Manchester city take on the visiotrs Real Madrid in the first leg of UEFA Champions League semifinals. The match will be played on Tuesday, April 26th at Etihad Stadium (Manchester).
In the Premier League, there is a struggle to retain the title, fighting there against the usual rival, Liverpool. There, any misfire can become frankly fatal. Even more desirable to finally achieve success in the Champions League. Yet more than a billion swelled into the composition, not only for the mass of trophies in the domestic arena. For a very long time, both Pep's predecessors and Guardiola could not get close to the "Eared". The breakthrough happened in the last draw, but success still has a bitter aftertaste, in the form of a defeat in the first final in history. Now the "citizens" have calmly passed both the group round and the first opponent in the playoffs, Sporting. But then there was a serious rival - Atlético. In some ways, the duel with Simeone was more like Diego: in 180 minutes, only 1 goal was scored. But he is on the account of De Bruyne.
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Real Madrid and their Italian coach was able to return the leading positions in the domestic arena to his old-new wards - they took the Super Cup, and then broke away to an unattainable distance in the Example. Yes, there were failures, such as a relegation in the cup from Athletic, or 0-4 in the home El Clasico. But overall, the scores are good. But in the Champions League so far, the "royal club" is also lucky. With PSG, it was lost in Paris, and in the return match it was missed first - and only then they issued a victory with the desired score. Then there was a seemingly confident result of the voyage to England, with Chelsea - but in the “response” the British scored three times. Again, it turned out to snatch the result, due to the same trump cards: Modric's ability to make an excellent pass and, most importantly, Benzema's phenomenal form and performance. It was at the expense of Karim that it was possible to overcome both opponents in the Champions League relegation games. Guardiola also understands this, but how to neutralize the Frenchman?
In 2012 and 2016, Real Madrid looked better - both times it was a victory and a draw. But in 2020, Manchester City took revenge in the 1/8 finals, winning twice with an identical score of 2-1. Manchester City are left without Mendy and Walker. Real Madrid have more losses, and okay, there will not be Hazard and Bale again, who have not been counted on for a long time, but also Vallejo, Jovic, Marcelo, Mendy and, possibly, Casemiro. Bookmakers are almost certain that Manchester City will win. But don't underestimate Real Madrid, especially Benzema personally. We recommend betting on neutral "total over 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored.
