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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Guardiola Satisfied With Barcelona Despite Defeat To Manchester City

The Catalan coach reflects on defeat in the Joan Gamper Trophy...



Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola had words of praise for his team after they lost to Manchester City in last night's pre-season friendly at the Camp Nou.

City's Martin Petrov scored the only goal of The Game, in which Guardiola used 22 players in an experimental outing for the Blaugrana.

"We had many changes during The Game, the young players [Fontes, Muniesa, Montoya, Jeffren, Tiago and Gai] played to a good level and some of the players recovering from injury have played some minutes. Overall I am very pleased with the performance, "said coach Pep Guardiola Guardiola.Barcelona had words of praise for his team after losing to Manchester City last night in the pre-season friendly at the Camp Nou.

City of Martin Petrov scored the only goal of the game, which used 22 players Guardiola on a pilot for departure Blaugrana.

"We have had many changes during the game, young players [Fontes, Muniesa, Montoya, Jeffren, Gai and James] played a good level and some of the players recovering from injuries have played a few minutes. Overall I'm very satisfied with performance, "said Guardiola...[source]

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