Real Madrid were 'Fortunate' to win the Champions League and 'deserved to lose against PSG, Chelsea, Liverpool, and us,' according to Man City president Ferran Soriano, who also insists his club is 'NOT infatuated' with winning the champions league.
According to some, Real Madrid's Champions League victory was "fortunate." The CEO of Manchester City
According to Ferran Soriano, they should have lost to PSG, Chelsea, Liverpool, and City.
City aspires to win the trophy, but Soriano believes they are not "obsessed."
Real Madrid were "a little bit lucky" to win the Champions League last season, according to Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano, who believes Carlo Ancelotti's team "deserved to lose against PSG, Chelsea, Liverpool, and us."
Los Blancos won their 14th European Cup in May, defeating Liverpool 1-0 at the Stade de France thanks to Vinicius Jr's second-half strike, and had a rollercoaster ride through the tournament, coming through some close knockout ties and pulling off three comeback victories in the last-16 and semi-finals.
With 15 goals to his name, Karim Benzema took Madrid to the title and saved them from elimination against the majority of the clubs identified by Soriano, who believes Real can count themselves fortunate to have won it.
He said that Madrid had much better squads in previous decades without winning the trophy, implying that even the strongest teams in the world may fall short on Europe's grand prize.
'People forget that in the 1980s and 1990s, [Real] had a magnificent team, one of the best in history, with [Emilio] Butragueno and La Quinta [Butragueno plus Sanchis, Rafael Martn Vazquez, Michel and Miguel Pardeza], yet they couldn't win it,' Soriano continued.
'Milan got rid of them every year. So they were lucky now, but they had been incredibly unlucky for years.'
'We are patient, it is not an obsession, we will win it at the appropriate moment,' he added of City's ongoing Champions League quest.
Last season, Madrid came perilously close to being eliminated from the competition in the first knockout round. Mauricio Pochettino's side won the first game 1-0 thanks to a strike from Kylian Mbappe, In the second leg, the Frenchman made it 2-0 on aggregate before Karim Benzema's 17-minute hat-trick startled the Parisiens.
The following round saw them face Premier League rivals Chelsea, whom they defeated 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. However, a tense second leg saw Chelsea rush into a 3-0 lead to secure a place in the semi-finals, before Rodryo and Benzema - once again - scored to seal a 5-4 aggregate triumph.
Man City were up next to try to stop Madrid, and they got off to a fantastic start by defeating them in a 4-3 thriller in the first leg at the Etihad.
The second leg saw them look destined to face Liverpool in the final after Riyad Mahrez scored 15 minutes from time, before Rodrygo netted twice and In the second leg, the Frenchman made it 2-0 on aggregate before Karim Benzema's 17-minute hat-trick startled the Parisiens.
The following round saw them face Premier League rivals Chelsea, whom they defeated 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. However, a tense second leg saw Chelsea rush into a 3-0 lead to secure a place in the semi-finals, before Rodryo and Benzema - once again - scored to seal a 5-4 aggregate triumph.
Man City were up next to try to stop Madrid, and they got off to a fantastic start by defeating them in a 4-3 thriller in the first leg at the Etihad
And in the final, Liverpool were all that stood between them and a 14th Champions League title, and they duly delivered as Vinicius Jr stepped up to smash home a second-half strike to round up a 1-0 win, thanks in part to a series of fantastic saves by Thibaut Courtois.
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