At the Santiago Bernabéu, the Champions League offers a prestigious quarter-final duel between Vinicius Jr’s Real Madrid and Haaland’s Manchester City.
The queen of European competitions is back. In the majestic Santiago Bernabeu, the real Madrid hosts, as part of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the reigning champion in the person of Manchester City. For the third time in a row, the Merengue and Skyblues meet in the final phase of the C1.
Real Madrid, a regular at its major meetings
Well ahead in La Liga with eight points ahead of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid is looking for 15th Champions League. Placed in group C with Napoli, Braga and Union Berlin, Vinicius Jr’s gang easily qualified (1st, 18 points). On the other hand, she suffered in the round of 16 against RB Leipzig (1-0; 1-1).
At a press conference, Carlo Ancelotti showed serenity before this Real Madrid – Manchester City: “It will be an interesting match to watch for the world of football because there are two great teams facing each other. I am not saying not that they are alike because each team has their own characteristics, but there will be a lot of individual qualities on the pitch. This technical quality should make for an enjoyable match to watch. We are certainly superior to them in some aspects. And they are superior to us in others. We can talk about superiority after the 180 minutes between the two teams and when we know the winner of this confrontation.”
Manchester City chases several hares at once
Fighting in the Premier League one point behind Arsenal and Liverpool, Manchester City must also defend their continental crown. Brilliant in a group made up of Red Star Belgrade, RB Leipzig and Young Boys (1st, 18 points), Haaland’s men easily dismissed Copenhagen (1-3; 3-1).
Facing the media, Rodri warned his teammates before this Real Madrid – Manchester City: “We have the experience of last year, but we don’t think too much about it. We will face a different Real Madrid. We are sure a good dynamic. The two teams know each other very well, it will be a difficult match tomorrow. I expect my teammates to play with calmness. We are the title holders and we must keep it. We must give the best of ourselves…We will have to have the humility to want to do more.”
As part of the quarter-finals, the Champions League offers a five-star shock: Real Madrid – Manchester City. This game will kick off at 9:00 p.m.
As is the case with certain Champions League posters, you will have the choice of channel to follow Real Madrid – Manchester City. This poster will be broadcast by Canal and RMC Sport. You will therefore have to tune into Canal + Foot or RMC Sport 1.
To follow Real Madrid – Manchester City in streaming on your smartphone, computer or tablet you will have two choices. That of subscribing to a 100% digital subscription to myCANAL or rmcsport.tv which will allow you to join Canal + Foot or RMC Sport 1.
- The probable composition of the Merengue for Real Madrid – Manchester City: Lunin – Carvajal, Nacho, Rudiger, Mendy – Tchouaméni, Kroos, Camavinga – Valverde, Bellingham, Vinicius Jr.
- The probable composition of the Skyblues for Real Madrid – Manchester City: Ederson – Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol – Stones, Rodri – Foden, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Grealish – Haaland
- Winamax: Real Madrid (2.75) – Draw (3.45) – Manchester City (2.55).
- Betclic: Real Madrid (2.69) – Draw (3.50) – Manchester City (2.48).
- Unibet: Real Madrid (2.72) – Draw (3.55) – Manchester City (2.44).