Pep Guardiola is gearing up for his fourth Champions League semi-final towards Actual Madrid of his profession, as his Manchester Metropolis facet put together to tackle the European champions with a spot within the last at stake.
The Catalan boss has pitted Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester Metropolis towards the 14-time Champions League winners within the last 4 of the competitors previously, with Guardiola searching for revenge with Metropolis after so cruelly lacking out on final season’s last.
Actual Madrid and Guardiola by no means appear distant from each other, although, which begs the query: what’s Pep Guardiola’s report towards Actual Madrid like? FourFourTwo delves deeper into the numbers.
Regardless of spending simply 4 seasons in La Liga managing Barcelona – he is presently in his seventh on the Etihad Stadium – Guardiola has confronted Actual Madrid on no fewer than 21 events, making them his fourth-most frequent opponent. He is solely managed towards Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United extra instances.
Throughout these 21 matches, Guardiola has fared pretty impressively, successful 12 instances, drawing 4 and dropping 5. His sides have additionally scored 42 objectives throughout that interval, conceding a complete of 28.
Amongst these 21 matches, although, are the essential aforementioned Champions League semi-finals.
Final season, Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis headed to the Bernabeu for the second leg having gained the primary sport 4-3, and seemed destined to succeed in the ultimate as the sport ticked into the closing phases. Rodrygo cruelly stole that chance from them, although, notching twice in damage time to ship the sport to extra-time, the place Karim Benzema duly received the successful objective.
Seven years beforehand, within the 2013/14 season, Pep’s Bayern Munich misplaced in each legs of the semi-finals, most notably 4-0 at dwelling as Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale ran riot.
He does have fond reminiscences of the 2010/11 El Clasico encounter, successful 3-1 on mixture to succeed in the ultimate, the place he picked up his second – and to this point, final – Champions League trophy as a supervisor.
It is not all doom and gloom for Manchester Metropolis towards Actual Madrid beneath Guardiola both. Within the 2019/20 season, Metropolis knocked Los Blancos out of the Champions League on the final 16 stage with two 2-1 wins.
The upcoming semi-final would be the fifth and sixth time Guardiola faces Actual Madrid as Manchester Metropolis supervisor. Navigate their approach by to the ultimate in Istanbul, and the coveted treble turns into a fair higher risk for Manchester Metropolis this season.
Pep Guardiola’s report towards Actual Madrid
1. Barcelona 2-0 Actual Madrid, La Liga (2008/09)
2. Actual Madrid 2-6 Barcelona, La Liga (2008/09)
3. Barcelona 1-0 Actual Madrid, La Liga (2009/10)
4. Actual Madrid 0-2 Barcelona, La Liga (2009/10)
5. Barcelona 5-0 Actual Madrid, La Liga (2010/11)
6. Actual Madrid 1-1 Barcelona, La Liga (2010/11)
7. Barcelona 0-1 Actual Madrid, Copa del Rey last (2010/11)
8. Actual Madrid 0-2 Barcelona, Champions League semi-finals first leg (2010/11)
9. Barcelona 1-1 Actual Madrid, Champions League semi-finals second leg (2010/11)
10. Actual Madrid 2-2 Barcelona, Spanish Tremendous Cup last first leg (2011/12)
11. Barcelona 3-2 Actual Madrid, Spanish Tremendous Cup last second leg (2011/12)
12. Actual Madrid 1-3 Barcelona, La Liga (2011/12)
13. Actual Madrid 1-2 Barcelona, Copa del Rey quarter finals first leg (2011/12)
14. Barcelona 2-2 Actual Madrid, Copa del Rey quarter finals second leg (2011/12)
15. Barcelona 1-2 Actual Madrid, La Liga (2011/12)
16. Actual Madrid 1-0 Bayern Munich, Champions League semi finals first leg (2013/14)
17. Bayern Munich 0-4 Actual Madrid, Champions League semi finals second leg (2013/14)
18. Actual Madrid 1-2 Manchester Metropolis, Champions League final 16 first leg (2019/20)
19. Manchester Metropolis 2-1 Actual Madrid, Champions League final 16 second leg (2019/20)
20. Manchester Metropolis 4-3 Actual Madrid, Champions League semi finals first leg (2021/22)
21. Actual Madrid 3-1 Manchester Metropolis, Champions League semi finals second leg (2021/22)
