Real Madrid take on the visitors Manchester United in the first leg of UEFA Champions League round of 16. First leg result: 3-2. The match will be played on Wednesday, February 19th at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid).
Real Madrid leaves a rather contradictory assessment. Los Blancos have already taught under Ancelotti that they alternate triumphant seasons with frankly mediocre ones. Last football year they won the Super Cup, Primera and the Champions League. However, already in the new Temporada the "royal club" has won victories in the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. There is still a chance to win both the Copa del Rey and Primera. Only in the Spanish Super Cup did everything end in a rout from "Barcelona". But there were enough misfires in other tournaments. And in the Champions League, one of the favorites, with strong-willed victories over "Stuttgart" and "Borussia", managed to lose three times by the end of autumn. But in the winter, they managed to pull themselves together and achieve victories over all their opponents. In England last week.
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Manchester City became the record holder in the January transfer market. In the end, they only failed to strengthen the goalkeeper line, having bought a couple of defenders (Reis and Khusunov), and a striker in the attacking group (Marmusha), and at the deadline, they bought midfielder Nico Gonzalez, filling the hole that formed due to Rodri's injury. Such activity is not surprising: the grandee ended 2024 with an unprecedented failure. They have already flown out of the League Cup, and in the Premier League there is no real chance to defend the title. In the Cup, they advanced further, but conceded from Leyton Orient from the center of the field. Moreover, in the Champions League, having started with a goalless draw against Inter and crushing victories over outsiders Slovan and Sparta, the English then lost three times, also, leading 3-0 with Feyenoord, they limited themselves to a draw. There was a threat of not reaching the playoffs, but in the last round, having conceded first, Guardiola's charges still won 3-1 against Brugge. Last week with the Galacticos
In 2022 and 2024, the Spaniards went further in such confrontations, thanks to a goal in extra time and after a penalty shootout. The year before last, the Citizens, after a draw in Spain, crushed their opponents at home. The English are obliged to give their all. Here, given the problems of the parties in defense, it is worth using a pragmatic bet on “total over 3.5 goals”.
Prediction for the match: Over 3.5 scored goals.
