Luis Enrique surprised him in his list for the Eurocup with the presence of four Manchester City footballers among the 24 chosen. More than any team on the definitive list. Curiously, the four of them could win the Champions League before the concentration of Spain but none of them played any minute in the final in Porto.
Aymeric Laporte and Eric García had it more difficult since the starting centrals are Stones and Rúben Dias, but Guardiola surprised with the substitution of Rodrigo and to a lesser extent with Ferran Torres. None of the four from La Roja ended up jumping into the Do Dragao stadium. Not even the Spanish winger was chosen as a trigger to try to open the closed Chelsea defense.
Minutes of the four in Champions this season:
- Laporte: 4 games (277 minutes)
- Eric García: 3 games (208 minutes)
- Rodrigo: 10 games (785 minutes)
- Ferran Torres: 6 games (4 goals and 360 minutes)