Real Madrid visits Manchester City this Tuesday (2 pm, ESPN TV) in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals, in a duel in which the whites aspire to get the tie on track at the Etihad Stadium while caressing the League at home.
‘Merengues’ and ‘Citizens’ meet again for a place in the final of the maximum continental tournament, after their duel in 2016.
It may interest you: (Freddy Rincón: the emotional message of national gratitude on his grave)
On that occasion, Real Madrid beat City and ended up winning the final against Atlético at the San Siro to lift the first of three consecutive ‘Orejonas’ that he would win with Zinedine Zidane.
The current king of Europe with thirteen trophies, the white team seeks to continue making history in the tournament, just like City, which aspires to lift its first European Cup.
Will the champion come from here?
After losing in the final last year against Chelsea, the English team hopes to get into another one to try to reach a trophy that is elusive, like his coach Pep Guardiola.
The Catalan, winner of two Champions Leagues with Barça, has not lifted that trophy since when he left the Barça team in 2013.
At the Etihad Stadium, Real Madrid and City will once again seek to take the first step towards the long-awaited Champions League final. The white team will also do so with an eye on the League, for which they need a single point and which they could win next weekend.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti, who aspires to his second European crown with Madrid after the one he raised in 2014, he is clear that his men are focused only on the semifinal.
“We are not thinking about what could happen on Saturday, we have the League much closer, We can win it at our stadium and we are going to try and we are very happy, but, on the other hand, we have this game that we are looking forward to”, he said at a press conference.
The merengue team goes to Manchester looking at the infirmary, where they are waiting for David Alaba and the Brazilian midfielder Casemiro, key in the work of containment of Real Madrid.
City arrived with suffering
Opposite will be a Manchester City that reaches the semifinals after suffering in the quarterfinals to drop Atlético Madrid by a short 1-0 on aggregate.
City then lost the FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool, but he comes into the game after two resounding victories against Brighton (3-0) and Watford (5-1) in the Premier, where Gabriel Jesús distinguished himself with four goals.
“If we competed against history, we wouldn’t have a chance,” Guardiola responded when asked about Madrid’s history in this competition”.
It may interest you: (Martín Cardetti ceases to be the coach of Santa Fe)
Sports
#Manchester #City #Real #Madrid #game #maximum #tension