“In this type of match there is never a favorite. It’s like an early final”

Hugo Viana, head of sports activities at Manchester Metropolis, has assessed his group’s tie in opposition to Actual Madrid that led to the draw for the spherical of 16 of the Champions League. “It is going to be an advanced match, however a pleasant one to play. In one of these match there’s by no means a favourite, that is like an early remaining, with one of these gamers, of coaches. The standard of the groups may be very excessive. It’s a match at all times totally different from what is occurring within the dwelling leagues,” he thought-about after remembering Courtois’s phrase after the Benfica tie wherein he stated that Manchester Metropolis was going to come back out.

For Viana, “having Pep means having the perfect coach on the earth, a really skilled coach, however in the long run there are 180 minutes wherein we’ve got to be superb and we’ve got to be at a really excessive degree. We shall be and Actual Madrid will certainly be.”

For the tie, Viana has defined that they may have their Rodri Ballon d’Or. “He’s taking part in very effectively, recovering his finest type and getting higher and higher. We’re very proud of Rodri,” he defined.