the actress visits Manchester United – Corriere.it

After the immense joy for Julia Roberts’ message received after the Champions League victory against Inter (1-0, June 10), Pep Guardiola’s heart broke again. The Manchester United posted photos of the meeting between the Hollywood star and the Red Devils.

So good to see Julia Roberts once again following Saturday’s game! #MUFC || #MUTOUR23 pic.twitter.com/9eksp8Lqn5

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 23, 2023

The actress visited Erik ten Hag’s training during the US tour, in a friendly match against Arsenal at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Smiling, she let herself be immortalized with the United players and also with the English coach. And she could not miss the Manchester United T-shirt with the name Julia.

What does Guardiola have to do with it, then? In June he had realized his dream, apparently unrealizable: not to win the Champions League with the Citizens, after the two with Barcelona (2009 and 2011), but to receive a message from Julia Roberts. After defeating the Nerazzurri in Istanbul, the Catalan manager was tagged on Instagram by the actress’s official profile. A message complete with close-up photos of Guardiola kissing the cup and a sentence from Julia: Congratulations Pep for leading your team to win the Champions League.

A great satisfaction for the Catalan coach who had revealed his love for the actress in mid-March after the 7-0 victory against Leipzig in the second leg of the round of 16. I could lift the Champions League to the sky three times in a row, but I’d still be a loser, he joked (or maybe not?), after Haaland’s five times. To then explain: 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. Effectively the Hollywood star visited United, coached by Jos Mourinho at the time, with her husband Daniel Moder and her three children. And now another visit to the Red Devils. Guardiola will have to come to terms with it.