“Who is better between me and Calhanoglu? I leave the rankings to others.”

On the eve of the Champions League match against Inter, Pep Guardiola and Rodri spoke at the City press conference. The Spanish midfielder, who scored the Istanbul goal that gave the English Cup and extinguished the dreams of the Nerazzurri, spoke about the alleged duo with Calhanoglu: the Inter manager, in a perfect ranking, actually placed himself in the first place among managers, right in front of Rodri himself. And this is his response: “It is his opinion and I respect it, I am not here to judge other players. That is why you are here (he said to the journalists, editor) who do it professionally. I want to be the best, I train and play for this, but I do not start ranking”. Having said that, Rodri then focused on the value of Inter and the possible difficulties that City will face tomorrow evening: “There are many aspects that we can worry about, they have some key players, they defend very well and they have excellent transfers. There are many players”. “Stars like Lautaro, important players in midfield like Barella and Calhanoglu himself, they are an excellent team, I don’t think they have just one star but the focus is on team play. We know how Italian teams defend, they have qualities in defence and attack and they know very well how to switch from defence to attack, they are very good in midfield, but so are we, it will be a good game tomorrow.”