Manchester City Against Real Madrid: Champions League Playoff Round, First Ben – Live | Champions League

Some very good news for the city: Nathan Ake is suitable to start in a defense that looks much more known. In fact, Pep Guardiola has chosen five defenders, suggesting that John Stones will play in midfield.

Ederson also returns to the side and Jack Grealish Starting left. The phil foot is only on the bench. Nico Gonzalez is also among the subsens after he recovered from the injury he was inflicted by Orient. I think that means City is missing only two first -team players, Rodri and Oscar Bobb.

Manchester City (possible 4-1-2-3) Ederson; Akanki, slide, ake, gardiol; Stone; Bernardo, de Bruyne; Savinho, Haaland, Grealish.
Replacements: Ortega Moreno, Marmoush, Kovacic, Doku, Nico Gonzalez, Gundogan, Nunes, Khusanov, Foot, O’Reilly, Lewis, McATEE.

Carlo Ancelotti has chosen two midfielders, Fat Valverde and Aurelien TchouameniIn the back four. There are two changes from Madrid Derby Saturday: Eduardo Camavinga replaces the wounded Lucas Vazquez, where Valverde moves into Vazquez’s position at right -back, and Ferland Mendy Preferred rather than Fran Garcia by left back.

Real Madrid (possible 4-2-1-3) Courtois; Valverde, Tchouameni, Aencio, Mendy; Ceballos, Camavinga; Bellingham; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr.
Substituts: Lunin, Modric, Arda carrots, Endrick, Vallejo, Fran Garcia, Brahim, Gonzalo, Jacobo Ramon, Chema, Lorenzo Aguado.

Well, good to see these two here. Manchester City and Real Madrid usually meet in the later stages of the Champions League, but here they turn it off in the new playoffs. This is certainly not what UEFA had in mind when they renewed the Champions League. For neutral, on the other hand, it is a mouth -watering view that blasts with one of the greatest gifts of football: Jeopardy. It is not conceivable that either City or Madrid does not reach the last 16 of the Champions League. It is also a security.

The last time City did not reach the last 16 was in 2012-13 when they were in a group of deaths with Madrid, Ajax and Jurgen Klopps Dortmund. The last time Real Madrid did not do so in 1996-97 and it was only because they did not qualify. The last time they were actually in the European Cup and went out before the last 16 1962-63, JEF Jurion and all that.

The injury crisis on both clubs adds the feeling of wildness around this game. Among Pep Guardiola’s many selection dilemmas is who the flip is going to play right -back against Vinicius Junior and/or Kylian Mbappe.

Madrid has to find a right -back and two center backs. They are without five senior defenders: Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, Lucas Vasquez and David Alaba.

Frankly, the scoring could be anything.

Kick off 20:00.