This match was a semi-final like a final match. Real Madrid and Manchester City are the top teams in the Champions League and both teams have great players. Real Madrid is the master of the Champions League and there is no other team that is an exception. It will be a great battle between two exceptional coaches, Ancellotti and Guardiola, with their players.
The better team will win. There are many variables this year, we will see which one will make the difference for both teams in this semi-final match.
We all hope that the match between Madrid and Manchester can happen in the final, but It turns out that both teams must repeat it again as well as An act of revenge for Madrid for their defeat last season which was also in the 2023 semifinals, both teams we can say playing in the final too early because It Is the quality of the teams owned by both of them, i think with the quality and balance of the squad they have, of course the match will be very exciting and fierce and maybe the second leg will be the determination for both teams to qualify or not for the Semifinals.
Both teams currently have good squad depth and have the same sharp attack including their two wingers who can destroy the Opponent' defense at any time, and that's why I think for the match the coach's tactics and strategy will be one of the factors to determine who will win the match, It will be a life-and-death match for both teams and of course the coaches will field their best squad in the match and for sure we will see how the two best teams and two best coaches that exist today destroy each other to become the best in Europe.
It's no secret that this particular encounter between real madrid and Manchester city is the star match of the quarter finals of this year champions league, I believe that it's really going to be an entertaining encounter between them both
Though it's a hard one to call of who is going to progress to the next round, but I would be sentiment about this and give it to real madrid because of the form they are in right now, and because Manchester city are not as good as they were last season, so I believe that real madrid will edge this game out, in a tight contested affair.