02/26/2020 - 14:01
- Clarín.com
- sports
Real Madrid receives Manchester City in Santiago Bernabéu for the first leg of the Eighth Finals of the Champions League .
In a game that will have as a special condiment the return of Pep Guardiola to the White House, the City comes after the hard setback that the sanction of UEFA meant for breach of the Fair Financial Play.
The local, meanwhile, plays with statistics in their favor: Real Madrid never lost to Manchester City. They met four times (all in the Champions League), and the meringues won both games in Madrid and tied in their visits to Etihad Stadium.
In addition, in the week before Sunday's classic against Barcelona, Zidane must replace the hard loss of Eden Hazard, who suffered a fissure in the fibula of the right leg during the match against Levante by the Spanish league.