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I think that Manchester City is the favorite to qualify further in this encounter.I am not in any way underestimating Real Madrid as they have won Champions League more than any other team and not for nothing they are called the team Queen of Europe but because this time simply Manchester City has better quality players than Real does with all due respect to Real.

Manchester City was near eliminating them last year when their quality was not the same as this year and they lost it I don't know why in the last 3 minutes of the second encounter but I know this most likely won't happen again.
nope, I'm not sure Man City can beat Real Madrid even though Man City's performance is very good in the premier league but not necessarily in UCL Man City can play well while from Real Madrid's experience which has won the UCL several times and of course Madrid also has the best strategy which is always used in the champions league.
I just think that if Man City fails in the champions league maybe the hope is only in the premier league.
meanwhile, Real Madrid is serious about achieving success in becoming a champion in the Champions League and neglecting La Liga a little.

but all of that is just an opinion, there is no guarantee whatsoever because on the other hand these two teams are actually very strong and have almost the same strength. who can determine who is the strongest in this match is the one who can qualify for the final round, that's for sure.
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Haaland did play very well this season for Manchester City but as you said in this case, Madrid is not a team with only a group of ordinary players.
Haaland is a good striker in goal productivity but that is also not separated from the support of some good players in terms of indulgent passes so that Madrid still has a chance if it can close the movement of the players from City so it is quite funny to say that Haaland is a big differentiator because of his condition still pretty much the same.
And in fact we have seen many situations where when the ball was prevented from reaching Haaland, this could affect the effectiveness of Man City's attack. but the problem is that almost all of Man City's attackers have good productivity. and what I've always noticed about Man City's forwards is that sometimes they don't come out with full confidence. There were even times when Haaland had trouble getting the ball in one match.
That's what Madrid should do if they really want to hold on and win again from Manchester City.
Haaland is a threat but on the other hand he can be brutal by scoring many goals which is obtained from the good support of his teammates who are behind Haaland so if they really want to beat Manchester City then first of all destroying City in the midfield is a matter which they should do. the problem is that even though this looks easy, of course this is not as easy as imagined.
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It's almost time and we're going to see the great match between Real Madrid and Manchester City. At least, I think this will be a great game. Manchester City have failed to win the CL for a few years in a row. Last year they should have won the title, but also in the year they played the final against Chelsea they should have won the title. It's a wonder that City still haven't won the title, but the bookmakers still think City is the favourite. Inter Milan - AC Milan is not a match that will result in clean football. It's all about the result for both teams. How special would it be if Inter or AC Milan won the CL?
But I think Manchester City team will secure victory in Champions League semi-final match. Because Manchester City is ahead in all aspects. However, it would be foolish to underestimate Real Madrid, Real Madrid is an incredibly strong team. I think we can enjoy the semi-final match between Manchester City and Real Madrid much like the final match.
As previously discussed, this depends on our judgment when talking about speculation because everyone is allowed to assume the team they think is worthy of advancing.
Take for example when Napoli faced Milan before because I think the majority said the same of Napoli but as the game progressed it was evident in the 90 minutes. Even now, the conditions are the same, we are free to state whatever becomes our speculation, but again, the results will be there in 90 minutes as proof.
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We can't say the results they got in La Liga are not important and they just focused on the champions league because if they lose the La Liga games and lose the place in the second position of the league they will not bad atmosphere in their team because these bad results and we can't expect to see them winning the game against Macnshter City like that.

The Champions League is something special for Real Madrid, so I think some people will definitely believe that Real Madrid will have no problem against Manchester City in the Champions League even if Madrid's performance is not very good in La Liga. Basically I don't agree with that opinion, I mean when a team is in a bad condition, especially regarding performance, then they must have problems that will impact the next match.

Real Madrid have final against Osasuna in the Copa Del Rey today, so this might have an impact on the first leg of the Champions League. If Real Madrid manages to win the Copa Del Rey, then of course the team's confidence will get better ahead of the match against Manchester City. On the other hand, Manchester City is also in its best form after securing the top of the standings by 4 points ahead of Arsenal, so I hope the match between Madrid vs City will be very spectacular to watch.
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If we look at the current odds, Manchester City is actually the favorite if you look at the bookies' predictions, but on the other hand, something like this is not something that will definitely make them qualify for the final.
Currently Madrid is the defending champion and playing at the Bernabeu with odds of 3.20 is of course very tempting.

