If there’s a trophy at stake, then Pep Guardiola desires to win it.
But look, which soccer supervisor could be any totally different? We know the drill by now: within the UK, the Club World Cup means little or no. We undergo the identical motions with the Community Shield each August and that pits collectively the winners of the 2 greatest competitions in England, so think about our snootiness when groups from… checks notes… New Zealand are collaborating!
The unique concept would have made a lot of sense, however European sides have dominated this for years now, to the purpose the place the trophy seems like it’s simply one thing shiny to take again to the old continent.
The groups concerned do care about this stuff, although, and in order for you proof of City’s enthusiasm, then take a look at their celebrations after lifting the European Super Cup in August: the dressing-room scenes weren’t fairly as passionate as they have been after profitable the Champions League, however the gamers have been clearly delighted.
They are hooked on profitable and that may have solely been heightened after profitable appeared to change into that bit more durable of their previous few Premier League video games.
If City win in the present day’s ultimate, that will make it 5 trophies in 2023 — they usually want they’d received the less-fancied League Cup and Community Shield to make it seven.
