Pre-Season: Man City's Gvardiol Opens up Maresca's Style of Play After Inter Milan Defeat
- On Aug 1, Manchester City drew 1-1 with Inter Milan in a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong, but the Italian side won the penalty shootout 3-1.
- Enzo Maresca led Manchester City for the first time since replacing Pep Guardiola in June, inheriting the role after Guardiola won 20 trophies in a glorious decade.
- Nearly 43,000 fans watched at Kai Tak Stadium as Divin Mubama gave City the lead in the 14th minute; Benjamin Pavard equalized for Inter shortly after.
- Maresca confirmed that Jack Grealish and Mateo Kovacic will not join the squad in Seoul for the remaining Asia tour matches against Atletico Madrid next week.
- City faces the Community Shield against Arsenal on Aug 16, followed by the Premier League season opener against Bournemouth one week later.
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Pre-season: Man City's Gvardiol opens up Maresca's style of play after Inter Milan defeat
Manchester City defender, Josko Gvardiol has opened up on new manager, Enzo Maresca’s style of play and tactics following their preseason defeat to Inter Milan on Saturday. He believes the Italian is capable of upholding the standards set by Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. He is confident that the former Chelsea manager possesses the necessary […] Pre-season: Man City’s Gvardiol opens up Maresca’s style of play after Inter Milan defeat
Enzo Maresca ‘happy’ after first Manchester City game despite shootout defeat against Inter Milan
Enzo Maresca said he was “very happy” on Saturday after his first game in charge of Manchester City, despite a defeat on penalties to Inter Milan after the sides drew 1-1 in a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong on Saturday.
The 20-year-old player from River participated in a friendly game in Hong Kong, first game under Enzo Maresca; for now, he continues on the English team, which already lent it on several occasions
New boss Maresca happy despite Manchester City losing on penalties to Inter Milan
Whatever he does in the rest of his career, Divin Mubama can always say he scored the first goal of Enzo Maresca’s Manchester City reign, the 21-year-old striker netting in the 14th minute against Inter Milan, before the English club lost on penalties following a 1-1 draw at Kai Tak Stadium on Saturday. With all respect to Mubama, who was on loan at Stoke City last season, not many of the 42,826 crowd for this first match of the Hong Kong Footba…
The former River entered the 1-1 draw against Inter of Milan, in Hong Kong, for the first friendly of the preseason.He was the only player of Manchester City that became the definition by penalty, which remained in the hands of the Italian group.Although he had action, everything indicates that he would go back on loan to add continuity during the season 2026/27.
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