UCL match Real Madrid vs Manchester City first leg, this will be a very amazing match when two strong teams face each other to fight for the title. but actually Man City doesn't deserve to be the UCL champion even though Madrid is the defending champion but Madrid also wants this title because in La Liga Real Madrid is not too concerned with the title but is more focused on this UCL.
The Champions League is one of the world's most competitive leagues, and every club approaches the match well-prepared. Both clubs compete against one another and advanced to the semifinals. The UCL championship trophy is City and Madrid's top priority. Pep Guardiola has a strong group of talented players and is skilled at organizing them for challenging matches. While Los Blancos are not desperate with the ball, they play out of experience, and the players have good ball sense, Manchester City is aggressive in games, controlling both possession and keeping pressure on their opponents. 
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Only Real Madrid seems to be a serious challenger for Manchester City. Most of us have all seen what happened in that game last season and especially how Real Madrid managed to go through. Things like that can happen in Madrid. I wouldn't be surprised if something like this happens again tomorrow. The Bookie think City is so good that they even consider City their favorite at Real Madrid in Spain. That says a lot. That Haaland missed a penalty, of course, means nothing. All in all, Bayern Munich really managed to score 4 goals, but they are missing a real killer that they had in Lwandowsky for a few years.
Manchester City's semi final tie against Real Madrid will be one of the best encounters in the UEFA Champions League history in recent years. Football faithfuls would've wanted the two teams in the final but the draw gave us otherwise.
Real Madrid is the most successful club in the competition and has very high profile players that knows how to do the business and with a mixture of young young and veteran stars while Manchester City also possesses world class players but none has ever lifted the UCL before. Manchester City will want to revenge again Real Madrid for eliminating them at the same stage of the competition last season while Real Madrid would want to continue to be City's nightmare of the competition.
It is a very tight encounter but one I thing I know that's is sure is that whoever wins the tie will definitely win the competition
For Inter - Milan, I think Milan can get past Inter as well. Actually they weren't very impressive against Napoli but still managed to eliminate a dominant Napoli. I don't even think that Inter would be in control as much as Napoli against Milan. I expect a more competitive matchup this time. Therefore this should be an extra advantage for Milan to play more comfortably and find more chances to score.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
It's a Milan derby so I think the outcome of the match is dicey because both club uses San Siro as their home ground, of course it's a UCL semifinals which is a different ball game, I watched both Milan last matches against Napoli and Benfica respectively though I might give AC Milan a slight edge over Inter in their next match based on some quality players in the team like Rafael Leao but a derby match is always explosive and very competitive such that it's always difficult to predict the outcome and the fact that there is no home and away match for both clubs says a lot about the unpredictable outcome of the match.The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
For Inter - Milan, I think Milan can get past Inter as well. Actually they weren't very impressive against Napoli but still managed to eliminate a dominant Napoli. I don't even think that Inter would be in control as much as Napoli against Milan. I expect a more competitive matchup this time. Therefore this should be an extra advantage for Milan to play more comfortably and find more chances to score.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
It's a Milan derby so I think the outcome of the match is dicey because both club uses San Siro as their home ground, of course it's a UCL semifinals which is a different ball game, I watched both Milan last matches against Napoli and Benfica respectively though I might give AC Milan a slight edge over Inter in their next match based on some quality players in the team like Rafael Leao but a derby match is always explosive and very competitive such that it's always difficult to predict the outcome and the fact that there is no home and away match for both clubs says a lot about the unpredictable outcome of the match. The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
For Inter - Milan, I think Milan can get past Inter as well. Actually they weren't very impressive against Napoli but still managed to eliminate a dominant Napoli. I don't even think that Inter would be in control as much as Napoli against Milan. I expect a more competitive matchup this time. Therefore this should be an extra advantage for Milan to play more comfortably and find more chances to score.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
Considering they are not in the top four of Serie A, everything appears more fascinating; we can expect a more tough battle from the Milano teams. AC Milan has demonstrated their dominance in the Champions League this season by defeating Napoli, one of the favorites to reach the final this season. I wouldn't argue Inter Milan were fortunate in their matched team that got them to this point. They've both demonstrated expertise in their respective games to reach this point, and I anticipate a competitive semifinal encounter between the Milano city teams.
