Manchester City was considered to be the most accessible of the three possible rivals Madrid could face with the other semi pairing of Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. “He is always risky and I believe that Madrid should take extra care with him”. Anyone of the last four would have genuine reason to think the competition could be won by them, we’ll of course want it to be won by us for an 11th time though! “But Paris (St Germain) were also a great team and we were able to knock them out”.
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Here is a brief analysis of the English Premier League side Manchester City, which Real Madrid will face in semi-final.
Madrid and City have met twice before, with the Spanish side winning once and drawing the remaining game.
Real launched a brilliant second-leg comeback to beat Wolfsburg, overturning a 2-0 first-leg deficit through a Ronaldo hat-trick, running out 3-0 winners on the night.
‘It will be a very, very hard game.
The only positive thing, is that we will play the second leg at home and that will always be positive.
The final will be May 28 in Milan, Italy.
Real Madrid’s Lucas Vazquez has insisted that Manchester City are not an easy opponent for Los Merengues in the Champions League semi-final.
The first leg will take place in Manchester on April 26, with the return leg in Spain’s capital on May 4.
Atletico Madrid will aim to keep upsetting the odds in their Champions League semifinal against Bayern Munich, according to club spokesperson Clemente Villaverde.
Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola believes Barcelona remain the best side in Europe despite their Champions League exit at the hands of Atletico Madrid.
“It’s a hard draw”. “We have to go slowly, they’re a tough team with good players”.
He said: “It will be a very, very hard game”.
City were paired with the Spanish giants, who unceremoniously sacked Pellegrini in May 2010 after just one season at the Santiago Bernabeu, in Friday’s ceremony in Nyon.
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Emilio Butragueno, Real’s director of institutional relations, said City would be very motivated given they had never made the last-four before.
