Manchester City head coach Josep Guardiola sets the Champions League record for reaching the semi-finals of the tournament. On Wednesday, April 19, the “citizens” played a draw with Bayern (1:1) in the second leg of the 1/4 finals of the Champions League. Consequently, the English club won on aggregate (4:1) and knocked out Munich from the tournament. This semi-final was the 10th anniversary for the 52-year-old Spaniard in his coaching career.. Thus, Guardiola overtook Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, who reached the Champions League semi-final stage nine times..

Guardiola reached the Champions League semi-finals with three clubs. He did it four times with Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthree times with Bayern and three times with Manchester City (including this season - approx.. We add that out of the previous nine semi-finals, he only managed to reach the final three times..

In the 2008/09 and 2010/11 seasons, the Spaniard won the trophy with Barcelona, \u200b\u200band in the 2020/21 campaign he lost the final match at the helm of Manchester City. Interestingly, it is Ancelotti that Guardiola will have to face in the semi-finals of the current Champions League - the " Another Champions League finalist will be determined by a purely Italian confrontation, in which Inter will meet Milan. The first legs of the semi-finals will take place on May 9 and 10, with the return legs scheduled for May 16 and 17.. The Champions League final will be held at the Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on June 10.