There is no doubt that the City of Manchester have managed to become one of the most feared teams on the old continent. The team led by Pep Guardiola has reached the semifinals of Champions, after leaving Bayern Munich in the gutter. In this way, the ‘citizen’ team became the third team in the Premier League to achieve this feat, along with Chelsea and the Manchester Utd.
The regularity with which the ‘skyblue’ team has visited the semifinals of Europe’s premier competition in recent seasons speaks of the extraordinary performance of the team from Manchester in Europe. Despite this, the British team did not get the dream of raising the Orejona in the previous two editions, in the 2021 final against Chelsea (0-1) and in the semifinals last year against Madrid (4-3 at the Etihad and 3-1 at the Bernabéu).
Despite this, optimism among Manchester City fans to win their long-awaited first Champions League has grown in recent days. After being overwhelmed by the Bayernwith a resounding 3-0 win at home and yesterday’s 1-1 win at Allianz, the city has been postulated as the great favorite to bring out his European record. The big obstacle that Guardiola’s team will have to face if they want to secure the ticket for the final is Real Madrid, the executioner of City last season.
The Merengue team is the other great favorite to retain the title, something that the Catalan coach of City already has, which was very clear in the press conference after the match against Bayern: “If you want to win the Champions League you have to beat Real Madrid“In this way, it is clear that the semifinal match between Real Madrid and Manchester City can be an expected final.
Source: La Verdad
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