He Real Madrid starts this Tuesday May 9th semifinals of the Champions League, with the incentive of trying to revalidate the title that they already achieved in 2022 on June 10. To do this, the whites will have to defeat the current favorite of the competition, the unstoppable Manchester Citywhich is going through a sweet moment with its star, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, at the helm.
In recent days, despite having lost second place in the LaLiga standings to Atleti, the whites have left a good feeling on the pitch. Ancelotti’s men come from proclaiming themselves champions of the Copa del Rey against Osasuna and, in the Champions League quarterfinals, they devastated a ballasted Chelsea who they won 4-0 on aggregate, without conceding any goals.
For its part, the City of Pep Guardiola comes to the meeting being leader in the Premier, after overwhelmingly defeating their main rival, Arsenal, 4-1. Led by the Catalan coach and headed by the overwhelming Haaland top scorer of the competition with 12 goals, the English arrive wanting to finally reach the dream ‘Orejona’ that they have been chasing for years.
The Santiago Bernabéu will once again host the first leg of this tie, which will revive the duel who already faced both teams in the semifinals last year. Then, City managed to defeat the whites in the first leg, 4-3, but could not control the incredible madridista comeback in the second leg. Although the ‘citizens’ managed to get ahead in that game, the white gallop ended up prevailing with a 3-1, which certified the pass of Ancelotti’s men to the final.
For the European duel Modric will be available again, who did not play in the Copa del Rey final due to physical discomfort, but will do so this Tuesday. This was confirmed by Ancelotti at a press conference this past Monday: “He’s fine and he’s going to play”explained the Italian, who will align the Croatian footballer in the starting eleven with almost total security.
Line-up of Real Madrid today against Manchester City
These are the possible alignments of Real Madrid and Manchester City for the first leg of the semifinals in the Champions League:
Possible lineup of Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Camavinga; Modric, Valverde, Kroos; Rodrygo, Benzema and Vinicius
Possible Manchester City line-up: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Akanji, Aké; Rodri, Gundogan, De Bruyne; Bernardo Silva, Grealish and Haaland
Real Madrid’s match against Manchester City on Tuesday, May 9, can be followed on the channel Movistar Champions League starting at 21:00 hours. In addition, this meeting can be followed live through the ABC website, where the last hour and all the results of the Champions League will be available.
2023-05-09 02:57:08
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