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Okay, I love soccer and Real Madrid. But all of "Real Madrid vs. Manchester City" is just another soap opera. Both teams have rich skill, but its bought. Unfortunately, the game works that way. Haaland and Vinicius Jr. are great players. But at the end of the day, they're just kicking a ball around for a paycheck. A business, not a passion. Yes, you may watch and support your team. Keep the big picture in mind. There's more to the world than millionaires chasing trophies.
Haha, you need to know that some football fans, including me, don't care about all that because if we talk about players, I would say that only Ronaldo is the favorite and is still the best player in my opinion.
I don't know who Real Madrid have now, who are great players and also quite dominant, but what is clear is that I like their playing style which is quite solid and reliable, they show how artistic football is and that is what we want to see.
Likewise with Manchester City who have players like Haaland and they can always provide playing skills that create dramatic games, this is competition and the most important thing is being able to watch two big and strong team meet to fight for victory and the title.
If you look at truly competitive rivalry, I would say it is between Real Madrid vs Barcelona and this is the only derby that is the most impressive, especially in the last few seasons when there were still great players from each team.
But unfortunately they did not meet in the UCL when they entered the final, unlike Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich and Dortmund who met in the UCL final.