{"id":12509,"date":"2023-05-18T09:57:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T04:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=311752"},"modified":"2023-05-18T09:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T04:27:43","slug":"rio-ferdinand-reveals-what-pep-guardiola-told-him-before-the-ucl-game-against-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/rio-ferdinand-reveals-what-pep-guardiola-told-him-before-the-ucl-game-against-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand reveals what Pep Guardiola told him before the UCL game against Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City\u2019s extraordinary journey in the competition continued as they secured an amazing victory over Real Madrid in the second leg of the semifinals, winning by an impressive 4-0 margin. With a commanding aggregate score of 5-1, City booked their place in the finals and have shocked the Football World.<\/p>\n<p>The clash between Manchester City and Real Madrid was highly anticipated, with both teams boasting incredible talent and a rich history in European competition. However, it was City who emerged as the dominant force, leaving no room for doubt about their abilities on the field.<\/p>\n<p>What added an intriguing twist to the story was the revelation made by former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand. Ex-manchester United defender Ferdinand disclosed that he had received a text message from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola prior to the match. The message read, \u201cBelieve me, we beat them two years ago, we\u2019ll beat them again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola\u2019s confidence in his team proved to be well-founded as Manchester City delivered a perfect performance, leaving their opponents behind. From the very first whistle, City asserted their dominance, displaying their technical brilliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City beat Real Madrid by 4-0 in the second leg to secure a place in the finals of the UEFA Champions League. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":34817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[359,266,3620],"class_list":["post-12509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-real-madrid","tag-rio-ferdinand"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}