It didn't take much football in Germany for conclusions to be made about City's players: they just aren't the same without Guardiola. But that cannot be used as an excuse and, given another 90 minutes, City players have not tried to use it as one. City fans are of course used to the conversation that tends to be had around their season. Of course, Guardiola and his team are not in this tournament so that cannot be the ending but there are still many aspects of City bingo to be ticked off. Nobody cares about City, famously, but the influence of their players and Guardiola on Euro 2024 looks set to be a recurring theme of the tournament.

Source: Express June 23, 2024 20:33 UTC