night against Manchester City in the Champions League.
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