Apart from Haaland's existence at Manchester City which is being touted as a differentiator, in my opinion this is too much of a wishful thinking because of course Madrid is also not a weak team that will let Haaland move as he pleases in this match.
Actually these odds can be a trap for bettors, but everyone has their own predictions and analysis to determine which team will win. Manchester city came to the Santiago Bernabeu for the first leg and as a guest they are the favorites to win.

Maybe the excellent performance shown by Manchester City in all competitions makes the city more favorable to Manchester City than Real Madrid and sometimes this can completely reverse when Real Madrid is able to counter him in the match later. But as someone who always looks at predictions based on history and also team performance from motivation to winning mentality, I will fully bet on Real Madrid's victory.
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I think that Manchester City is the favorite to qualify further in this encounter.I am not in any way underestimating Real Madrid as they have won Champions League more than any other team and not for nothing they are called the team Queen of Europe but because this time simply Manchester City has better quality players than Real does with all due respect to Real.

Manchester City was near eliminating them last year when their quality was not the same as this year and they lost it I don't know why in the last 3 minutes of the second encounter but I know this most likely won't happen again.
That is definitely what most people think as well. Like when you look at sportsbet.io for example, City has 2.14 and Real has 3.15 odds at this moment. That could of course change with time but it is clear that they consider City as the favorite.

By comparison Milan has 2.94 odds and Inter has 2.66 odds for example which means that they think these two teams are much closer in every aspect and the game could end in a tie, even ties are 3.05 for Inter-Milan game and yet 3.85 for City vs Madrid game, which says they do not expect a tie at all. So when you consider all these odds, most people and most sportsbooks are considering City as the heavy favorite in this game. They may not be 1.40 or something, but they are as clear favorites as UCL semi finals could get.
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It's almost time and we're going to see the great match between Real Madrid and Manchester City. At least, I think this will be a great game. Manchester City have failed to win the CL for a few years in a row. Last year they should have won the title, but also in the year they played the final against Chelsea they should have won the title. It's a wonder that City still haven't won the title, but the bookmakers still think City is the favourite. Inter Milan - AC Milan is not a match that will result in clean football. It's all about the result for both teams. How special would it be if Inter or AC Milan won the CL?
But I think Manchester City team will secure victory in Champions League semi-final match. Because Manchester City is ahead in all aspects. However, it would be foolish to underestimate Real Madrid, Real Madrid is an incredibly strong team. I think we can enjoy the semi-final match between Manchester City and Real Madrid much like the final match.
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Both teams has quite a record in the Champions league although Real Madrid have dropped drastically in terms of form and Manchester City on the other hand are showing huge improvement this season. I think Real Madrid will be facing a tough test going head to head against this formidable Manchester City team.

I don't even think if real madrid has been dropping so hard. I meant we are talking about UCL. Real madrid may be having bad results in the previous matches on la liga but it's quite different when it comes to the UCL. Real madrid is still having good win rate at this moment as well as manchester city. Ancelotti is putting a lot of his focus in the match against manchester city caused by it will become the hardest match for real madrid. It will be even far harder compared with the match against barcelona. Real Madrid needs to take serious preparation right now.

De bruyne is coming back right now. Real madrid needs to use everything to stop haaland. Haaland is the main problem for real madrid. As long as real madrid knew how to stop him and it's gonna be a very important thing for madrid to win the game against city in santiago bernabeu.

We can't say the results they got in La Liga are not important and they just focused on the champions league because if they lose the La Liga games and lose the place in the second position of the league they will not bad atmosphere in their team because these bad results and we can't expect to see them winning the game against Macnshter City like that.

When it comes to records in the Champions League only this season then of course, Real Madrid and Manchester City have good records. But, if we compare the record in the Champions League as a whole, then of course no one can beat Real Madrid because yes, basically Manchester City can develop better in the Champions League after Pep Guardiola became coach at Manchester City.

