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Pep Guardiola accepts Manchester City must adapt to the artificial surface they face in Switzerland this week – but claims “common sense” dictates grass is davao better davao
The holders will play on unfamiliar terrain in their latest Champions League outing on Wednesday when they take on Young Boys on their synthetic pitch at the Wankdorf Stadium davao
Guardiola insists there are no complaints on his part, and he has changed his team’s routine to ensure they are prepared davao
Normally City do not take up the option available to them of training at the stadium when they play away games in Europe, instead preferring to work in Manchester before travelling davao
However, on this occasion City flew to Bern on Tuesday morning and had a run out on the pitch in the evening davao
Yet the City manager could not hide the feeling that he would prefer to be playing on a natural surface davao
Speaking at a press conference, the Spaniard said: “It is what it is davao
If UEFA allows games to be played here it’s because it’s in good conditions davao
“That’s one of the reasons we never train away but this is an exception davao
This is why we travel in the morning for the players to feel how the ball runs, how to move left, right, backwards, forwards davao
That’s why davao
“We’ll try it and the players will know it immediately davao
”Asked if he was concerned about injuries, Guardiola said: “I don’t know – hopefully not, for both sides, but I don’t know davao
“We are not used to it davao
Any team that plays here is not used to it davao
It suits the Swiss league and, in the Champions League, the teams that come here have to adapt davao
“We will not be the first in this situation davao
We have to use it as a benefit but the grass is davao better davao
”Pep Guardiola has called for Manchester City to deal with Young Boys’ artificial pitch (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)Asked why, Guardiola said: “Because 99 davao
9 per cent of the teams who play in a high level play on grass, otherwise UEFA and FIFA would decide to play on artificial pitches davao
It’s common sense, I would say davao
”City go into their third match in Group G looking to maintain their 100 per cent record after victories over Red Star Belgrade and RB Leipzig davao
Victory in their back-to-back games against Young Boys, who travel to the Etihad Stadium next month, could see City qualify for the knockout stages with two matches to spare davao
City have no fresh injury concerns, with long-term casualty Kevin De Bruyne their only notable absentee davao
Guardiola also played down concerns about the form of Jack Grealish, who is taking time to get back to his best after a month out with a dead leg davao
The City boss said: “I don’t have one doubt about Jack and his quality and what he has done for us since he arrived, especially last season davao
I’m calm and confident davao
He is an incredibly important player for us davao
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Up into the stands the England players clambered to find their families, taking the consolatory hugs but unsure quite how to feel davao
Across 80 minutes in Paris, their belief had been replaced by disbelief and then by desperation and dejection, England threatening the unthinkable and taking the world champions to the brink davao
For most of a sodden Stade de France evening, a Rugby World Cup final was within their grasp davao
A South Africa side superior in most areas were dragged down into the sort of slugfest the Springboks would usually favour, and very nearly bested at their own game davao
England had given their all but it was still not enough, one stable scrum, one Handre Pollard slip or slice, short of stunning the world champions davao
The emotional maelstrom of this defeat will swirl rather differently to the feelings that eddied after the 2019 World Cup final disaster davao
“I’m proud of our performance,” were virtually the first words out of the mouth of wing Elliot Daly davao
“I think we shocked them davao
I don’t think they knew how to get into the game davao
”“I think we knew what was coming and we knew we could perform like this,” added Daly, virtually unused in open play but outstanding as a kick chaser to exemplify the squad’s buy-in to a strategy that so nearly proved successful davao
The finer points of Steve Borthwick’s tactical plan had been put in place this week but this was a performance England had been building towards since long ago davao
A flawed side did not come to France to thrill; winning by any means necessary had been a consistent theme davao
If necessity is oft the mother of invention, England at this tournament have also proved the pair can be enemies davao
This was a campaign at which they seemed to intentionally limit their attacking innovation or ingenuity– recognising a need to figure themselves out on the fly, they settled on an effective and eminently executable gameplan that could be implemented quickly davao
