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- Manchester City vs Real Madrid: Should we expect colorful football?
On Tuesday, April 26 the semi-finals of the Champions League start. In the first semi-final Manchester City and Real Madrid will meet in a fierce combat on the field of the Etihad stadium.
Last weekend Manchester City has managed to achieve another confident victory in the Premier League. At this time, the victim was Stoke, who lost with the score of 0: 4. Now Manchester City has 64 points after 35 matches played and a good chance to be the fourth in the standings of the championship of England.
"Real" almost dropped out of the fight for the Spanish title at the weekend. At the beginning of the derby with the "Rayo Vallecano”, they were losing 0-2! Then they managed to win, but Bale, the hero of the victory, was injured.
Manchester City coped with Dynamo Kiev in the 1/8 finals without any problems. Next, the Citizens met with Paris Saint-Germain, which made Pellegrini’s team a decent competition, but eventually succumbed. Manchester occupies the third position in the standings of the Premier League. The gap between the main competitors - Tottenham and Leicester is four and nine points, respectively. In the last rounds, Manchester City shows a good game, a good physical shape and pleases their fans a win-win series. City’s Champions League record at the Etihad since 2013/2014 is W6-D2-L5. They defeated only to such giants as Juve, Bayern and Barca. Their hosting record since 2012/2013 is W2-D1-L4.
Real Madrid started the season blurred and uncertain, however, with Zinedine Zidane they proved that they can and know how to play beautiful and effective football. In the 1/8 final Real Madrid beat Roma, then Wolfsburg. In La Liga, they are on the second place of the standings, just behind Atletico, and are among the top contenders for the title. Real’s Champions League away record since 2013/2014 is W11-D3-L3 and away record since 2011/12 is only W6-D2-L6.
These competitors met in 2012, in the group stage of the Champions League twice - in the first and fifth rounds. The first match was won by Real, the second ended in a draw. In the coming confrontation, of course, there is an intrigue, as both teams will fight "for life and death”. But the Citizens have a much-improved form thanks to Kompany and De Bruyne and can give a fitting rebuff to any enemy, and Real Madrid does not show impressive game in away matches. Therefore, Manchester City may try to seize the advantage and win to open a new page in the history of the club.
