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'tomorrow The Real Business Starts' - Maresca On Atletico Win

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New Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca says he is "very happy" with his opening three pre-season friendlies in charge as his players are "open-minded" to his style of play.

City rounded off their Asian tour with a 3-1 victory over Atletico Madrid in South Korea on Sunday.

Maresca's side trailed 1-0 at half-time but a double from Omar Marmoush, both assisted by the impressive Antoine Semenyo, and a late Rayan Ait-Nouri strike secured the comeback win.

"Overall, a very good test against one of the best teams in Europe," Maresca said post-match.

"Credit to the players for the effort they have done. From tomorrow pre-season is finished and the real business starts.

"I'm very happy. Especially because the players since we started have been open-minded.

"They want to understand and want to learn why we do things.

"I know that when you join a new club you try to install new patterns or different ideas, the most important thing is we are getting better.

"But the path is a huge path to improve things. But I can see we are trying what we do in training, and we are getting better at that."