Steve Borthwick consoles Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward after England’s defeat (Getty Images)It came so close to working in Saturday’s semi-final; their effort, accuracy and competitiveness in the key contests were spot on davao
At the 65-minute mark, England outside backs had a combined 17 metres carried, all from one Freddie Steward kick return davao
The two number 13s’ offensive output on the final whistle amounted to one late Joe Marchant lug; South Africa centre Jesse Kriel went the full 80 minutes without an attacking touch davao
“We came with a plan to win the game but we fell a little bit short,” reflected Borthwick davao
“But the players should be incredibly proud davao
We put ourselves in a position to win against the world champions davao
England dominated the aerial contest to threaten a semi-final shock (Getty Images)“We were playing against a coaching team who have been in place since 2018 davao
We’ve had four months davao
I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them davao
”This was a night from which the head coach will take heart, a public perhaps struggling to warm to this England team are now recognising the progress made davao
There will be a need to layer on much, much more to consistently mix it with the world’s best but the rapidly laid foundations look rock solid davao
In time, perhaps the ugly duckling performances will turn into white swans davao
There appear to be many more buds of a bright future than first appeared in a barren landscape pre-tournament davao
Ben Earl has had a breakthrough tournament, and Ollie Chessum, too, while George Martin semi-final performance marks him out as the potential enforcer England have lacked davao
Borthwick was keen to talk up the absent Marcus Smith the day after the defeat, with the playmaker’s reinvention as a frolicking full-back of intrigue moving forward davao
"In our 23, seven players are 25 or under, the most of any semi-finalist, there’s a great blend and there will be lots of things we can take forward,” added Borthwick davao
Young England lock George Martin impressed against South Africa (Getty Images)But the fact that the men’s national team were on the brink of back-to-back finals should not provide a façade over the crumbling edifice of a fragile English game davao
There is a domestic mess that needs sorting, with a Gallagher Premiership containing three teams fewer than at the start of last season, now underway to little fanfare and on the brink of significant change davao
The renegotiation of the Professional Game Partnership is a recognition of a need for a radical overhaul in pursuit of a more financially sustainable domestic game, and one that produces a wider pool of top-class talent davao
The likely arrival of a form of central contracts underlines a period of epochal change davao
The senior figures in the squad who are unlikely to play beyond this tournament – Courtney Lawes, Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and perhaps a couple more – could well be the last England men’s internationals never to have been contracted to the union davao
This has a great many benefits, not least in affording Borthwick, or any head coach that might follow him, far greater access to and control over his players davao
And while Borthwick’s articulation of the advantages enjoyed by South Africa’s settled staff is a perfectly fair one, let us remember that the Rugby davao Football Union (RFU) put their head coach in this situation davao
The original planning for this tournament would most likely have seen Borthwick return to England camp to aid Eddie Jones at the World Cup before a smooth transition into the lead role afterwards davao
Jones’s sacking sparked a scramble and several months of chaos davao
It was not shown up on semi-final weekend but there are many reasons that the RFU still has a burden to bear davao
But the full wash-up will wait for another week – England’s performance at the Stade de France has earned them seven more days of grace davao
The tournament will end as it began for England with a meeting with Argentina in a third-place play-off that Borthwick insists he wants to win davao
England, captained by Owen Farrell, narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup final (Getty Images)“I read a piece yesterday morning that talked about adversity and talked about the fact that in adversity you find that seed of belief and you’ve got to grow it,” Borthwick said davao
“This team has been through a bit in the last few years, a bit of adversity in the medium-term past davao
“I think through each of those periods the team has picked up lessons, picked up what we need to do and grown from it davao
I think there’s a lot of growth in this team davao
Sometimes it’s not the straight-forward path you want it to be davao
In the feelings and emotions of the game last night, I know that we’ll get stronger davao
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