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Guardiola: Pity to beryllium retired of the Club World Cup (0:55)
Man City brag Pep Guardiola puts his side's exit astatine the Club World Cup down to "minor margins" pursuing their 4-3 decision to Al Hilal. (0:55)
Rob DawsonJul 1, 2025, 09:33 AM ET
ORLANDO, Florida -- Bernardo Silva has rejected the proposition that Manchester City's aboriginal exit from the FIFA Club World Cup could beryllium a blessing successful disguise and said "no 1 wanted much vacations."
City were dumped retired successful the circular of 16 by Al Hilal connected Monday aft a thrilling game successful Orlando.
It means Pep Guardiola and his squad are going location 2 weeks earlier the last successful New York connected July 13.
Had City made it to the extremity of the tournament, they would person conscionable 4 weeks to remainder and hole for the commencement of the Premier League connected Aug. 16.
City volition present get an extended break, but Silva -- who had conscionable 5 days disconnected betwixt the extremity of past play and the Club World Cup aft playing for Portugal successful the Nations League -- insists the players don't privation the other clip off.
"No 1 wanted to lose, nary 1 wanted much vacations," Silva said.
"We are precise utilized to not having holidays unluckily due to the fact that the docket is crazy.
"But erstwhile we are successful a contention we instrumentality it precise earnestly and we had a batch of ambition for this Club World Cup and we wanted to triumph it."
Asked whether the feeling of going retired was akin to exiting the Champions League, the 30-year-old said: "Yeah, a small bit, yeah."
City are acceptable to instrumentality to Manchester from the grooming basal successful Boca Raton, Florida connected Tuesday.
Silva said the players don't yet cognize however overmuch clip disconnected they volition get, but promised the squad volition beryllium acceptable to statesman their Premier League run erstwhile they look Wolves astatine Molineux connected Aug. 16.
"We don't cognize [the schedule] yet," helium said.
"We cognize erstwhile we commencement the Premier League, we volition effort to person arsenic overmuch remainder arsenic imaginable but besides coming backmost to hole for the play properly.
"That's not my job, that's the manager and his staff's occupation to hole the players, 2 oregon 3 weeks, whatever. But we are going to hole the season."
