Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that Real Madrid plans to approach the Champions League Champions League match with Manchester City exactly as the first.
Madrid holds a thin advance of Globe following a 3-2 dramatic victory at the Etihad stadium last week and is considered the favorites for progress since they now have a home advantage in the second stage.
In terms of strategy and style, Ancelotti will not deviate from what ultimately worked upside down.
“It will be an entertaining, complicated and difficult match. We will try to prepare well and recover players who can help us,” he said in the Spanish capital on Tuesday.
“We are going to try to play the same game as last week. The idea is as follows, but with the difficulty of this type of match in a direct elimination tour where we play everything in 90 minutes.”
Pep Guardiola gave Manchester City just 1% chance of overthrowing the overall deficit, which Encelotti has trouble believing that this will be the case with such fine margins.
“He really doesn’t think it. I will ask him if he really has 1%,” replied the Italian when his counterpart was raised. “We don’t think we have 99%. We think we have a little advantage. We have to enjoy it and play the same game as in the first step, where things went well.”
Antonio Rudiger is expected to return to the starting program for the visit of Manchester City, after missing the last four games of the club – including the first stage of this equality – by an injury.
David Alaba should also be part of the match team after recovering from his recent setbacks and Lucas Vazquez could be the bench. It should be used to strengthen Madrid defensively after the midfielder in an inexperienced partnership has associated the Aurelien Tchouameni midfielder in Manchester.
