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Manchester City forward Antoine Semenyo has new manager Enzo Maresca’s ideas are quite similar to former manager Pep Guardiol.
City were defeated on penalties by Inter Milan in Maresca’s first game in charge in Hong Kong, but the side demonstrated the attacking intent the new boss will deploy after replacing Guardiola.
Semenyo played the opening 45 minutes and gave Inter full-back Andy Diouf a torrid time with his pace and direct running, helping to set up Divin Mubama’s goal for City.
Substitute Ryan McAidoo also impressed and Maresca said afterwards they are the “kind of wingers I love” – ones that are “very aggressive” and take on their man in “one-v-one” situations”.
Semenyo said (via BBC Sport): “When he got appointed, that was the first thing I thought about because when you’ve played Chelsea previously when he was there, his wide men were always high and quite free.
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“So that was one of the things that excited me the most when he got appointed and it’s exciting for me as a winger. I get to have one-v-one situations most of the game and I am looking forward to it.
“I have had individual meetings with him on how he wants to set up, how he wants to play his wide men and just overall as a team.
“I think his ideas are great, quite similar to Pep, but if you watched the [Inter] game, you would have seen a couple of his ideas play out and it was good. Enzo is just [stay] out wide and when you get the ball, just create opportunities. So it is music to my ears.”
Semenyo joined City from Bournemouth in the January transfer window and helped them win the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup.
He was part the Black Stars squad that reached the round of 32 at the FIFA World Cup 2026.
