Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on Today at 05:54:59 PM

Quote from: OcTradism on February 09, 2025, 04:29:10 AM

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Well things between Madrid and City are pretty impressive, yesterday's match was a heart-stopping one, things went very well for City, in fact they were always ahead on the scoreboard, Madrid was equalising, but when Ancelotti made the corresponding changes things improved a lot and the way they won was great, many said that the banner they made in favour of Roderigo motivated Vinicius even more who almost scored some spectacular goals, there is still the return leg and at the Bernabeu, but anything can be expected from a team like City, the good thing is that Madrid has the advantage.

Man City receive Real Madrid second leg blow as Carlo Ancelotti sends ‘sacrifice’ warning

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Manchester City’s task to defeat Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League clash next week may be even tougher than first thought.

Despite taking the lead twice at the Etihad Stadium, a late Jude Bellingham strike stole victory for the reining champions in the dying minutes of the game.

They will now have to overturn a 3-2 deficit at the stadium where Madrid have tasted defeat three times this season – losing to AC Milan, Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund.

Source: https://www.football365.com/news/man-city-receive-real-madrid-second-leg-blow-as-carlo-ancelotti-sends-sacrifice-warning

In the condition that Manchester City is currently in, I don't have much hope for them for the second leg. A win is a must for them and that's tough to pull off in Madrid.

The biggest problem that Manchester City now has and what made them always strong during their top times was that once they scored a goal, they played with all the coolness in the world. Guardiola's tiki taka style while still creating chances and knocking the opponent out if focus is lost for a second and Manchester City finds the gap and finishes the attack. Usually it was 2-0 and game over. But it is not like that anymore, Manchester City is getting nervous despite having the lead because they have lost the lead like a dozen times this season. And they lost leads not only of 1 goal, but 3 goals.

Mentally it is hard to rebuild what they were all about since they remain in the whole same constellation of players and coach and everyone around them.