The last two Champions League winners meet again in what can be defined as an early finale. Only one of two giants of world football will remain, who They will fight to sneak into the semifinals. A big game without a favorite, in which the field factor can be definitive as happened in the last two seasons, the first with a white comeback at the Bernabéu and the second, with a citizen victory at the Etihad. A 4-0 that continues to sting in the Madrid hosts against a learned and poisonous rival when he puts on the silk boots.
Walker, Vinícius’s assistant, is out due to injury / Efe
Two giants who know and respect each other. Ancelotti says that the elimination round is, in addition to the strategy, in the quality of the players. In that the pulse is also balanced. Two teams full of decisive footballers whose success lies in playing as a team with specific appearances that decide matches, playoffs and titles. Guardiola’s team starts with that advantage of the field factor for the return, but a tight and treacherous schedule forces him to arrive worn out to one of the most important games of the season.
DEFENSIVE LOWNESS AND LITTLE DOUBTS
Ancelotti has had time to prepare for the 180 minutes of the tie. He is missing two important players such as Courtois and Alababut he has gotten the best out of his squad without them. He has the ideas clear about the eleven that should line up, except for a position that alters that ecosystem. Nacho or Tchouameni from central. If he chooses the Frenchman, he will have Camavinga to inject his energy and mobility into the center midfield. If he chooses the youth squad, the midfield will be the usual one, with Valverde, Kroos and Bellingham. And above the Rodrygo-Vinicius duo.
De Bruyn, a super class who arrives in shape for the match / Efe
Guardiola has doubts in defense, none in the middle or in the attack, two lines that are scary. Gets Ederson back under the stickscoming out of an injury. In defense, Walker and Aké are injured. Lewis would be the replacement for the right wing. On the left Gvardiol arrives touchedbut Pep has called him up. If he is ready to play, he will do it. In the center and above It has the heavy artillery known with Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Silva, Foden, Haaland…