Last season real madrid have CF, namely karim benzema was beaten 4-0 and 1-1 in the champion league. now benzema has left and his cf replacement is far inferior to benzema, only a joselu as a substitute for benzema. so if the performance is normal and there are no surprises, surely manchester city can beat and remove real madrid from the champion league again.
The Real Madrid coach is not a fool when it comes to placing players and also when it comes to choosing players to replace players who have left the Real Madrid team. Currently, everyone still admits that Manchester City is a team that is quite strong in the Champions League and also in the Premier League itself, but everyone probably still hasn't forgotten that Real Madrid is a very successful team in the Champions League so that at the moment it is still quite dangerous for other teams in terms of title contention.
If Manchester City is considered as favorite team for English Premier League or Champions League then Real Madrid must be considered as favorite team for La Liga and Champions League. There is no doubt that Real Madrid is one of the best club level teams. No other team has won more Champions League titles than Real Madrid. Last season unfortunately real madrid lost but this season real madrid has more chances to win. This season Real Madrid has formed a great team with young players and it is believed that Real Madrid can definitely beat Manchester City in the Champions League this season. The La Liga title is all but assured for Manchester City, all that remains is to do well in the Champions League tournament.
When Manchester City and real Madrid met last season, many had the believe that real Madrid will dismantle Manchester City and knock them out of the champions league, but that prediction never materialized. However it was the other way round. I don't know why many still have this believe that real Madrid current squad is superior to that of Manchester City. It's very funny because this Manchester City team are the defending champions and they are still playing very well if you ask me. The earlier Madrid realize that they are facing a team capable of eliminating them in the Champions league this season the better for them and their fans who always have high hopes on them.
It's very hard to do that since Manchester City was a UCL winner last season. Don't be very optimistic about that even though the first game is going to happen at Santiago Bernabeu. I remind you that Real Madrid is not as good as Manchester City in terms of defensive line. City also has more mature attackers compared to Real Madrid.
City is also trying to fulfill its mission to be back-to-back champions of Europe this season. I'm sure that City can draw against Madrid. This is the match between the best of the best from La Liga and PL. I'm picking City to win this game soon.
It surprised me how manchester city gets real madrid as its opponent again. Im feeling good with this. Real Madrid seems aware of the improvements made by Manchester City. ancellotti must be fully preparing his club for the game against manchester city.
This game is going to be the toughest one, considering Manchester City has been a strong contender since last season. City successfully won the competition last season, but this time, it's kinda different since city must be playing with the different squad. Yet it's not all positions filled by the new players.
It's around 20% from the available spots to be fulfilled by the new players.