The most notable data of City-Madrid

He City of Manchester may reach this Wednesday at etihad stadium the second final of Champions of his story or the real Madrid the second in a row, after winning the title last season against Liverpool. These are the most popular data of this continental super duel:

Two precedents are stained white

This is the third time that Real Madrid and Manchester City have challenged each other in the semifinals of the Champions League. The previous two left a good memory for the Madrid team, because after overcoming both qualifications they were proclaimed champions.
In the 2015-16 season, Real Madrid drew 0-0 at the Etihad and won the tie with an own goal from Brazilian Fernando. From the lack of goals to the madness of reuniting in the 2021-22 campaign, with a 4-3 win for City at their stadium and the historic comeback at the Santiago Bernabéu (3-1). Carlo Ancelotti’s side needed two goals to force extra time after the 90th minute and they were signed in just one minute by Brazilian Rodrygo. In extra time, a penalty scored by Benzema gave him a passport to the final.

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Guardiola, seven defeats in the semis out of ten

Winner of his debut as a coach in the competition at the helm of Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ They did it without winning a game in their first precedent, drawing zero at the Camp Nou against Chelsea and one at Stamford Bridge, thanks to double the amount of goals in a rule that is no longer enforced.
Against Real Madrid they went through their second semifinal two years later thanks to their conquest of the Bernabéu (0-2). The third and last came in 2021, after beating PSG in the first leg and back. What remained were painful eliminations and bad memories for Pep. Losing two semifinals with Barcelona,​​​​ against Inter and José Mourinho’s Chelsea. Bayern now have three semis lost against Spanish teams. Against Real Madrid, with a painful 0-4 at the Allianz Arena, Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid. And ahead of City, after staying in the quarterfinals in his first three attempts, losing in a final against Chelsea, he was eliminated in the semifinals by Real Madrid last year.

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Ancelotti’s golden anniversary

It will be a special match for Carlo Ancelotti, the most successful coach in the history of the competition with four victories, two with AC Milan and two with Real Madrid. He arrived at the golden wedding anniversary with Real Madrid. His 50th game (36 wins, five draws and eight losses) in the most prestigious tournament where, in addition, he will be the coach with the most games he has played, surpassing Alex Ferguson’s 190. He reached them after leading Parma (6), Juventus (10), AC Milan (73), Chelsea (18), PSG (10), Bayern Munich (12) and Naples (12). Along with Frank Rijkaard, Zinedine Zidane and Guardiola, he is the only one to have won the title as a player and coach.

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Benzema, the fear of the English

Karim Benzema has dropped his goalscoring performance this season. From the top scorer in the last edition, with fifteen goals of which ten came in the playoffs with a stellar role, he went to four this season. He did not score in the four games he played in the group stage and scored three in the round of 16 against Liverpool and one against Chelsea in the quarterfinals. He scored 20 goals in 27 Champions League games against English clubs, his preferred nationality before 15 against German teams.
The City took action. He has scored six goals in eight games, four of them at the Etihad Stadium, where he bagged a brace on his last visit. There is only one club that has scored more in European competition and which it is seeking to match or surpass, Liverpool with seven goals.

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Maximum frontal equality

It is a rivalry of recent history that is on its way to becoming a European classic due to the number of times it has been repeated since 2012, when the first confrontation took place. There are now nine games in the balance so even the Etihad can help pull it off. Three wins for Real Madrid, three for City and three draws. A total of 14 goals were scored by the Madrid team and 13 by the ‘citizens’. In the most recent rivalries, the balance has tipped in Guardiola’s team, winning three of the last five games, with just one defeat and one draw.

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Rüdiger, good memories between defeats

Manchester City is the team that the German Antonio Rüdiger has faced most in his career and where he has lost the most. A total of six losses in eleven games, one draw and four wins. Of course, one of the victories in which he participated left an indelible mark on his career in winning the Champions League as Chelsea’s starting defender in the Porto final in 2021. Currently, his marking of Erling Haaland in Santiago Bernabéu has earned him praise and a starting position at the Etihad.

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City, untouchable at Etihad

For Manchester City, this is their fourth Champions League semifinal, all in the last eight seasons in which they have had great growth. They managed just one, yes, before losing the final against Chelsea in 2021. Guardiola’s side have not lost at the Etihad since September 2018, when they lost to Lyon in the first match of the group stage.
The Manchester team has gone 25 games at their stadium without defeat in the Champions League (23 wins and two draws) and has won the last seven games in front of its fans in European competition. The last time they failed to do so, in a goalless draw against Sporting de Portugal, was in the second leg of last year’s round of 16 in a tie that ended with a win in the first leg.

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1-1 in the first leg favors City

Manchester City have won all eight European ties in which they have drawn in the first leg. On all occasions, he always won the round playing at home. The most recent precedent took place in the same edition, in the round of 16 against Leipzig and they solved it with a 7-0 win at the Etihad. It was the second time they had equalized in the away leg, the first in the ‘Champions’. The other took place in UEFA during the 1978-79 campaign and was resolved in their favor with a 3-2 home win.
Real Madrid stars in the opposite case. In the history of the European Cup, they have ended in a draw on one of the four occasions in the semifinals and on all four occasions they have been eliminated in the second leg playing as visitors. Bayern, PSV Eindhoven, AC Milan and Chelsea are the butchers City want to join.

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Ancelotti’s pending account

The Italian coach faced City ten times in his long managerial career and was beaten just twice, both at home by Chelsea and Real Madrid. Seven defeats and one draw are their poor results in the match. The Etihad has always lost in five visits, two as Chelsea coach (2-1 and 1-0), two in charge of Everton (2-1 and 5-0) and the last one at Real Madrid (4-3).

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Real has gone through 17 of the 31 semifinals

No team has played in more semifinals in the history of the European Cup than Real Madrid. He hit 17 of 31, again joining for the second year in a row with Manchester City on the doorstep of the final. It was their thirty-second semi-final, their sixteenth since the format change to the Champions League, a record in the competition. Four more than Barcelona or Bayern played.