So in this way, at this moment Manchester City have very good quality and also about Haaland it is a serious threat to all teams that play against Manchester City and not just Real Madrid. Let's just wait, because sometimes when Real Madrid is not at the top of the La Liga standings, sometimes Real Madrid can also get good results in the Champions League, but I'm not so sure Real Madrid can do it at this moment.
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It's almost time and we're going to see the great match between Real Madrid and Manchester City. At least, I think this will be a great game. Manchester City have failed to win the CL for a few years in a row. Last year they should have won the title, but also in the year they played the final against Chelsea they should have won the title. It's a wonder that City still haven't won the title, but the bookmakers still think City is the favourite. Inter Milan - AC Milan is not a match that will result in clean football. It's all about the result for both teams. How special would it be if Inter or AC Milan won the CL?
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This semi-final deserves a final and I hope that City this time can convert and keep their advantage against Real because last time it was a very upsetting loss when they conceded twice at the very end and let Real beat them. All Guardiola had to do at that time was calm their players and just bring the match to victory, but this is a bitter experience, which I am sure was a good lesson for them.
Man City's performance this season is of course very good, and is one of the best clubs this season. Haaland's existence as a regular goalscorer this season has become the basis for Man City to win the Champions League title this season. But Real Madrid will do whatever it takes to win the game, I'm sure Haaland can't do much. Haaland will get a hard tackle, so this condition makes Haaland frustrated.
Well, am not a fans of Manchester city but based on their good results in this season show, that Real Madrid don't have the power to stop Manchester city not to win this champions league title because they way Manchester city beat their opponent to qualified for semi-finals made people to believed that they are capable to win this title. Erling Haaland is a kind of player you cannot stop not to showcase his talents in the public because, he has the skills to do more excellent things in this game to score the winning goals for Manchester city to beat Real Madrid 2:0. Not that Real Madrid are not good in this season but Manchester city are very good to beat Real Madrid in any competition in this season.

Manchester City is currently the hottest team in Europe at the moment and I don't think it's an arguable fact. They're tearing opponents apart as if they're play with more than 11 players on the pitch.
But  UEFA Champions League competition is a competition that Real Madrid knows how to play and statistics backs the factual fact. Real Madrid is not just the most successful club in the competition but they're gonna face a club that has not lifted club football's most prestigious trophy. Manchester City is undoubtedly on fire but how well can they maintain their current form against Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid? I think it'll be their season's most difficult task
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Both teams has quite a record in the Champions league although Real Madrid have dropped drastically in terms of form and Manchester City on the other hand are showing huge improvement this season. I think Real Madrid will be facing a tough test going head to head against this formidable Manchester City team.

I don't even think if real madrid has been dropping so hard. I meant we are talking about UCL. Real madrid may be having bad results in the previous matches on la liga but it's quite different when it comes to the UCL. Real madrid is still having good win rate at this moment as well as manchester city. Ancelotti is putting a lot of his focus in the match against manchester city caused by it will become the hardest match for real madrid. It will be even far harder compared with the match against barcelona. Real Madrid needs to take serious preparation right now.

De bruyne is coming back right now. Real madrid needs to use everything to stop haaland. Haaland is the main problem for real madrid. As long as real madrid knew how to stop him and it's gonna be a very important thing for madrid to win the game against city in santiago bernabeu.

We can't say the results they got in La Liga are not important and they just focused on the champions league because if they lose the La Liga games and lose the place in the second position of the league they will not bad atmosphere in their team because these bad results and we can't expect to see them winning the game against Macnshter City like that.
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This semi-final deserves a final and I hope that City this time can convert and keep their advantage against Real because last time it was a very upsetting loss when they conceded twice at the very end and let Real beat them. All Guardiola had to do at that time was calm their players and just bring the match to victory, but this is a bitter experience, which I am sure was a good lesson for them.
Man City's performance this season is of course very good, and is one of the best clubs this season. Haaland's existence as a regular goalscorer this season has become the basis for Man City to win the Champions League title this season. But Real Madrid will do whatever it takes to win the game, I'm sure Haaland can't do much. Haaland will get a hard tackle, so this condition makes Haaland frustrated.
Well, am not a fans of Manchester city but based on their good results in this season show, that Real Madrid don't have the power to stop Manchester city not to win this champions league title because they way Manchester city beat their opponent to qualified for semi-finals made people to believed that they are capable to win this title. Erling Haaland is a kind of player you cannot stop not to showcase his talents in the public because, he has the skills to do more excellent things in this game to score the winning goals for Manchester city to beat Real Madrid 2:0. Not that Real Madrid are not good in this season but Manchester city are very good to beat Real Madrid in any competition in this season.
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Both teams has quite a record in the Champions league although Real Madrid have dropped drastically in terms of form and Manchester City on the other hand are showing huge improvement this season. I think Real Madrid will be facing a tough test going head to head against this formidable Manchester City team.

I don't even think if real madrid has been dropping so hard. I meant we are talking about UCL. Real madrid may be having bad results in the previous matches on la liga but it's quite different when it comes to the UCL. Real madrid is still having good win rate at this moment as well as manchester city. Ancelotti is putting a lot of his focus in the match against manchester city caused by it will become the hardest match for real madrid. It will be even far harder compared with the match against barcelona. Real Madrid needs to take serious preparation right now.

