http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 apologizes for Manchester City’s exit from UEFA Champions League
Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini has gone on to apologize to the Manchester City fans, following his sides elimination from the UEFA Champions League.
City went into their game last night, following a series of poor results in the Champions League. As a result, the team needed to win their game against Bayern Munich if they were to stand any chance of making it through to the next round of the tournament.
However, even if the team did end up winning, they would have still needed Villarreal to beat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003, in order for them to progress from their group.
Despite going on and beating Munich by two goals to nil at the Etihad Stadium, City couldn’t ensure their qualification into the knock out stages, as Napoli beat Villarreal and claimed the second spot for themselves.
Roberto Mancini, who seems to be more than just disappointed with the result for his team, has gone on to apologize to the team’s fans.
The manager, when talking about the game and the changes that his team needed to make is quoted to have said: "We need to improve as a team. Our group was difficult. Congratulations to Napoli for getting through.
"We are a good team always. We are a fantastic team. I am very sorry for our supporters and I’m sorry for my players because players like that should be playing in the Champions League.
"I think usually with 10 points [the amount City amassed] teams go through – always – 99% [of the time]. This is a very strange group, difficult group.
"We made some mistakes but it can happen. After Naples [where City lost to Napoli] it was difficult."
With City now sitting in the Europa League, the team is being regarded as the firm favourites to win the competition. This is despite the fact that Manchester United are also joining City in the completion, since both the teams from Manchester were knocked
out of the Champions League group stages.
Mancini has gone on to place a very high importance on the Europa League, as the manager is looking to end the season with at least one European trophy.
The way the team has been playing in the Premier League, should they continue that performance in the Europa League, they are more than likely to end up going far in the tournament, with a possibility of winning the thing as well.
It is now a wait to see just how far the team will go in the Europa League.
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