Quarter-finals - second leg 9'17/04/2024
Manchester city
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Real Madrid
Eight days after the crazy 3:3 between them in the Santiago Bernabeu - perhaps the best match we have seen in the 2023/24 season, Manchester City and Real Madrid meet tonight (Wednesday) in the Champions League quarter-final second leg, at the end of which only one of them will find themselves in the last four in the factory Perhaps it will be the European champions who will remain undefeated at the Etihad Stadium since November 2022, it is possible that the record holder of the most important title on the continent will maintain its perfect away record in Europe this season and avenge the 4:0 defeat it suffered against the Blues in the semi-finals last year, or perhaps the match will be decided at the end of extra time or two- penalty shootout. Either way, an exciting evening of football is ahead of us.
In Manchester City, the main news is the return of Kyle Walker, who missed the last five games due to injury. Ederson, who missed the first match against Real, returned to the goal tonight after already being between the posts in the 1:5 match against Luton in the Premier League on Saturday. Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden, who were rested in the same match where Pep Guardiola's 11 went, as well as Kevin De Brauna, who was removed from the lineup at the last minute at the Bernabeu because he felt unwell.
In Carlo Ancelotti's team, the yellowed Aurelien Tshoumani is out of the squad and in the center of defense, captain Nacho was placed next to Antonio Rudiger, as Adar Militau is not yet fit for 90 minutes. Dani Carvajal, Eduardo Cambinga, Toni Kroos, Vinicius and Rodrigo, who did not start in the 0:1 draw at Mallorca on Saturday, returned to the Blancos lineup tonight.
the progress of the game
We're off: Italian Daniela Orsato whistled for the start of the match!
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Manchester City's first approach: De Brauna sent a dangerous cross from the right and looked for Holland, Lunin stepped forward and collected
The composition of the groups
Referee: Daniela Ursato (Italy)
Stadium: City of Manchester
Manchester City coach: Pep Guardiola
The game setup
4:3:3
Ederson
K. Walker
M. Akenji
R. Dias
J. Gabriel
K. de Brauna
Rhodri
P. Puden
B. Silva
A. Holland
third. Grealish
Substitutes bench:
Real Madrid coach: Carlo Ancelotti
The game setup
4:4:2
A. Lunin
d. Carvajal
A. Roediger
Nacho
P. Mandy
P. Valverde
A. Kamabinga
ninth. Cross
third. Bellingham
Rodrigo
Vinicius
Substitutes bench:
Manchester City have won their previous three home games against Real Madrid, all in the Pep Guardiola era. The only coach to record four consecutive home wins for the Blancos was Otmar Hitzfeld, on the lines of Bayern Munich between 2000 and 2002.