De bruyne is coming back right now. Real madrid needs to use everything to stop haaland. Haaland is the main problem for real madrid. As long as real madrid knew how to stop him and it's gonna be a very important thing for madrid to win the game against city in santiago bernabeu.

I think that Manchester City is the favorite to qualify further in this encounter.I am not in any way underestimating Real Madrid as they have won Champions League more than any other team and not for nothing they are called the team Queen of Europe but because this time simply Manchester City has better quality players than Real does with all due respect to Real.

Manchester City was near eliminating them last year when their quality was not the same as this year and they lost it I don't know why in the last 3 minutes of the second encounter but I know this most likely won't happen again.


If we look at the current odds, Manchester City is actually the favorite if you look at the bookies' predictions, but on the other hand, something like this is not something that will definitely make them qualify for the final.
Currently Madrid is the defending champion and playing at the Bernabeu with odds of 3.20 is of course very tempting.

Apart from Haaland's existence at Manchester City which is being touted as a differentiator, in my opinion this is too much of a wishful thinking because of course Madrid is also not a weak team that will let Haaland move as he pleases in this match.
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Both teams has quite a record in the Champions league although Real Madrid have dropped drastically in terms of form and Manchester City on the other hand are showing huge improvement this season. I think Real Madrid will be facing a tough test going head to head against this formidable Manchester City team.

It's ancelotti's ersponsibility to bring back the best performance of real madrid again. Real madrid has been suffering the bad result in the previous matches on la liga. I do know if people may feel doubt caused by real madrid got some bad results in the local league.
Ancelotti will have done so many evaluations to the performance from real madrid in the previous games. It's likely that if madrid gonna try to rotate some players too against manchester city.
Its defenders have become the main concern as madrid conceded so many goals during the last games against girona and sociedad. It's unacceptable result to see madrid has very weak defensive line this time.
A lots of works must be done by ancelotti as a response to fix the problem that has been coming to the real madrid.

Madrid needs to focus first against osassuna caused by it's also a final match in copa del rey. Madrid may use it as a way to boost its mentality before it will face city.

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Both teams has quite a record in the Champions league although Real Madrid have dropped drastically in terms of form and Manchester City on the other hand are showing huge improvement this season. I think Real Madrid will be facing a tough test going head to head against this formidable Manchester City team.

I don't even think if real madrid has been dropping so hard. I meant we are talking about UCL. Real madrid may be having bad results in the previous matches on la liga but it's quite different when it comes to the UCL. Real madrid is still having good win rate at this moment as well as manchester city. Ancelotti is putting a lot of his focus in the match against manchester city caused by it will become the hardest match for real madrid. It will be even far harder compared with the match against barcelona. Real Madrid needs to take serious preparation right now.

De bruyne is coming back right now. Real madrid needs to use everything to stop haaland. Haaland is the main problem for real madrid. As long as real madrid knew how to stop him and it's gonna be a very important thing for madrid to win the game against city in santiago bernabeu.

I think that Manchester City is the favorite to qualify further in this encounter.I am not in any way underestimating Real Madrid as they have won Champions League more than any other team and not for nothing they are called the team Queen of Europe but because this time simply Manchester City has better quality players than Real does with all due respect to Real.

Manchester City was near eliminating them last year when their quality was not the same as this year and they lost it I don't know why in the last 3 minutes of the second encounter but I know this most likely won't happen again.

In football, many things are not logical, but eventually they happen, so it is very difficult to predict anything in advance.
Who could have expected that at the World Cup in Qatar, Morocco and Croatia would knock Spain, Portugal and Brazil out of the competition and play in the semi-finals?
Who could have expected that Real would win the Champions League several times in recent years, while PSG and Manchester City never?
Yes, the quality of football players is very important, but it is not crucial because otherwise Manchester City and PSG, who bought the best and most expensive players, should play in the Champions League final every year.
Much more important is the internal unity of the team, the experience of playing under great pressure and the confidence that you will win even in the most difficult possible situations. Real have shown that they have it all, and Manchester City have yet to show that they have what it takes to win the Champions League.
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Both teams has quite a record in the Champions league although Real Madrid have dropped drastically in terms of form and Manchester City on the other hand are showing huge improvement this season. I think Real Madrid will be facing a tough test going head to head against this formidable Manchester City team.

I don't even think if real madrid has been dropping so hard. I meant we are talking about UCL. Real madrid may be having bad results in the previous matches on la liga but it's quite different when it comes to the UCL. Real madrid is still having good win rate at this moment as well as manchester city. Ancelotti is putting a lot of his focus in the match against manchester city caused by it will become the hardest match for real madrid. It will be even far harder compared with the match against barcelona. Real Madrid needs to take serious preparation right now.

