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.
That is the ace up the sleeves that Real Madrid will play in this game. It is their quality to play those lightning speed counter attacks and Manchester City will try to score early with counter pressure, but they will want to control the ball as much as possible in order to prevent those counters from coming against them. It is not an easy job to do, but they can do it.