This season's Champions League has entered the top 4 stage, this Wednesday and Thursday at 3 a.m., 2 semi-final matches were played separately, the first game to start was Manchester City home against Real Madrid, which is the number one favorite to win the championship and the team with the most number of titles, but also the two teams after 2 seasons to meet the knockout stage, which team finally advanced to the final, which team is close to winning the championship.
According to German transfer information, Manchester City's entire team is worth 959 million euros, ranking first in Europe, and Real Madrid's total team is worth 756 million euros, behind Manchester City's value of 200 million euros.
Before the quarter-finals, the two teams to advance to the top 4 process is not easy, Manchester City won 1-0 at home in the first leg, the second leg 0-0 difficult to draw Atletico Madrid, the final score of 1-0 pass. Real Madrid led 3-1 away from home in the first leg, returned home in the second leg to lose 2-3, eliminating Chelsea 5-4 on aggregate.
According to statistics, this is the fourth time the two teams have met in the Champions League, the previous three meetings occurred in the group stage of 2012/13, the semi-final of the 2015/16 season, and the 1/8 final of the 2019/20 season. In the first 2 meetings, Manchester City's away record was 1 draw and 1 loss, and he could not win Against Real Madrid until the 1/8 final of the 2019/20 season, and the Premier League giants ushered in a big rebound.
In the first leg of the 1/8 final of the 2019/20 season, Manchester City won 2-1 away from home in the first leg, which was the first time the team defeated Real Madrid, and the second leg returned to the home court, Manchester City won 2-1 again, eliminating Real Madrid 4-2 on aggregate, making the European record of the two teams into 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, from 2-3 to 2-1.
Last weekend's league game, Manchester City beat Watford 5-1, and Jesus scored four goals and assisted once, single-handedly directing the victory and helping the team continue to lead the Premier League table by one point. Real Madrid beat Osasuna 3-1 away and are currently leading the La Liga table by 15 points and can win the title as soon as the next round, with both teams in good shape recently.
In the previous three home games against Real Madrid, Manchester City has won 1 win and 2 draws to remain unbeaten, and in recent seasons, the Champions League has not lost consecutively against La Liga teams, which is also one of the strengths of Manchester City.
Last season, Manchester City reached the Champions League final for the first time, and finally lost 0-1 to Chelsea in the gutter overturned, missing the first title in the history of the team, and this season the Blue Moon made a comeback, and Guardiola is determined to lead the team to achieve his dream.