Maurizio Sarri | tribalfootball.com
The Italian has tipped Juventus and Manchester City as favorites to win the champions league this season. The new Chelsea boss has had a very good start to his coaching career as the manager in charge of the west london site. Chelsea currently sits as joint top team together with Liverpool and Manchester City. The coach hopes that he can lead his charges to the champions league next season and then to compete for the prestigious price.
Maurizio Sarri says Juventus and Manchester City are the two teams that are likely to lift the trophy at the final stage of the competition.
Juventus have a collection of some of the most brilliant players in Europe and with the recent acquisition of Cristiano Ronaldo, the stage is now looking clear for the Bianconeri to finally lift a trophy that has eluded them for many seasons. The Italian says that he has always thought that Manchester City are the team that can compete for the champions league. They have a collection of players who understand perfectly the tactics and mentality of their coach, Pep Guardiola.
As for the other spanish teams, Sarri says we will have to wait till the month of March next year to see if they would be able to put up a challenge. He further added that in the Champions League, things could change very fast.