Real Madrid Bends Man City, Pep Guardiola Becomes The Coach Who Has Failed The Most In The European Champions League Semifinals

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JAKARTA - Manchester City's failure to reach the European Champions League final has given Pep Guardiola a bad record. He became the coach who failed the most in the semifinals.

City failed to qualify for the final after losing 1-3 to Real Madrid in the second leg of the semifinal which took place at the Santiago Bernabeu, Spain, on Thursday, May 5 in the morning. The Citizen ran aground due to losing 5-6 on aggregate to the Spanish giants.

Pep Guardiola's side won the first leg 4-3 at the Etihad last week. They then went 1-0 up at the Bernabeu through Riyad Mahrez's goal in the 73rd minute.

Unfortunately, their chances of penetrating the already great final failed just like that. Rodrygo's two goals in the 90th and 92nd minutes and Karim Benzema's penalty in 2×15 minutes of extra time made City's hopes of winning their first European Champions League trophy disappear.

The results obtained by City make Guardiola a coach who has failed six times in the semifinals or the most compared to other managers. He was side by side with a Portuguese tactician with the same number of failures in that round.

Prior to the failure with City, Guardiola had run aground in the semifinals with Barcelona in the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons. The same bad luck happened when he was in charge of Bayern Munich, where he recorded defeats in the semifinals of 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016.

Meanwhile, Carlo Ancelotti, who led Madrid to the final, actually carved a special note. He is a coach who has reached five European Champions League finals.

With details 2003, 2005 and 2007 with AC Milan, 2014 and 2022 with Real Madrid. That number is the most of any manager in the history of the competition.

In the final, Madrid will meet Liverpool, who got rid of Villarreal. The final party will be held at the Stade de France, France, on May 29.