Real Madrid against Manchester City Overview
Manchester City has everything to do to reach the last 16 of the Champions League while going to Real Madrid for the second floor of their direct elimination match.
Two late goals saw the real 3-2 victory last week in what another disappointing collapse on the side of Pep Guardiola, with Vinicius Junior silencing Etihad with a main role in setting up the goals of Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham.
However, a 4-0 victory against Newcastle on Saturday will give citizens a boost and given their success in recent years, they will go to the Spanish capital believing that they can turn things, even if Guardiola has played their chances at “1%”,
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Guardiola praised the January impact of Nico Gonzalez’s signature during their victory over the Magpies, describing the Spaniard as a “mini rodri”.
They hope that the former young person in Barcelona will be able to have a similar impact to the Bernabeu on Wednesday while they are trying to maintain their campaign in the Champions League alive.
The form of the poor league of Real will also be a source of encouragement, with its race without a victory in Laliga extending three games with a 1-1 draw in Osasuna on Saturday.