For Inter - Milan, I think Milan can get past Inter as well. Actually they weren't very impressive against Napoli but still managed to eliminate a dominant Napoli. I don't even think that Inter would be in control as much as Napoli against Milan. I expect a more competitive matchup this time. Therefore this should be an extra advantage for Milan to play more comfortably and find more chances to score.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
Considering they are not in the top four of Serie A, everything appears more fascinating; we can expect a more tough battle from the Milano teams. AC Milan has demonstrated their dominance in the Champions League this season by defeating Napoli, one of the favorites to reach the final this season. I wouldn't argue Inter Milan were fortunate in their matched team that got them to this point. They've both demonstrated expertise in their respective games to reach this point, and I anticipate a competitive semifinal encounter between the Milano city teams.
The last time Milan won the Champions League title was in the 2006-07 season. I still can't forget about that legendary Milan lineup as well. They were one of the best and strongest teams in the Champions League back in the day. After those times passed they couldn't get too close to the title here. But in the recent years things started to go their way in the Serie A first.
The current era for Milan is one of novelty, while their last Champions League victory marked the end of an old era. I believe that the young and talented players on the team were instrumental in their journey to the semifinal because when Milan won their last Champions League, some of these players were still in their academy or junior leagues, I mean a 16-year difference between then and now, it's even possible that some of them hadn't even dreamed of being in this position back then.
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And now we are seeing Milan to have made it to the Champions League semi finals. They have a pretty good chance to qualify for the finale by eliminating Inter as well. Napoli were a more challenging opponent in my opinion. They still need to be very careful against Inter though. Because Inter are not in good shape in the Serie A lately maybe but they are doing very good in the Champions League.
In my opinion, Inter has invested more time and effort in the Champions League than Milan right from the start. They have scored more goals than Milan, and even when Benfica was a strong contender, Inter managed to beat them with a 3-5 aggregate score, giving them a lead of 2 goals. Inter's performance in Serie A hasn't been great lately, but I believe they will give it their all in the semi-finals.
If Manchester City team can't secure Champions League title after performing so well then it will be really sad for Manchester City team. However, Real Madrid will be a strong opponent for Manchester City, so Manchester City is expected to play the match with great caution and strategy.
At least the team has been trying so hard. Manchester city may be facing the huge possibility of not being qualified for final. The match against madrid is not an easy match for manchester city. People keep yelling about haaland will be changing everything while the fact that manchester city faces the strongest team in EPL right now. Real madrid has been reportedly requested to change the schedule of first leg. UEFA has been rejecting madrid's request. Ancelotti sees that if 4 matches in 11 days are a lot. Madrid will be facing so many difficulties. There must be matches to be put as priorities by real madrid. It seems like that if the match against manchester city and copa del rey will become the main priority for ancellotti and its squads.
Ancelotti needs to pick which match that must be sacrificed to make sure the team will able to get the maximum result. I think that the match in la liga will not be played seriously by real madrid as per UEFA which already rejected the request from real madrid to change the schedule for the first leg. Ancelotti has to think so hard to make sure its team will able to play any matches without even being exhausted.
I'm sure real madrid will be using secondary squads for the unimportant match.
City looks locked this year to lift that UCL trophy and with Haaland in such a form , who can stop them ? Sure, Real will give everything they have to stop them but again , City is looking deadly this year in UCL only crazy bad luck can stop them from winning it. For me , the final is already with Inter - Milan with the biggest derby of Milano city being played in UCL so I'm looking forward to see this game because I simply cannot pick a winner here so hoping for the better team to win. 
Manchester city will not repeat its failure last season where they had to lose to Madrid so their meeting in the UCL semifinals is of course the right revenge event, I think it's time for Manchester City to take the UCL championship this season considering that Madrid won the title as defending champion of UCL must be released at the next meeting. playing as a guest in the first leg match manchester city must score more goals to take a comfortable position when playing the second leg at home.Guardiola must have prepared a good strategy to face Madrid later and of course he has learned a lot from last season's failure so maybe Guardiola is pressing his team to play as well as possible to score lots of goals against Madrid, especially Haaland who is a goal machine at Manchester City, of course he will more emphasis on that, I predict Manchester City will advance to the final to meet Intermilan
City looks locked this year to lift that UCL trophy and with Haaland in such a form , who can stop them ? Sure, Real will give everything they have to stop them but again , City is looking deadly this year in UCL only crazy bad luck can stop them from winning it. For me , the final is already with Inter - Milan with the biggest derby of Milano city being played in UCL so I'm looking forward to see this game because I simply cannot pick a winner here so hoping for the better team to win.
