Article by Cosmin Nistor – Published Wednesday, March 11, 2026 23:10 / Updated Wednesday, March 11, 2026 23:32
Alin Buzărin, GSP columnist, and Costel Pantilimon, former goalkeeper of the English group, commented at halftime on the crazy half in real madrid – Manchester Cityin the GSP Live Special studio.
It was 3-0 at the “Bernabeu” at halftime, after Federico Valverde did what he wanted with the English defense.
VIDEO. Alin Buzărin, at halftime of the match Real Madrid – Manchester City 3-0: “Leave the past, the present… Costele, are you okay? Are you okay?”
In the debut of the show, Buzărin took Pantilimon hard:
“Leave the past, the present… Ribs, are you okay? Are you okay? See those elephants over there grimacing. Valverde is epochal, he's legendary! Let's say the first two goals are on the counterattack: pass from the goalkeeper, finish. Me, but the 3rd goal, when he dribbles Marc Guehi through the air, like tennis with his foot… it was a hopeless phase!
He had pushed it to the side, he was waiting for the break, there was no more danger. But to receive the ball and dribble him through the air like that, on a player from the England national team… that should be framed as a goal. Mbappe was missing here, or Rodrygo. Valverde was carrying the piano for Kroos and Modric,” said Alin Buzărin.
Costel Pantilimon: “Valverde was my colleague at Deportivo”
In the 2017-2018 period, Pantilimon was a colleague at Deportivo La Coruna with Valverde, the current midfielder of Madrid.
“To a certain extent I am happy for Valverde, because he was my colleague at Deportivo. What they are showing at the moment Real shows again that they are a big team, which does not end up dying. They always find a solution. It seems unreal to me. At the moment it is incredible.
I knew Valverde was on loan at Real, you could see he had quality. He was still a child, he was used in several positionsnot a right back, but during training you could clearly see that he has value. It's just that, what Real represented in those days, it didn't seem to happen anytime soon. It was just a coincidence when Zidane took over the team and turned him into a core player. He's not a player who plays the piano, he's a hard worker”, concluded Costel Pantilimon
