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Man City boss Guardiola: Being favourites against Fluminense means nothing

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is confident of his players' focus against Fluminense in the Club World Cup final.

Guardiola is wary of the experience Flu boast, but has full confidence in the temperament of his players.

He said: “The players are ready and they know how important it is.

"The pleasure is to have done it. We won the semi final. We try since the semi-final against Urawa to assess the quality that Fluminense have.

“I know exactly the talent and the quality of Fluminense and what they can do. They have beaten teams from Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay.

“We have to impose our rhythm and do a good performance and be resilient in the bad moments."

He also stated: “How do we do that? [suppress emotions]. How do you play a Club World Cup final without emotion?" Pep asked.

Emotion is there, it's how you handle it. It's there [in the head]. It's how long it stays in your mind. That's the big target in finals.

“It's the fourth time I am here. The first time at Barcelona in 2009 we scored in the 93rd minutes to go to extra time.

“We were favourites, but we were out. That's when I realised the competition from Brazil and South America is so difficult."

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