Pep realizes his biggest dream – Corriere.it

Pep Guardiola has realized his dream, apparently impossible. And we are not talking about the Champions League he just won, the third in his career after the two victories with Barcelona in his career (2009 and 2011), but rather the long-awaited, highly anticipated, message from Julia Roberts. The Catalan technician was tagged on Instagram by the actress’s official profile. A message with a close-up photo of Guardiola kissing the cup and a sentence from Julia: Congratulations Pep for leading your team to win the Champions League.

Now, we can bet on it, the Catalan coach’s joy will be total. But where does this interest come from? Julia Roberts for the victory of the Citizens against Inter? From Pep’s statements, which date back to mid-March after the 7-0 victory against Leipzig in the second leg of the round of 16. I could lift it to the sky three times in a row, but I’d still be a failure, he joked (or maybe not?), after Haaland’s five-pointer. I have three idols in my life, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Julia Roberts. The latter arrived in Manchester years ago. Specific: not in the 90s, when Ferguson was winning title after title. But in 2016, at a time when we were better than United. But she went to Old Trafford, not to us. Well, even winning the Champions League wouldn’t make up for this disappointment that I carry with me. A surprise revelation, which he had never done. The visit dated back to November 2016: the Hollywood star preferred the enemy of the City coach, Jos Mourinho. Special One was the coach of the Red Devils at the time. Nothing unusual or bizarre: Julia Roberts, her husband Daniel Moder and her three children are all United fans.

But this time Guardiola has done it: Champions League also with Manchester City and a message from his greatest idol. And all without the contribution of Lionel Messi. The accusation that has always been addressed to him after his farewell to Barcelona to seek confirmation elsewhere. He confirms that he arrived in Istanbul, after the disappointment of 2021 with the defeat in the final against Chelsea.