Actual Madrid v Manchester Metropolis preview
Manchester Metropolis have all of it to do to achieve the final 16 of the Champions League as they journey to Actual Madrid for the second leg of their knockout play-off tie.
Two late objectives noticed Actual win 3-2 final week in what one other disappointing collapse by Pep Guardiola’s facet, with Vinicius Junior silencing the Etihad with a starring position in establishing Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham’s objectives.
Nonetheless, a 4-0 win over Newcastle on Saturday will hand the Residents a much-needed enhance and given their success over the previous couple of years, they may go to the Spanish capital believing they will flip issues round, even when Guardiola has performed down their possibilities at simply “1%”,
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Guardiola hailed the impression of January signing Nico Gonzalez throughout their win over the Magpies, describing the Spaniard as a “mini Rodri”.
They’ll hope the previous Barcelona teenager can have an identical impression on the Bernabeu on Wednesday as they endeavour to maintain their Champions League marketing campaign alive.
Actual’s poor league kind will even be a supply of encouragement, with their winless run in LaLiga stretching to a few video games with a 1-1 draw at Osasuna on Saturday.
