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Passing through a press conference before challenging Atletico Madrid this Tuesday (9 p.m.) in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League, Manchester City coach Josep Guardiola gave news of his winger Riyad Mahrez (31 years, 22 games and 10 goals in the Premier League this season), returned very affected selection after the defeat of Algeria against Cameroon (1-0, 1-2 ap) during the play-offs for the World Cup in Qatar .
“Riyad Mahrez is sad because he won’t go to the World Cup. You score in the 118th minute then, in the 124th, you concede a goal and you find yourself eliminated… There is no explanation for That. It’s football, it’s emotions. It’s a lot of things. (…) There is no dead time like in basketball, or in tennis where you can sit down and think after two sets. It’s football, how many times do you do better than your opponent but in the end you lose?”, explained the Catalan, inevitably disappointed for his offensive star.
