The term “Madrid’s Luck” has spread on social networking sites and fan forums after every match in which the Royal Club emerges victorious, the last of which was against Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on penalties after the two-legged matches were tied 3-3 in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and 1-1. 1 leg at Etihad Stadium.
But the answer to that common question was this time from Spanish coach Pep Guardiola during a press conference in which he said: “The late Johan Cruyff told me one day that luck does not exist (in football) and I agree with him.”
Cruyff is considered Guardiola’s mentor in the world of football, as a player and coach. He is one of the legends of the Dutch national team and the builder of the FC Barcelona school.
Guardiola, who had controlled the Real Madrid match and attacked fiercely in front of the Real Madrid defense and its Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, added: “Losing in this way is painful, but it is an incredible way to lose,” explaining: “I do not know what more we could have done.”
Real Madrid qualified for the semi-finals to face Bayern Munich, which in turn beat Arsenal 1-0 in the return leg in Munich (2-2 in the first leg in London).
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