Guardiola, Mourinho and the yellow of the video on Rome

Luca Bianchin-Chiara Zucchelli

8 maggio
– Milano

A translation that becomes a mystery, the controversy, the clarification. Pep Guardiola claims he never uttered the sentence: “As Roma spent a lot and yet he is not in the Champions League”; from Trigoria not only take note, but confirm, saying that in the video the Catalan coach does not pronounce “As Roma” but “That’s normal”, perhaps in a less than perfect English.

The video and the denial

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The facts: yesterday, from England, a video of Guardiola’s conference arrived in which the City manager would clearly be heard saying in English: “As Roma have spent a lot but they are not in the Champions League”. In Trigoria they are amazed by the reference, the Giallorossi fans rise up, given the precedents between Pep and Mou there is talk of it all over Europe. Today, through his staff, Guardiola makes it known that he has never talked about Rome and Rome itself makes it known, after having had the video analyzed by people who trust him, that the sentences said by the Catalan coach would be different. Specifically: Guardiola would not have said “As Roma” but “That’s normal” and at that point the phrase would have a different meaning, as if to say that it is normal to talk about money spent without having won the Champions League. All clear, then? That’s how it seems. Yesterday’s video is not yet another act of the verbal skirmishes between Guardiola and Mourinho.