Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola took a dig at a reporter after his team drew against Real Madrid in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League clash on Tuesday night. City controlled possession but couldn’t translate it into significant scoring opportunities. Their talisman, Erling Haaland wasted a few early chances but wasn’t much of a threat throughout the game at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. 
Vinícius Júnior put Madrid ahead with a shot into the top corner in the first half and De Bruyne equalized for the visitors with a powerful one-time shot in the second half. After the match, Guardiola was shocked to hear a reporter suggest that ‘everyone’ thought his side would ‘destroy’ Real Madrid. “Everyone thought we would see City destroy Real Madrid,” a reporter who works with beIN SPORTS told the Manchester City coach. 
Responding to this, Guardiola said; “Who’s everyone? Do you know who we are playing against? “Do you know how many Champions League titles they [Real Madrid] have? It’s not my fault you thought we would win 6-0.” The second leg will be played next week in Manchester. The first leg of the other semifinal between Italian rivals Inter Milan and AC Milan is on Wednesday, May 10.
The Portuguese star who moved to Stamford Bridge in January on loan from Atletico Madrid, gave the correction during a press conference. Speaking ahead of Chelsea’s crucial meeting with Dortmund at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night after a 1-0 defeat in the first leg, Felix was asked by a journalist how to correctly say his name. Many English and Spanish fans incorrectly pronounce his name ‘Jow Fee-lix’ but the star revealed that it’s actually “Je-wow Feh-lix”. 
“Everyone says ‘Fee-lix’, even in Spain, just in Portugal they say my correct name. I don’t know why, I don’t think it’s too hard,” Felix said. When asked if the mispronunciation annoys him, Felix said: “Nah! I don’t care.” Felix became the fourth most expensive footballer of all time when Atletico Madrid signed him from Benfica for £113m in 2019, but the youngster struggled for consistent form in the Spanish capital. He had a rocky relationship with fiery Atletico manager Diego Simeone and so it was decided it would suit all parties if he went out on loan.