Guardiola's City lost the 2021 final against Chelsea in Porto and on their return to the Dragao, Maresca said the club has high expectations in the competition.
"When you are Man City, the expectation is always higher," he said. "I like more to be focused on the day by day, it's very complicated to think where we can be in February, March, April in terms of expectations.
" Hmm wait — this is confusing. The quote "When you are Man City, the expectation is always higher" — that sounds like Maresca talking about Chelsea? Actually no. Hmm. Actually, this appears to be a garbled snippet. Perhaps the real story: Maresca is Chelsea manager, and Chelsea play... no wait, it says "Guardiola's City lost the 2021 final against Chelsea in Porto and on their return to the Dragao, Maresca said..." — Hmm, maybe it's actually about Maresca being a former City assistant now coaching... Actually Maresca coached Chelsea in the Club World Cup final against... no. Wait, actually — Enzo Maresca was assistant coach at Man City under Guardiola (2018-2020? something). Then he went to Parma, Leicester, then Chelsea. Hmm, "on their return to the Dragao" — Chelsea returning to the Dragao? Actually Chelsea won the 2021 UCL final in Porto against City. But the text says "Guardiola's City lost the 2021 final against Chelsea in Porto and on their return to the Dragao, Maresca said the club has high expectations." Hmm, wait — maybe this is about Man City playing in Porto... Actually! The 2021 final was at Estádio do Dragão in Porto. Maybe Man City returned to the Dragão for a Champions League match against Porto? Man City did play FC Porto... no wait. Hmm, in 2020-21 group stage City played Porto at Etihad and away... Actually Man City played Porto in the 2020-21 group stage, away at Dragão (0-0? No, City won 3-1 in Porto? Let me recall: Porto 1-3 Man City in December 2020? Actually City beat Porto 3-1 at home and 0-0 away? Hmm.) Wait, but Maresca quote "When you are Man City, the expectation is always higher" — Maresca said that? Perhaps this is an old article from 2020-21 when Maresca was City assistant? But ESPN story id 49862102 — that's a recent ID. Hmm. Actually, maybe I'm overthinking. This might be a synthetic/test source. The instruction is just to translate this segment faithfully. The title given: "马雷斯卡把夜店音乐搬进曼城训练场 欧冠客战波尔图前全队抢着当DJ" — so the overall article (chunk 1 presumably) covered the music/training vibe and preview of the away Champions League match at Porto. Chunk 2 covers: Guardiola's City lost the 2021 final to Chelsea in Porto; returning to the Dragão, Maresca said the club has high expectations; quote about expectations being higher at Man City, focus day by day, complicated to think about February/March/April. Wait but Maresca saying "When you are Man City" — as a former assistant? Hmm, actually there's a real story: Chelsea under Maresca... no. Let me think: ESPN id 49862102 — recent (2025). Maybe it's about Man City playing... hmm, "on their return to the Dragao" — Man City returning to Estádio do Dragão. Did City play Porto recently? In the 2025-26 Champions League league phase? The 2025-26 UCL draw: Man City's opponents included Napoli, Dortmund, Villarreal, Leverkusen, Real Madrid, Galatasaray, Monaco, Bodø/Glimt. Not Porto. Hmm, but maybe this is fictional/test data. Actually — wait. Maybe the article is actually about Chelsea? "When you are Man City" quote... Actually there's a real ESPN article: "Chelsea training has club vibe as Maresca plays music"? Hmm, Maresca at Chelsea plays music? Actually I recall Maresca mentioning... Hmm. Actually the instruction says title: "马雷斯卡把夜店音乐搬进曼城训练场 欧冠客战波尔图前全队抢着当DJ" — translated: "Maresca brings nightclub music into Man City training ground; before Champions League away match at Porto the whole squad fights to be DJ." So the article premise: Man City away at Porto in UCL, Maresca (presumably as part of staff or... whatever) plays music. The persona: home-team fan translator (曼城 as "主队"? The fan is of Manchester City presumably). My job: translate chunk 2 faithfully, ~373 source chars, output at least 317 Chinese characters of plain text. Include
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