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Manchester City to repeat another treble next season
SportsFila reacts to Manchester City’s 1-0 win vs. Inter Milan to win the UEFA Champions League Final and complete the treble. They reflect on Inter’s overall season and how the loss may impact them in the future while Stewart Robson joins to discuss what would prevent City from winning it all again next season.
City deserved to win the 2022 European Champions cup but was lucky to win this final. Judging by the ages and contract status of key players, and the newly and clearly exposed weakness of Guardiola – unable to condition and bring out the best of his squad in the biggest game, City has a slim to no chance to repeat it next year.
Other clubs actually being good next season maybe?
City’s usual competition in Europe, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Chelsea, PSG, etc were all rubbish by their standards this season.
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It’s only complacency and tiredness that could prevent them like Liverpool this season. KDB already showing signs of wear and tear. Complacency of Klopp which cascaded down to the last player of the team and fatigue was responsible to Liverpool’s bad season. But Pep is not like that, and that’s where he has an edge over Klopp. Pep will never stop aiming high.
However, City will face serious contention from Liverpool, Arsenal and United this time they should be expecting a 100point+ race to win the league again. If they really want to fight for the title next season they should be ready to forfeit other trophies. It’s going to be nearly impossible for them to win another treble next season.
Grealish will be hoping to feature for England again in the coming daysCredit: Getty
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And I think the traditional European giants are down, so I’d say 50/50
Some of their best players soon need to be replaced like De Bruyne(32), Gundogan(32), Mahrez (32), Walker(33). And if they get punished because of FFP that will of course weaken them.
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The City guys have no competition in the Premier League. they have a deep enough squad to compete for the FA and League Cups. and most of the other major European powerhouse clubs are having down years. Madrid, Bayern, Liverpool, and PSG are all in transition. Barcelona and United are still rebuilding. Napoli are probably going to be decimated by other clubs taking their best players. so who’s going to be their competition? if they don’t win the treble next year, it’s a failure.
Eight league titles have been won since Pep Guardiola last lifted the Champions League, three in Germany and five in England. No wonder there is talk of it being his obsession. Twelve years on and he is finally celebrating European glory again.
The discourse has been dominated by comparisons with Manchester United’s treble of 1999 but it is the comparison with Guardiola’s great Barcelona side of 2011 that feels more revealing. A coach sometimes styled as intransigent has been on quite the journey.
One Cityzen told SportsFila.com: “Man City can repeat the feat. It was done by an ordinary Madrid team. Nothing so special about that Madrid team. The UCL is more mental than it is skills really. Pretty much all teams that make it to the group stage have a decent amount of technicality to go all the way but the guys that want it more and have that bit of luck are always the winners.”
Madrid has always had it all in their favor, the right amount of skill, the right mentality, and a lot of luck in all of their recent wins. That can happen to city too. This game is so unpredictable
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There is NO REASON for Gareth Southgate to be linked with the Manchester United job
Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time
The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best
The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss
Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.
ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time
Soccer Football – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo
I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.
Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
SportsFila reflect on Manchester United’s 4-3 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup Quarterfinals and look ahead to the semifinals where Erik ten Hag’s side will take on Coventry.
How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.
Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.
I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
