MANCHESTER, April 16 — While Manchester City midfielder Bernando Silva said he and his team mates are motivated by the possibility of winning their second consecutive treble,...
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City host Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Wednesday at the Etihad having overcome them in the semi-finals last season on their way to winning the competition for the first time.“I am not going to say ‘don’t feel this’ to my players, but I have a different opinion. We are far away from those hypothetical dreams,” Guardiola told reporters on Friday.
Guardiola’s team can book their spot in this year’s FA Cup final with a win over Chelsea in Saturday’s semi-final at Wembley. They also have a two-point lead over Arsenal and Liverpool in the Premier League with six games remaining.City captured the treble — Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League — for the first time last season to match Manchester United’s treble win in 1998-99. No team has won it in consecutive seasons and no English side has won it twice.
“When Kevin is present, everything is different because he is one of the best players of our generation,” Silva said. “When he is on a good day it’s difficult to stop him.”
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