After winning la Liga four rounds in advance, Real Madrid can free up their hands to prepare for the semi-final of the Champions League. Compared with Real Madrid, their opponents Manchester City also have to fight in the Champions League and the Premier League, because Liverpool are closely behind them, and there is only a one-point difference between them and Manchester City, and Guardiola's team does not dare to slack off for a moment.
As Real Madrid lifted the shackles of the league, the Spanish media also began to look forward to their Champions League prospects. In the first leg of the semi-finals, Manchester City won 4:3, the gap between one goal is not safe, maybe only 10 minutes after the opening of the second leg, the two sides can return to the same running line, not to mention that at the Bernabeu, Manchester City has never had an advantage.
Spanish media have said that Real Madrid will definitely attack in the second leg, Ancelotti is bound to send the strongest squad against Manchester City, the first time in charge of Real Madrid, An Fat Zi failed to win the league and The Champions League double title, this time, he will definitely not miss this opportunity.
Now, the pressure is even greater in Guardiola, the Arab consortium for many years of huge investment, is to enrich Guardiola's arms, the result of Manchester City for five consecutive years failed to touch the Champions League title, the patience of fans and management has reached its limit. At the beginning of this season, the management chose to continue to appoint Guardiola, and continued to spend a lot of transfer fees, the team's squad thickness is beyond repetition, if it can not win the Premier League and the Champions League at the same time, Guardiola will take the initiative to leave.
In the Premier League, Manchester City still has four games, two away and two home games, all four of which must be won to ensure that the Premier League title is in hand. However, this Thursday will face the second leg with Real Madrid, in the Bernabeu is definitely a vicious battle, this game if you go all out to fight, there will be a risk of injury to the main force, even if you enter the final, the probability is to play Liverpool, it is also a strong dialogue.
From Guardiola's point of view, the safest way is to close the league and save the Champions League. Regardless of whether they can win the Premier League this year, the next semi-finals and the possible finals are two very strong opponents, and the team must not be lost because of the league, because the whole of Manchester City has been looking forward to the Big Ears Cup for a long time, and if they can no longer reach the top of Europe this year, Guardiola is well aware of the consequences.