Manchester City includes Rodri in their team from the Champions League, while the hope of returning from the injury this season.
Manchester City trusted Rodri’s potential return to action this season by recording the injured Ballon d’Or In his Champions League team for the direct elimination phase.
The UEFA established a deadline for midnight Thursday to submit updated Escouadies lists for European competitions. With a limit of three new signatures in the authorized mid -season transfer window, the city left the adolescent defender Vitor Reis – who joined Palmeiras last month – outside their team for the stadiums with direct elimination of the first competition European club was revealed on Friday.
It was initially feared that the Rodri season will be completed, but the Spanish international set a goal around April – “Six to seven months” After tearing the ACL in his right knee against Arsenal September 22 – to go back to play. The quarterfinals of the Champions League begin on April 8.
English champions Have an intimidating task to stay in competition until then without the star midfield Rodri, who scored the winning goal in The 2023 final against Inter Milan.
City Faced with Real Madrid In a two -leg elimination next Tuesday and February 19.
Addressing journalists on Friday before the FA Cup conflict of City in Leyton Orient on Saturday, the director of the city, Pep Guardiola, “said:”fter the game [at Orient] We will come back early in Manchester and after having time to start talking [about Real Madrid].
“Of course, I have an eye on Madrid but Leyton Orient deserves my attention; It has always been like that. Otherwise, we would not get the number of semi-finals and finals of the FA Cup that we had in the past five, six years. »»
The new signatures which are also included in the team of coach Pep Guardiola for the Champions League are the midfielder Nico Gonzalez – who can represent Rodri – Forward Omar MarmoushAnd defender Abdukodir Khusanov.
Guardiola said that Gonzalez, 23, who had signed the day of the transfer date on Monday, is “really important”.
The former manager of Barcelona and Bayern Munich added: “It is a position where we were weak after the absence of Rodri.
“I know him of Barcelona Academy and his father worked here. I am really happy with the club’s effort to bring it here for the next few years. »»
