Published on May 17, 2023 at 4:20 p.m. – updated on May 17, 2023 at 4:23 p.m.
The team led by Pep Guardiola once again finds that of Carlo Ancelotti, queen of the Champions League, with a place in the final of the queen of club competitions against Inter Milan on June 10 in Istanbul.
The ultimate quest for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City will once again find its way to Real Madrid. For more than 10 years, the Citizens have aspired to win a trophy that continues to be denied them despite a disputed but lost final against Chelsea in 2021. A week after the first leg of the Santiago Bernabeu (1-1 ), there was still talk of the legacy left by the Spaniard without the C1, while he has not raised the queen of club competitions since 2011 and a coronation with Barça against Manchester United at Wembley ( 3-1). “My legacy is already exceptional, really. But we are not so stupid as not to realize the importance of tomorrow’s match (this Wednesday) because of the competition, our opponent, for many reasons, “replied the one who could lead City to a 5th Premier League in 6 seasons during the weekend.
City unbeaten at the Etihad Stadium for almost 5 years in C1
City’s run at the Etihad Stadium is impossible to ignore as Manchester City have not lost at home in C1 since September 2018 and a success for OL (1-2). As for Real Madrid, defending champion and 14-time winner of the competition, Carlo Ancelotti has set his team’s game plan around ball control, as in the first leg, with the exception of the first 20 minutes during which the partners of Karim Benzema had suffered in their camp, without conceding too much either. “In the first leg we managed to have possession of the ball and build from the back. City struggled to take the ball from us and that will be an important aspect tomorrow too, if we manage to have the ball and not them, we will be less threatened by them“, highlighted the quadruple winner of the Champions League as a coach before this opposition between the” two best teams in Europe “.
Well muzzled in the first leg by the hinge Antonio Rüdiger-David Alaba, Erling Haaland should not be the subject of a specific plan even if Ancelotti will have to decide on a possible tenure of Eder Militao (suspended in the first leg). “It’s not all about Haaland, you have to assess all the players. We will not have to control only Haaland, but all the players, ”assessed Ancelotti. In terms of freshness, finally, it should be noted that Manchester City had one less recovery day because they played last Sunday at Everton due to Eurovision which took place on Saturday in Liverpool. What to weigh the scales in favor of the club merengue? Reply in a few hours with, in game, udoes not place in the final of the Champions League in order to challenge Inter Milan, on June 10 in Istanbul.
