According to Rio Ferdinand, the Rock-Solid Champions League similar game of Manchester City is actually a good thing for them.
The Premier League champions are confronted with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the Knock-Out Play-Offs after scraping through a 3-1 win over Club Bridgen.
Madrid hit them from Europe last season, but City set both Los Blancos and Bayern on the way to the title in 2022-23.
And Ferdinand believes that it is a strong chance for the city to make a statement to the elite and to shake off the rust of a fragmentary competition phase.
“It is an opportunity to remind everyone who you are and what you are about, the quality you have in your team, and that you have the opportunity to beat every team in the world on your day,” Ferdinand told TNT Sports.
“Sometimes such a draw is needed to refrain who you are as a team,” said presenter Reshmin Chowdhury.
Many heavyweights have settled with a place in the intermediate phase before the last 16, with Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain also in the mix.
Only the top eight teams from the competition phase have automatically qualified for the last 16, which means that the following 16 clubs have to fight for the remaining places.
Guardiola already believes that City has again discovered their souls after the cmback against Bruges.
Raphael Onyedika placed the Belgian champions 1-0 on the break of the break, but Mateo Kovacic immediately made it early after the break after the break with a brilliant solo target.
Joel Ordonez's own goal set up Stad 2-1 and Savinho replaced the result with his first European goal in the 77th minute.
“We were 45 minutes away from outside,” said Guardiola. 'We were gone, but if you play nothing to lose, you will move forward.
'Sometimes if you win, you are afraid of what you could lose. We had nothing to lose. In the second half we lifted our souls and our hearts were free. '
“They are all better now than we do, but I don't know what will happen in two weeks,” the Catalan added.
'We take nothing for granted. In two weeks we will be better than we do. New signing sessions, players are coming back. We will see how we are coming.
'I don't know if they like to play against us. We will face them. One is the king of the competition, the other is the second or third king.
“My wish was to have the team back, fit. We played this competition with a thousand problems. Tomorrow the mentality, the vibes, will change and I am pretty sure that we will cause problems for Madrid or Munich. These players have something special. '
The hope of City in the Champions League ended last season in the Etihad on penalties by Real Madrid.
That was seen as a shock at the time, despite the European family tree of Madrid, because they were seen as Afroy team than in earlier campaigns.
But they eventually came forward triumphantly to lift their 15th Champions League trophy with a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in the final.
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