De bruyne is coming back right now. Real madrid needs to use everything to stop haaland. Haaland is the main problem for real madrid. As long as real madrid knew how to stop him and it's gonna be a very important thing for madrid to win the game against city in santiago bernabeu.

I think that Manchester City is the favorite to qualify further in this encounter.I am not in any way underestimating Real Madrid as they have won Champions League more than any other team and not for nothing they are called the team Queen of Europe but because this time simply Manchester City has better quality players than Real does with all due respect to Real.

Manchester City was near eliminating them last year when their quality was not the same as this year and they lost it I don't know why in the last 3 minutes of the second encounter but I know this most likely won't happen again.
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Both teams has quite a record in the Champions league although Real Madrid have dropped drastically in terms of form and Manchester City on the other hand are showing huge improvement this season. I think Real Madrid will be facing a tough test going head to head against this formidable Manchester City team.

I don't even think if real madrid has been dropping so hard. I meant we are talking about UCL. Real madrid may be having bad results in the previous matches on la liga but it's quite different when it comes to the UCL. Real madrid is still having good win rate at this moment as well as manchester city. Ancelotti is putting a lot of his focus in the match against manchester city caused by it will become the hardest match for real madrid. It will be even far harder compared with the match against barcelona. Real Madrid needs to take serious preparation right now.

De bruyne is coming back right now. Real madrid needs to use everything to stop haaland. Haaland is the main problem for real madrid. As long as real madrid knew how to stop him and it's gonna be a very important thing for madrid to win the game against city in santiago bernabeu.
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A comparison between last season and this season reveals a stark difference in the styles of play between Real Madrid and Manchester City. Manchester City performed well last season, and they've continued to improve this season. On the other hand, Real Madrid's performance has been inconsistent, which has contributed to their inability to compete with Barcelona in the Laliga. If Real Madrid manages to overcome their current challenges in this stage with Manchester City, I will say it was last year luck that save them this season again. Otherwise, their chances of advancing further are slim.
Both teams has quite a record in the Champions league although Real Madrid have dropped drastically in terms of form and Manchester City on the other hand are showing huge improvement this season. I think Real Madrid will be facing a tough test going head to head against this formidable Manchester City team.
Of course, this is a tough challenge for Real Madrid when they have to face Manchester City again, as well as for Manchester City, this is a very difficult task for them to beat Real Madrid, especially when they have memories that were not wearing last season when they were eliminated by Real Madrid. . The revenge mission is definitely one of the targets that Manchester City will target, after their defeat last season.
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I agree, they do need to care about the league as much as they care about UCL as well. If they win the UCL matchup and go to finals that would be great for them to be at the finals but then they may not be in UCL next season, Napoli, Lazio, Juventus and Inter may go and Milan may become fifth, so there is no reason to risk it. League is very important right now. However, I am really worried if players can't win both in the league and in the UCL game at the same time.

We always talk about "focus on this or that" and so forth but we should be seeing them do fine don't we? I mean they are physically gifted people who train everyday, so they should be able to provide focus for both games and win them, there shouldn't be any excuse at all if you ask me.

I'm sure that Milan understands this situation and they certainly would like to improve their position in Serie A, but now the table looks like that from the second to the seventh place, all teams retain a chance to compete for a place in the Champions League. Today Milan will play with Lazio, and it is difficult to predict how they will be set up for this match, because in a few days they will have a Champions League match with Inter. Hoping to win the Champions League and thus securing a place in the Champions League would be too presumptuous...
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I don't sure Haaland can help Manchester City winning Primer League although he was success lead as top scorer awhile between Primer League and Champion League competition, its not talking about performance but also need winning mentality how to be winner in Champion League. Did you remember with Real Madrid vs Manchester City second leg match last season? have lead awhile but Madrid with winning mentality for Champion League can comeback and success lead until final stage.
I'm enough with a discussion about mentality, do you think Bayern Munich is doesn't have a good mentality? they get beaten by Manchester City easily with 3 goals margin. Manchester City isn't always leading in all matches, sometime they lost and sometime their opponents have scored earlier than them, but they still managed to score more goals in order to win.

It's not about mentality, but the problem is Manchester City's goalkeeper e.g. Ederson Moraes haven't show a good saves. If you ask me which is the worst player in Manchester City among 11 players, I will say Ederson Moraes.
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