Champions League: Real Madrid vs Manchester City
At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 5, 2022, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Galaxy Real Madrid will face Blue Moon Manchester City at home. Real Madrid have been very strong this season, at the league end, last weekend the Galaxy swept espanyol 4-0, early to take the La Liga title this season into the arms, which made the morale of the Galaxy extremely high. In the Champions League, although the first leg was lost 3-4 to Manchester City, the team can fully devote themselves to the Champions League when there is no longer any concern in the league. It is also worth noting that real Madrid's current forward line Of Karim Benzema and Vinicius are in good shape, and their ability to break goals cannot be underestimated.
At yesterday's press conference, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti also made a vision for the second leg, saying, "The meeting of two high-level teams is a competition of comprehensive strength in all aspects. Real Madrid are in good shape now, and tomorrow real madrid will face a huge challenge, but there is also a chance to reach the Champions League final again. We know the difficulty of the game, but we are very confident. When asked by the media about the possibility of reversing Manchester City, An Shuai said bluntly, "This is difficult, but we also have a chance to reach the Champions League final again." After winning the league title, the atmosphere in the Real Madrid team was very good and we were able to reverse Manchester City. ”
At this press conference, manager Carlo Ancelotti also announced the big list against Manchester City, led by Benzema, Alaba was in the column, and bale, Eden Hazard and Isco were absent. The specific list is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Courtois, Lunin, Fuydias;
Defenders: Carvajal, Militão, Alaba, Vallejo, Nacho, Marcelo, Mendy;
Midfielders: Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Valverde, Vazquez, Ceballos, Camaranga;
Forwards: Benzema, Asensio, Jovic, Vinicius, Rodrigo, Mariano.
Manchester City's performance this season is also good, at the league end, with 83 points to rank at the top of the league table, but the lead is not obvious, only 1 point higher than Liverpool behind him, it can be seen that the current competition between the Blue Moon and the Reds is very fierce, from another point of view, Manchester City must currently take into account both the league and the Champions League, and distraction is inevitable. Manchester City also won 4-0 against Leeds United last weekend, there was no problem in morale, and youngsters Foden and Acker did not play the whole game, which shows that this is also the staying action of manager Guardiola.
Speaking at a pre-match press conference, City manager Guardiola said of the second leg, saying: "The game is a 180-minute game, we will try to do better than expected, we go to the away game and everyone is ready. He also talked about Manchester City's recent fixtures, saying: "We will do ourselves well in the league, now we have a game every 3 days, but the players can't rest, we make the choice of players. ”
In terms of past encounters between the two teams, Real Madrid have faced Manchester City 9 times, achieving 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, but the last 4 times have all ended in failure. In terms of recent situations, the Real Madrid won the league title in advance at the weekend, and the morale was obviously boosted, but the Champions League still had the disadvantage of falling behind by 1 goal; and Although Manchester City currently occupies the promotion advantage in the Champions League semi-finals, it is inevitable that the league end will involve the team's energy. Judging from the current attitude of all parties, there is no support from Manchester City, which occupies the advantage, combined with the current state of the two sides, Real Madrid still has the opportunity to defend the dignity of the home stadium, and even reverse the reversal to rush to the final.