If you're in charge of Manchester City, you probably want Bayern Munich to win the Champions League final on Sunday.
That may be unpalatable for many supporters, who barely need a memory bigger than a goldfish to remember a time the German giants have annoyed them.
There are so many examples to give, but a shallow scratching of the surface should be enough to paint the picture: after years of swipes down from Bavaria at the Blues over Financial Fair Play and two lengthy pursuits of Leroy Sane that have seen at least one apology offered in each of the last two summers over their poor behaviour, to see Bayern portrayed as the good guys in their showdown with Paris Saint-Germain simply won't sit right at the Etihad.
There will certainly be smiles from Manchester if the cameras happen to catch a glum Uli Hoeness or Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in Lisbon, but at the same time City and Guardiola could probably do with Bayern winning.
Already tipped before the mini-tournament began, an 8-2 battering of Barcelona has lifted Hansi Flick's side towards greatness; victory in the final would be seen as the coronation of a terrific side.
PSG, however, have up to now been in the same unwanted bracket as City: clubs with Middle East backing, untrusted and disliked by the traditional European elite with little Champions League pedigree and a knack for disappointing in the competition.
It looked as though City had taken the lead in the battle of the new-money powers when Manuel Pellegrini's side won a tight quarter-final in 2016 to send the Blues to their best ever run. With Guardiola incoming, the platform was there for City to build on.
However, the competition has been the Achilles heel for the manager during his time at the Etihad and defeat to Lyon has to go down as one of the club's most painful exits from the competition given the strength of the squad and the different format in Lisbon.
A saving grace has been that PSG have managed to do even worse, going out in the last-16 the last three seasons including managing to mess up a first leg lead over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's United.
Now they find themselves 90 minutes from glory after holding their nerve against Dortmund, Atalanta and RB Leipzig - three potential banana skins.
Victory over Bayern would be a strike against the closed shop of the established European clubs, but it would also reflect poorly on Guardiola to see that rather than make progress under him in the Champions League they have in fact regressed comparatively.
As the club and manager look to put this latest disappointment behind them, a win for Bayern seems like the best outcome from the final to help them do that.
