Football commentary Man City vs Real Madrid Champions League semi-final

Match Man City with Real Madrid It is a confrontation between the two leading teams English Premier League standings and La Liga. A performance of high professional quality and many exciting developments is what fans can look forward to in this match.

That did not appear when Man City faced Atletico Madrid. However, even a team with such a negative defensive play that they don’t care about attack can’t stop coach Pep Guardiola’s army – with a squad without a true striker – from scoring. .

Man City’s attack is in very impressive form. In the last 5 home matches, this team scored 12 goals. They kicked off the semi-final first leg with 2 big wins first Brighton and Watford.

If Man City just overcame a Spanish team (Atletico Madrid) in the quarterfinals, Real Madrid eliminated a representative of English football (Chelsea) to win the right to participate in this round. However, the way the team at the top of the La Liga table won did not create a sense of peace of mind for the fans.

Real Madrid’s performance in the first two knockout rounds was not stellar. Even coach Carlo Ancelotti’s team has bad times like when to Chelsea leading to 2 goals right at home.

However, the excellent performance of Karim Benzema makes up for all the shortcomings of Real Madrid. Only the French striker contributed to 7 goals in the last 8 goals of the Bernabeu team in the Champions League. Benzema will continue to be Real Madrid’s greatest hope when they have to face one of the strongest teams in Europe at the moment.

This is a match where both Man City and Real Madrid have significant losses in terms of force. Quarter-final second leg to meet Atlético Madrid causing Man City to lose Joao Cancelo (suspended) and Kyle Walker (injury).

In addition, John Stones also had muscle problems and did not exercise for nearly 10 weeks. This means that coach Pep Guardiola has lost all three options at right-back.

Real Madrid is definitely without Eden Hazard, Luka Jovic and Mariano Diaz. Casemiro, Ferland Mendy and David Alaba were named on the list by coach Carlo Ancelotti to attend the first leg, but it is likely that all three players cannot return to the main kick.

Probable teams

Man City: Ederson; Dias, Ake, Laporte, Zinchenko; Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling

Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Nacho, Marcelo; Kroos, Camavinga, Modric; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius Junior

Prediction: Man City 2-0 Real Madrid

Man City and Real Madrid have met 6 times in the Champions League. Each team has 2 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws. In which, Man City won in both rounds of the 1/8 round of the 2019/20 season.

Real Madrid only won one win in the last 6 away matches against English teams (draw 2 matches, lose 3 matches).

Real Madrid only kept 2 clean sheets in the last 10 matches in all competitions. Man City only failed to score in 3 home matches in the 2021/22 season.