Pep Guardiola says he was "a boy" watching Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
The Spaniard was talking about Manchester City's chances of winning the historic treble when the topic arose.
In fact, Guardiola says he was sitting in the stands at the Camp Nou on that infamous night in 1999, when injury-time goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sealed all three titles.
Pep, who didn't think of scoring a hat-trick until he scored two-thirds, went on to make a rather unusual statement about his age when discussing one of the greatest achievements in history. sports history.
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Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of Wednesday's clash with Brighton, the Spaniard said:
"It's once in a lifetime in the UK that one team, which is United, the way they won against Bayern Munich at Camp Nou. I was there when I was a boy."
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One fan said:
"As a 'boy,' I didn't know 28 was a boy's age," while another wrote:
"'Boy'...a 28-year-old footballer who has won 15 trophies for Barcelona and an Olympic gold medal."
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A third person commented:
"What is he even talking about? He's 28 years old and played 26 games for Barcelona that season."
The fourth added:
"Pep, you are 28 years old and captain of Barcelona in 1999."
"There was once in my life in the UK a team, it was United, the way they won against Bayern Munich at Camp Nou. I was there when I was a boy."
Pep Guardiola doesn't think of scoring a hat-trick until he gets two out of three pic.twitter.com/pQNUiwu5JG
Pep Guardiola's army is only two games away from the historic treble. They will face Inter Milan at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium on June 10 in this season's Champions League final.
But before that, they must beat local rivals United in the much-anticipated FA Cup final on June 3.
Speaking of two games next month, Guardiola said this week:
"The FA Cup final against Man United is going to be really tough. And I've started watching Inter minutes and I'm really impressed. I'm really impressed with what they're doing." Advertisement
"They have body language and a lot of things. It's not a coincidence that there are three Italian teams in the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League finals and semi-finals. , they're there."
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He added:
"I know because I played there and I know the mentality of the Italian teams in the final. So two decades ago the Italian league was the best in the world. Everyone wanted to go there, bridge. players, coaches, they all want to go.. "How many World Cups have they won? That's their mentality.
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"I said right after that - playing a final against an Italian team is always complicated.
“I've seen a little bit already. I called some friends who live in Italy to see how they were. People tell me:
'To be directed towards something'. You don't have to tell me because I feel it. I've seen a few minutes in some games."
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