Manchester City, alongside Real Madrid, are the remaining teams in the Champions League no neutral fans will want to win.
Manchester City progressed today after 0-0 away to Atlético Madrid in match that was bound to be intense as Atlético would seek to catch City’s 1-0 victory of the first match.
Atlético surely went for it, and although City defended well, they could have deserved a goal. But let us face it; it would have been an epic fight between two great teams had it not been ruined by poor sportsmanship and attitude. City wasted time and acted (two sins every single team, including Atlético, are guilty of, and which is a shame to football in general); but Atlético let it’s desperation at a goal become the lack of dignity of being eliminated.
Felipe showed the worst character of a footballer when he went on a revenge tackling of Foden (granted Foden acted, but it does not excuse anything) and acted and even touched the referee repeatedly when he gave him a highly deserved second yellow.
How can that kind of behavior be accepted in football…? Are there really no standards? Even in “the heat of the moment”?
And worst of all: two great managers, geniuses at their job, Simeone and Guardiola: show some dignity! Even as a n example to your players (and to young football fans). They were the biggest the biggest disgrace of what could have been remembered as an epic encounter.
It is a bit depressing to see these kind of matches.
Real Madrid will face Manchester City in one semifinal, while Liverpool will face Villarreal. The world will support the winner of the latter in the final.
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