Manchester city will not repeat its failure last season where they had to lose to Madrid so their meeting in the UCL semifinals is of course the right revenge event, I think it's time for Manchester City to take the UCL championship this season considering that Madrid won the title as defending champion of UCL must be released at the next meeting. playing as a guest in the first leg match manchester city must score more goals to take a comfortable position when playing the second leg at home.Guardiola must have prepared a good strategy to face Madrid later and of course he has learned a lot from last season's failure so maybe Guardiola is pressing his team to play as well as possible to score lots of goals against Madrid, especially Haaland who is a goal machine at Manchester City, of course he will more emphasis on that, I predict Manchester City will advance to the final to meet Intermilan
For Inter - Milan, I think Milan can get past Inter as well. Actually they weren't very impressive against Napoli but still managed to eliminate a dominant Napoli. I don't even think that Inter would be in control as much as Napoli against Milan. I expect a more competitive matchup this time. Therefore this should be an extra advantage for Milan to play more comfortably and find more chances to score.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
Considering they are not in the top four of Serie A, everything appears more fascinating; we can expect a more tough battle from the Milano teams. AC Milan has demonstrated their dominance in the Champions League this season by defeating Napoli, one of the favorites to reach the final this season. I wouldn't argue Inter Milan were fortunate in their matched team that got them to this point. They've both demonstrated expertise in their respective games to reach this point, and I anticipate a competitive semifinal encounter between the Milano city teams.
It can be said that it was a good season for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City to win their first Champions League title for the Premier League team. Manchester City's fine form will bolster their title hopes, but they will have to really weather a tough challenge from Real Madrid. Of course Real Madrid has the same ambition to secure the title, but I wouldn't be surprised if Manchester City could beat Madrid even though Real Madrid is the most dominating team in the Champions League.
Pep Guardiola must be sure and confident enough that it is time for Manchester City to bring the Champions League title home to the cupboard, but before that they must escape this tough challenge. I'm an optimist, of course I can see some other people being the same.
Match moments like this usually play a role psychologically, we used to know that at Real Madrid there are many players who are able to influence the mentality of opponents, so matches are full of emotions. One of them is Romos, Pepe and Marcelo, but now they no longer have these typical players, so purely the quality of the players and the coach's strategy play a big role in winning the match. We have to admit that the quality of Man City's players is much better than Ancelotti's squad, almost on average Pep Guardiola's teams have advantages in their respective positions.Pep Guardiola must be sure and confident enough that it is time for Manchester City to bring the Champions League title home to the cupboard, but before that they must escape this tough challenge. I'm an optimist, of course I can see some other people being the same.
But talking mentally and experience in the Champions League is a problem for them, because when under pressure in a crucial match it is difficult for them to survive and in my opinion Pep Guardiola must be able to convince his players in this matter. Several previous defeats against Real Madrid clearly disturbed their psychology because Real Madrid has the quality for this problem and I don't want to talk about technicalities and strategies because their players are actually good.
But as you said it is purely the quality, but that also translates into a psychological advantage over the opponent. If you are the opponent and you face the midfield of Real Madrid, you exactly know that it is incredibly difficult to overcome them. Your doubts become bigger and bigger when guys like Modric and Kroos always make the right decisions.
Pepe or Ramos in contrast have also been a risk to Real Madrid's game. Receiving red cards for Ramos was like scoring goals for Haaland. It also made the game look less elegant with guys like Pepe and Ramos. When Ramos killed half of the Liverpool squad in the Champions League final, it didn't feel that well deserved. I like this team a lot better. They are convincing by quality, not by breaking other players' bones.
City looks locked this year to lift that UCL trophy and with Haaland in such a form , who can stop them ? Sure, Real will give everything they have to stop them but again , City is looking deadly this year in UCL only crazy bad luck can stop them from winning it. For me , the final is already with Inter - Milan with the biggest derby of Milano city being played in UCL so I'm looking forward to see this game because I simply cannot pick a winner here so hoping for the better team to win.
