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Yesterday's public promotion of the Championship went very well, Southampton won 3-0! The British teams in the past two days have focused on the European competition, and the public has paid attention to Manchester City vs. Real Madrid, hoping to continue to bring benefits to readers.
Wednesday 009 Champions League quarter-final second leg
[English 1] Manchester City VS Real Madrid[West 1]
Time: 03:00, April 18
Manchester city
A week ago, the two top clubs presented their fans with a feast beyond the level of the giants, with the scores going from 0-1, 2-1, 2-3 to 3-3 for Real Madrid. It was Manchester City who were equalised, but it was probably Real Madrid who were more disappointed with the scoreline, failing to take advantage of the home opportunity to take the lead, and at the Etihad Stadium, it was doubly difficult to advance.
▲Manchester City has won all three home games against Real Madrid, and Manchester City has never lost Real Madrid in regular time at home in the Champions League, and the mainstream institutions have offered Manchester City to advance at 1.33, and Real Madrid to advance at 3.43.
The stats don't lie, history is cold, and in the last 10 times they have failed to win the first leg of their home games in the Champions League knockout rounds, Real Madrid have only qualified twice, against Manchester United, not Manchester City, who were still part of the Ferguson era in 1999/00 and 2012/13. This reversal ratio is really a bit inconsistent with their identity as the "king of the Champions League".
The story is a bit of a stretch towards last season's semi-finals, when Real Madrid drew 1-1 at home to Manchester City and were swept away 4-0 by the Blues, who also took the most solid step towards their dream of a first treble.
For the Galacticos, who have won the Champions League 14 times, Manchester City is their most difficult opponent in the Champions League for more than 10 years. Since 2012, the two sides have met 11 times in the Champions League, with Real Madrid still at a disadvantage with 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats, and in the last 4 years, they have visited the Etihad Stadium three times, facing Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, and the result is three consecutive defeats, scoring 4-10. The last time a team could knock out Real Madrid in Europe for two consecutive years was AC Milan in the "Three Musketeers" era, which was already a story before the Champions League was restructured. The only manager to have led the team to four consecutive home defeats at home in Europe was former Bayern Munich boss Hittsfield, who had the chance to become the second man in history between 2000 and 2002.
▲Bernardo Silva scored twice against Real Madrid in May last year, after scoring four goals in seven previous games against Madrid.
Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva, who has always kept a low profile, made a rare statement this week: "Over the years, we have proven that we are capable of fighting until the end, there are only two teams in English football who can win the treble, why don't we do it again?" The first was Manchester United in 1999 and the second was Manchester City last season.
They were a bit lucky to reach the top after last weekend's league game, as Arsenal and Liverpool rarely lost at home at the same time. At present, the OPTA supercomputer gives Manchester City a 31% lead in the probability of winning the Champions League. They face Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals this weekend and this week is set to be a meaningful week for Manchester City on their way to defending their treble.
In addition to home advantage, Manchester City have also taken the lead in terms of personnel.
▲ Predicted starting list for this game, Real Madrid's Tchouameni is suspended for this game.
Sandwiched between two legs against Real Madrid, they thrashed Luton Town 5-1 at home last weekend and are unbeaten in 27 games in all competitions and 41 consecutive home games, just one step away from the 42-match unbeaten run held at home between 1919 and 1921.
In addition to the easy victory, it was Guardiola who rotated a large number of main players, including Rodri, a defender who rarely said that he "needs to take a break". In fact, only five of the 11 players they started in the first leg against Real Madrid continued to start, with only Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic retaining in midfield. Meanwhile, Kevin De Bruyne, who did not play at the Bernabeu due to health reasons, returned as planned and played 81 minutes, and he will return to the starting line-up for this game. In addition, Walker and Ake, the two major defenders who have missed consecutive games due to injury, are in the squad, and Stones is not a big problem, he was not in the squad last weekend just in case. Manchester City, which officially launched the declaration of defending the treble, ushered in the most complete lineup at this time.
Real Madrid, who are far better in the league title race than Manchester City, will not be able to go all out in Mallorca last weekend, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Kroos, Camavinga and Carvajal are rested, and the only goal of the game came from the world wave of Tchouameni, and one of the main reasons for his consecutive starts is that he has to be suspended. In the past, he has been playing more in central defenders, and it is likely that Nacho will replace the vacancy left this time, because Alaba has been absent for a long time, Militão has just recovered from injury, and Ancelotti has not even dared to let him return to form for a game like last weekend.
▲ The two teams have scored 23 goals in the last five Champions League meetings, an average of 4.6 goals per game, and in these five games, there have been two first goals scored in the first two minutes.
This could be a clash between two of football's most dominant teams, with both sides possessing superior control and the ability to create chances, with Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti being the best tacticians of the moment, despite their different styles. If you want to compare, Ancelotti, who has just completed his 200 Champions League games, is better at "watching the food and eating", but Guardiola undoubtedly has more variables in his hands.
The first leg is a case in point, all three of Manchester City's goals came from long range outside the box, which is rare for them who are extremely fond of passing, and Guardiola also revealed after the game that this is their pre-match strategy, and in this game, they have again De Bruyne as a heavy weapon, whether it is to find space in the counter-attack or to shoot from a distance, he is the only one in the Manchester City team. The Etihad Stadium has disappointed Real Madrid again, and why not!