In the last season of the European Championship, Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain.
The talk is that Mauricio Pochettino will be the next manager of Manchester United, but he has a mission at Paris St-Germain.
Even if he wins the French title, the end of the Argentine may be even sooner than that. If he succeeds, he might feel like his work in Paris is done and that he can move on.
This may be a win-win for Manchester United as they move from interim to permanent manager and on to a summer appointment following the dismissal of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The only trophy that Manchester City has yet to win is the European Championship. They lost in the final to Chelsea last season.
It is not possible to say that the future at City is as good as the one that Guardiola wants.
There was a temptation to highlight the contrast between the stability of the man and the uncertainty of the man as City secured top spot in their group with a fully deserved 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain.
The City's manager spoke glowingly about his personal and professional relationship with the director of football, one that goes back to their playing days together at Barcelona. There is speculation in Paris about the relationship between Leonardo and Mauricio.
They were a team for a start.
City were a unit that was committed to the style their manager wanted them to play. The group of individuals were all talented and marching to their own beat.
The players on the team are world-class but they all work within the framework of the high-intensity framework and the kind of character that allowed them to shrug off the blow of going behind against the run of play to turn the game around.
Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar had the least amount of touches of the players.
Two teams are locked within one. Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar are just a few of the other people.
His philosophy is usually stamped through his teams. Positive, athletic, pressing. Every player has a work ethic.
Not this one.
The growing feeling is that the long-term hopes of the manager are to impose his style on individuals who like to do their own thing. He has a job on his hands.
The men at the back were gesturing to those at the front to get their hands dirty as City turned up the pressure. Those pleas were often rejected. The big three were often just strolling around and the rest were not good enough to carry them.
Work-rate was not one of the qualities that Messi, Mbappe and Neymar had. You can imagine that the natural instinct of the man is to want more.
The manager of Paris Saint-Germain was appointed in January.
These players could make it difficult for him to impose his style. They don't play like a team.
If he can't do that, the talk of his arrival at Manchester United will only get louder.
City were the best of both worlds. The City's players showed sweat-stained character and resilience as well as class, and it must have been something that impressed the Pochettino.
It is a mystery how the title has escaped a side as good as City, but the talk of "statement" wins that usually follow these results is wasted now because too often it has been followed by disappointment. Their quest is very simple. Win it.
They stop when they play like this. We have said this before.
City was the complete package. The French league leaders were hit with a sucker punch when Mbappe pounced on Messi's cross after they imposed their will on them.
An emphatic answer was given to the question of City. Gabriel Jesus scored the winner after a missed chance by Neymar, as the Reds came back to win.
City showed they are at home among Europe's best. They must be placed with other elite groups who can believe in their ability to win the trophy.
At the end of the game, he was frustrated by the result and the performance of the team.
At the end of the contest between Manchester City's team and the individuals of Paris Saint-Germain, the picture of delight was taken by the man. The team won by a large margin.
