Guardiola on City's fans shunning Forest FA Cup semi final (Full Presser part two)

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Guardiola on City's fans shunning Forest FA Cup semi final as 5,000 tickets remain unsold  25/04/2025 embargoed until 26/04/2025  CGA, Manchester, UK

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00:005,000 tickets still unsold is it does not make it is going to be almost like an

00:04away game and does it show or back up the fans argument that not just from

00:10City from all across especially Northern Clubs about the folly of constantly

00:14asking them to go to Wembley for semi-finals yeah one day maybe if a cup

00:18will play here in the north they will come here to North Trafford Etihad or

00:23or Enfield or with some part maybe they come here you know I understand the

00:29people so I'm not the person to say you're all around the world you know

00:35people suffer you know economically and and understand completely is not easy for

00:40them we would love but I understand it will come we we will we will play for the

00:44guy the people who comes to Wembley for the people they would like to come and

00:48they cannot come this is what I have to you know have to try to do it I would

00:53love to be there but listen I understand completely so does that almost make it

01:00as I say I pretty sure they would love to come but they don't come is because they

01:04can't and and I am close to them to understand perfectly as I said will that

01:10make it almost like an away game in some ways and finally did after so many finals

01:20semi-finals and whatnot do you still get nervous have you ever got nervous and do

01:25you have any or have you ever had any superstitions yeah it's a little bit

01:28different than my first final for example in Barcelona my first title there or or

01:35here is a little bit but now I'm relaxed tomorrow prepare but of course when we

01:39are at Wembley will be you know prepare the game as best as possible and learn

01:44for the the game we play not long time ago against against nothing and for us away

01:51and learn for that what they do what they can do and and and try to let them feel

01:58the type of game we are going to face

02:01just sort of going on the empty seats does it when you I appreciate you say you

02:08understand why people aren't going because the finances maybe but how does it

02:12feel for the players in yourself you know considering so much what you've

02:15achieved and in terms of football when there's overseas to the players talk about

02:19it they would come they would come they cannot because the situation is

02:24difficult you know for travel the people on Monday work and maybe we'll be

02:28late you know when the prices or the tickets or and the people cannot do it so

02:36what can I say so I said before we'll do it I understand completely they don't come

02:42I'm pretty sure they will love again they will love to go there they it happened in

02:47the past this is not happen it's okay but do you not feel it's important to have as

02:51good as a good atmosphere as possible for any game to for the players in yourself so

02:57the few people they are the worst atmosphere listen we have to do it with them or

03:02without them we have to do it our job is do our best our job it's better with our

03:07people but they I'm not complain at all so completely the opposite I'm alongside to

03:14them but the people would like to come I cannot come yeah pepper we know you've

03:19been very close to Kevin for many years I'm sure everybody wants him to have a

03:22really good final few few games but because he's so disappointed as a manager

03:28how do you make it so it's not it's not awkward you know between you or between him

03:33and the club or or you know how do you kind of manage that that situation because

03:37he he did an interview said I might play for another Premier League team which

03:41surprised people so he's obviously hurting I understand that but as a manager how do

03:45you stop it being awkward for the last few games

03:48prepare the game with the feelings that he has the feelings that he has and all the

03:51players has I understand completely I understand so cannot be otherwise so and

03:59well we wish I wish personally for him and his family for of course for I have I

04:06think from the club all the best so but he behaved unbelievably all these years

04:11this month again will happen until the end and he's trained really good is playing

04:15helping us with his skills and his talents and I know he wants the best for the

04:21club this is only I'm concerned to prepare the game against Nottingham Forest not

04:24thinking much further than that I mean you're very experienced and you've been

04:29through this before I mean people like Aguero great players have to leave as a

04:34human being is that is that one of the hardest parts of your job to decide these

04:38things I believe we have leave a lot of things with them a lot good moments in

04:51terrible bad moments and terrible good moments and without them and Sergio David

04:56Silva's and all the players like we can make a long long list but we are nine years

05:01here you know there are a lot of players they came in and after they leave and they

05:06are part of my life they are part of we have lived here it's impossible don't

05:11feel it so of course it's so difficult of course it is

05:17but just don't Kevin there's been reports that he doesn't want to play in the club

05:22World Cup have you had a conversation with him yet or I don't know I need for my

05:27time I just want to ask about Nico O'Reilly he came on at Bournemouth in the last round he's played

05:36every game since then what's he given you in the last few weeks in the team to be

05:42able to to be more stable than the same physical his presence like his attacking midfielder his

05:50composer with the ball surprise how is it that defensively our attention he is he has a pace

05:57give us an extra play and set pieces that help us because we are weak in that in that position and

06:05yeah he generosity to play in the position like he's not used to and giving everything for the team

06:11so in the back four now we're at a stable so we have pace with Josco with uh with Mateus and Nico

06:19because they are so fast and the intelligence and leadership unbelievable leadership from Ruben so

06:23mainly that is the reason why does it help having somebody who understands the attacking side of the

06:31of the patterns that you want to to play even if he's playing at left back because you look at the

06:35goal we scored at Everton for instance the the run he makes there like that's the left back in that

06:40position it's a movement for a striker that I would love to do my strikers to do that movement

06:45I would love it always I said to when I scored the goals finish in front of the keeper in front

06:52and you'll score goals and he did it as much closer you are the keeper more chance to score a goal

06:57that's for sure and he did it yeah because he's attacking midfielder same many times when improving

07:02that rolls the cross the movement is there he failed it and now he adapted in a position that

07:06is not used so and we can open with him but we play Jeremy we can open with Jeremy and he play a

07:13position attacking midfielder like Fabian Delve Alex or Joao or many many fullbacks play in that

07:19position so the ductility it helps us a lot you know to to do it because Jeremy feel more comfortable

07:26outside than inside but Nico can play inside and outside when arriving outside left foot make a

07:33two or three or four crosses like for example with Erling will be so valuable you know but

07:38can play inside when the ball inside make a run to arrive in the box so yeah it's at the end the

07:44people the players people the players can say not to do it but you know in any role you have to do

07:49some movement you have to do it the wind that duals and movement there and and when the players do it

07:54to have you know do you know more chance because when I say time unfair with Jeremy is it true

08:00because the action he has done it has done it many times against righto how many times against the

08:04sports that he helped us he was the key player with us you know breaking that since then we could

08:08play a little bit different shape didn't play much but what can I say he's right when I said I

08:14want to play more yeah you're right you're right you prove that you what you want for you

08:18especially with the ball so he can do it so and that's why that's why Nico in that case deserve the

08:26minutes now is playing because he's given Nasser a lot a lot of things okay thank you

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