Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola, confirmed that he will continue to use his position and position to express his solidarity with the victims of conflicts and acts of violence around the world.
Guardiola made this statement during a press conference held before the second leg of the semi-final of the League Cup, which brought together his team, Manchester City, with Newcastle United. This statement comes five days after he announced his support for children in the occupied Palestinian territories, during his participation in a charity event held in Barcelona.
“Never in the history of humanity have the facts before our eyes been so clear,” Guardiola told reporters in Manchester on Tuesday.
He continued: “The genocide in Palestine, and what happened in Ukraine, and in Russia, and all over the world, in Sudan, and everywhere. What is happening in front of us? Do you want to see that? These are our problems as human beings.”
The Spanish coach stressed, “Societies must work collectively to improve their conditions. Look at what happened in the United States. It killed Renee Judd and Alex Peretti. Tell me how you can defend that.”
He concluded his speech by saying: “There is no perfect society and no perfect place, and I am not perfect, but we have to work to be better.”
