"African shamans in the future will not allow Guardiola to win the Champions League" -Guardiola's 'African curse' resurfaces after Manchester City's Real Madrid collapse
The 'African curse' set on Pep Guardiola by Yaya Toure's agent has resurfaced after Manchester City's exit in the semi-final at the hands of Real Madrid. Dimitry Seluk claimed the African shamans would not allow the Cityzens to win the elite European competition under the Spaniard.
Seluk was furious with Guardiola for his treatment of Toure and had 'put a curse' on the manager. He went on to suggest that the manager had issues with African players after reports of similar disagreements with Samuel Eto'o.
Pep Guardiola will never win the Champions League again due to 'African curse', Yaya Toure's agent claims telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/…
Manchester City have missed out on the Champions League trophy yet again after Real Madrid staged a stunning comeback in the dying minutes of the semi-final second leg. In 2018, the football agent told France Football [via Telegraph]:
"God sees everything. As a man who acted with Yaya, the legend of the club, which under different pretexts did not give the opportunity to go on the field. He turned all Africa against himself, many African fans turned away from Manchester City. And I'm sure that many African shamans in the future will not allow Guardiola to win the Champions League. This will be for Guardiola an African curse. Life will show whether I am right or not."
As soon as Rodrygo's second goal was scored, Dimitry Seluk's curse was all over Twitter:
🎙️ Yaya Touré's agent in 2018: “Pep turned all Africa against himself. I’m sure that many African shamans in the future will not allow Guardiola to win the Champions League. This will be for Guardiola an African curse. Life will show whether I am right or not.” 🧙♂️ https://t.co/lN2CyNzEXr
WHAT A GAME. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL AT ITS BEST. BUT THIS YAYA TOURE'S CURSE ON PEP MIGHT JUST BE WORKING 😱 https://t.co/U7RLmxPO3o
Yaya Toure’s curse on Pep is actually true 😭😭😭 https://t.co/fFaAM08ojn
Pep begging Yaya Toure’s agent to undo the Champions League curse after this game
https://t.co/1YXtRxbn9F twitter.com/TeleFootball/s…
All Pep Guardiola needs to do is beg Yaya Toure https://t.co/c8LzA4Ova8
The Yaya Toure curse is the reason why Pep Guardiola won’t win UCL again simple 🤝 https://t.co/FHhean51d0
Pep Guardiola on Manchester City's Champions League exit
Pep Guardiola admitted it was going to be tough to take the Champions League loss to Real Madrid. His side were 5-3 up on aggregate with a minute left in the game but conceded twice in two minutes and the game went into extra time.
REAL MADRID HAVE GONE AHEAD! 😮
And of course, Karim Benzema had to get in on the goals! 🎯
This game is something else!
#UCL https://t.co/2XMX5teIhy
Karim Benzema scored from the spot early in the first half of extra time, and that was enough for Los Blancos to move into the final. Speaking after the game, Guardiola said as per Manchester City's official website:
“It is tough for us. We cannot deny it. We were so close to arriving in the Champions League final. We didn’t play much good in the first half. We didn’t find our game, but it’s normal in this competition. The second half was much better.
He added:
“After the goal we controlled it. We found the game, we arrived at the byline. Jack (Grealish) helped us to control the game and unfortunately, he could not finish when we were close.
The Cityzens boss signed off in a dejected manner stating that he had faced similar defeats in the past:
“I have had defeats in the Champions League. I have had tough defeats with Barcelona against Chelsea when both games were exceptional and we could not reach the final.”
Real Madrid will now face Liverpool in the final on May 28 in Paris, while Manchester City will be looking to avoid such slip-ups in the league and win the title.