For Inter - Milan, I think Milan can get past Inter as well. Actually they weren't very impressive against Napoli but still managed to eliminate a dominant Napoli. I don't even think that Inter would be in control as much as Napoli against Milan. I expect a more competitive matchup this time. Therefore this should be an extra advantage for Milan to play more comfortably and find more chances to score.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
The results in both legs can still be close of course but I will be favouring Milan for the finale. These teams both are out of top four now in the Serie A so they must fight hard for making it to the final round.
Only Real Madrid seems to be a serious challenger for Manchester City. Most of us have all seen what happened in that game last season and especially how Real Madrid managed to go through. Things like that can happen in Madrid. I wouldn't be surprised if something like this happens again tomorrow. The Bookie think City is so good that they even consider City their favourite at Real Madrid in Spain. That says a lot. That Haaland missed a penalty, of course, means nothing. All in all, Bayern Munich really managed to score 4 goals, but they are missing a real killer that they had in Lwandowsky for a few years.
The champion league finals are going to be between Real Madrid and Manchester City and if care is not taken Manchester City could come out as the possible winner for this season judging from their recent result and players' statistics even though real. Madrid's also a strong club with high determination to finish the season as the trophy winner. One thing both clubs have in common is the records from the local leagues, while Real Madrid is battling to defeat Barcelona to clinch to the top position in the La Liga, Manchester City on the other hand is
Also. Struggling to beat Arsenal and this peculiar nature between both
Clubs have become the point of analyzing the outcome of the 2022/2023 champion league finals.
I agree, a match like this is worthy of a final and I hope the final itself won't be boring after such a crazy derby. On the other hand I am happy to know that one of the Italian teams will be in the Champions League final, no matter who it is, but that is rare, the last time I remember Juventus made it to the final, now it's either Inter's or Milan's turn
I didn't underestimate Real Madrid, and I didn't underestimate Inter either. But if I had to choose, then I would choose Manchester City and Milan are in the final this season. I think it's too boring to see Real Madrid reach the final almost every season and win the title, and they shouldn't dominate a competition like the Champions League in so many different seasons. I think this season Real Madrid will miss the final because of Manchester City, but this match will be fantastic.Haaland is likely to be the difference in this season's semi-final against Real Madrid, but I think it's too much time for things to change before the first leg is played in May.
Yes, I think so too. And the English club's final against Italy will be great, I can't remember the last time I saw that. However, I don't agree with your theory about Real Madrid in the sense that they consistently make the final. It's their merit, the hard work they've done, so it's fair enough I think, but nevertheless I'd like to see another winner
Real Madrid holds the record for the highest number of Champions League titles, followed by Manchester City and Milan. I believe the guy is partially correct, as Real Madrid has consistently made it to the semifinals in every season they appeared in the League. However, they have always face a significant challenge from Manchester City, who have proven to be a formidable opponent with a ruthless approach. Real Madrid has struggled against them in the past, often conceding multiple goals in the first leg, making it difficult to believe they could come back in the second leg. It is uncertain whether Real Madrid will triumph over Manchester City this time around, as the latter has been one of the toughest teams in the Premier League this season, and Real Madrid has failed to win any Spain Cup this season.
I agree, a match like this is worthy of a final and I hope the final itself won't be boring after such a crazy derby. On the other hand I am happy to know that one of the Italian teams will be in the Champions League final, no matter who it is, but that is rare, the last time I remember Juventus made it to the final, now it's either Inter's or Milan's turn
I didn't underestimate Real Madrid, and I didn't underestimate Inter either. But if I had to choose, then I would choose Manchester City and Milan are in the final this season. I think it's too boring to see Real Madrid reach the final almost every season and win the title, and they shouldn't dominate a competition like the Champions League in so many different seasons. I think this season Real Madrid will miss the final because of Manchester City, but this match will be fantastic.Haaland is likely to be the difference in this season's semi-final against Real Madrid, but I think it's too much time for things to change before the first leg is played in May.
