Follow the match between the Real Madrid and the Manchester Cityfirst leg of the Champions League round of 16, which will be played this Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. We tell you about it on RTVE.es below these lines.
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Real Madrid lineup
The starting lineup chosen by Alvaro Arbeloa and which has already been officially announced is the following: Courtois; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Huijsen, Rüdiger, Mendy; Tchouameni, Valverde, Thiago Pitarch, Arda Güler; Brahim and Vinicius.
Manchester City lineup
For its part, Pep Guardiola will present the following once: Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Guéhi, O’Reilly; Rodri, Bernardo; Savinho, Semenyo, Doku and Haaland.
The previous
He Real Madrid and the Manchester City They meet in the first leg of the round of 16, consolidating a rivalry that, with six meetings in the last seven years, has surpassed any other confrontation on the continent. The recent history between the two is a compendium of epic and high-level football: from the white comeback in 2022 towards the 14th cup, until the resounding classification of those of Pep Guardiola in 2023, going through the agonizing penalty shootout that decided Madrid’s pass season 2023-2024 after a vibrant 3-3 in the first leg. Last season Madrid clearly won in this same round, but it was a different version and Madrid is missing two of the pillars from then.
Statistically, the equality cannot be denied: five victories for Madrid, five draws and four for City in the previous duels, with 25 white goals to 26 for the ‘light blue’.
The current context favors the English team. City arrives on an ascending line, aspiring to the poker of titles and with its stars in full. Rodri HernandezBallon d’Or 2024, has overcome his muscular problems and returns to lead a block reinforced with an investment of 500 million euros. Although Guardiola has the absences of Guardiola y Kovacicthe depth of its squad allows it to face the challenge with full guarantees. On the contrary, Real Madrid Alvaro Arbeloa is going through a critical moment. Weighed down by a plague of injuries that affects pillars such as Mbappé, Bellingham, Camavinga y Militarythe coach has been forced to turn to the quarry, highlighting the role of the young man Thiago Pitarch. After losing the lead in the League and being eliminated in the Cup against Albacete, Madrid clings to the mystique of the Bernabéu to save the season.
