Maybe they may want to give the ball to Manchester City in the first minutes because Manchester City will want to attack and can leave positions behind. Real Madrid has effective and fast players such as Vinicius Junior or Mbappé. If Manchester City can create such positions behind, Real Madrid can score goals at home with their effective players. Manchester City will seek the tour in Spain under Guardiola's management, but this is not easy at all. Their opponent is the last Champions League Champion. Their squad quality is also at a high level.
Real Madrid's attack is very strong. And the important thing is that Madrid's attack players Mbappe, Vini, Rodrygo and Bellingham are able to attack very quickly. That's why Real Madrid can break any defense. Even though Manchester City's defense is strong, it will be difficult to resist the fast attacks of these four players.
Manchester City must win if they want to qualify for the next round. So maybe Manchester City will play attacking strategy from the beginning of the match. So Real Madrid players have a big chance to score goals from counterattack. But Guardiola is an experienced coach. He may be well aware of the style of play of Madrid's attack players.
There's no doubt about their defense being strong but they have to be extremely careful, They've encountered Manchester City severally so they should know what they're capable of, City is not just any team they're one of the strongest in the world and defending Champions of the English Premier League and even though they've not really been very impressive this season they're still dangerous and have proven severally against Real Madrid. This match is a must watch for me, it's going to be very interesting since anyone who loses would be kicked out of the competition, Real Madrid are known for going far in the Champions league tournament and would want to maintain that legacy as for the experience both teams got and experience team and experienced players as well but best team would win anyway however my support goes to Real Madrid cause they're a team I love so much and I won't mind them qualifying for the next round and even winning the tournament again.