[인터풋볼] Reporter Shin Dong-hoon = Jayden Sancho (21, Dortmund) and Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager, met after a long time.
Manchester City played Dortmund 2-1 in the second leg of the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League (UCL) quarterfinals held at Jignal Iduna Park in Westphalia, North Rhine, Germany at 4 am on the 15th. I suppressed it. With this, Man City succeeded in advancing to the quarterfinals with a combined score of 4-2.
Man City conceded by Jude Bellingham in the 15th minute and were dragged 0-1. However, in the 10th minute of the second half, a penalty kick (PK) was obtained and Riyadh Marez, who played the kicker, made a 1-1 goal. In the 30th minute of the second half, Phil Foden’s reverse goal turned the game over. Eventually the match ended in a 2-1 victory by Man City. Man City, who also won 2-1 in the first game, was on the stage of the semi-finals after five years.
Man City was a festival, but Dortmund was a portrait book. He struggled with Man City’s firepower and solid defense, ending the UCL in the quarter-finals. The ups and downs of the’main gun’ Eling Holland were also disappointing. He scored 10 goals only in the UCL this season, but he was silent in both games against Man City. When Holland did not burst, the damage to the Dortmund attack fell.
The absence of the helper Sancho was painful. Jude Bellingham, Marco Royce, and Emre Chan struggled, but the Sancho gap was large. Sancho, who was injured in a thigh, prepared for a comeback against Man City, but it didn’t go as intended and watched the game from the stand. It was very regrettable for Dortmund that Sancho was missing because he showed good breath with Holland in every game that he played this season.
It would have been the same with Sancho. In addition to not being able to help the team, it is because he was not able to show off his skills against his own team. Sancho is from the Manchester City youth and, along with Phil Foden, was the team’s most anticipated talent. However, when he did not receive the opportunity, he moved to Dortmund in 2017. Unlike Man City, Dortmund actively gave young Sancho a chance.
Sancho, who increased his participation time, was in full bloom with expectations. He scored 46 goals and 60 assists in 130 games in Dortmund. He scored 12 goals and 18 assists in the league in the 2018-19 season, and 17 goals and 17 assists last season. The value has soared to the sky, and is being evaluated at 100 million euros (approximately 134 billion won) based on the soccer statistics media’Transfermark’.
Sancho, who had improved his skills, must have dreamed of an armed demonstration in front of Man City. However, the reality was that we had no choice but to watch from the stands. When I said hello to coach Guardiola at halftime, he looked bright, but when the second half team lost the lead, he looked at the game with a face full of regret.