Yes, I think so too. And the English club's final against Italy will be great, I can't remember the last time I saw that. However, I don't agree with your theory about Real Madrid in the sense that they consistently make the final. It's their merit, the hard work they've done, so it's fair enough I think, but nevertheless I'd like to see another winner
The only problem is that, if they have injuries in their squad, they may not perform well, but if the Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema are available throughout the remaining matches, beating Real Madrid might be very difficult for anyone. However, the favorites for this champions league is Real Madrid of Spanish La Liga and Manchester City of English Premier League.
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Manchester City has been the best team in the last three CL competitions but they always manage to mess up when it matters. They have been the best team in every game they have played this season, dominating and scoring goals. If Halaand wins the CL before Mbappe, the Halaand vs Mbappe debate will hit so hard next seasson
Mbappe has a world cup trophy already and that's something Haaland would never achieved until he hangs his boot, if Ronaldo couldn't achieved the world cup with his Portugal squad filled with talented players then what does Haaland have in the national team to compete for that title, he might never win an international trophy with his country. Mbappe can always win the champions league, he just need to leave PSG, him at Real Madrid is a guarantee champions league trophy. Real Madrid are the most dangerous team in this competition the. Imagine them having Mbappe on the wing to cause damages especially with Real Madrid counter attacking football.
Well I must admit that Chelsea have come a long way, but there are Matches that I have seen that baffle me and I don't know what to think, but I see it as really difficult for them to Beat Real Madrid, because Real Madrid have a lot of experience in this competition, aside from that the defending Champion, they are not doing very well in the League, but in the UCL it is another story, they are about to pass and continue advancing because it is most likely that they will reach the final, and as the matches go by, Real Madrid become tougher and it is more difficult to beat this team because they grow more.
Chelsea didn't take their chances against Real Madrid and that's the reason they're out of the competition, Real Madrid didn't outplayed Chelsea or dominated the game that you'll say Chelsea were completely out of the game. In both legs we had our chances but didn't take them. Real Madrid against Manchester city is going to be a piece of cake for Pep Guardiola boys to destroy Real Madrid. Real Madrid don't even have a defense to stop Manchester city from scoring, I think this year is Haaland year to lift the trophy and Manchester city finally hitting the nail on the head and lifting the trophy they desire the most.
I agree, a match like this is worthy of a final and I hope the final itself won't be boring after such a crazy derby. On the other hand I am happy to know that one of the Italian teams will be in the Champions League final, no matter who it is, but that is rare, the last time I remember Juventus made it to the final, now it's either Inter's or Milan's turn
I didn't underestimate Real Madrid, and I didn't underestimate Inter either. But if I had to choose, then I would choose Manchester City and Milan are in the final this season. I think it's too boring to see Real Madrid reach the final almost every season and win the title, and they shouldn't dominate a competition like the Champions League in so many different seasons. I think this season Real Madrid will miss the final because of Manchester City, but this match will be fantastic.Haaland is likely to be the difference in this season's semi-final against Real Madrid, but I think it's too much time for things to change before the first leg is played in May.
Yes, I think so too. And the English club's final against Italy will be great, I can't remember the last time I saw that. However, I don't agree with your theory about Real Madrid in the sense that they consistently make the final. It's their merit, the hard work they've done, so it's fair enough I think, but nevertheless I'd like to see another winner
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Milan and Inter odds are the same in this match regardless of the support of bookies to this. Maybe Milan is slightly in a better shape than Inter in Serie A at least but here is Champions League where everything could happen. Literally everything could happen in both games, City - Real Madrid isn't that easy game too. We might expect many goals in May I think both teams can be said to be balanced. To be honest, I can't confirm the strength of the two teams in the match later. because these two teams are both in an unstable condition. which in essence, neither Milan nor Inter, initially were not favored at all. however, these two teams were able to topple their opponents. on the Inter side, they proved capable of overthrowing Benfica. in fact, Benfica has always played very neat games before. but in the end, they were unable to topple Inter. conversely, Milan was also able to topple Napoli, which had been predicted to enter the next phase from the start. in particular, when Milan toppled Napoli in the domestic league, their game was very good. whereas, Napoli has a great team.
So IMO it's hard for me to predict it. at least, for now. because after all, I don't have all the latest formations regarding these two teams. So, let's wait for this fight to be held.
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