JAKARTA - Real Madrid will host Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu in the second leg of the knockout phase of the Champions League, Thursday, February 20, 2025, early morning WIB.
Los Blancos have important provisions, namely the 3-2 victory at the Etihad Stadium last week. This situation also made The Citizens Manager, Pep Guardiola, make a pessimistic statement.
He said Manchester City's chances of turning things around and stepping into the last 16 were very thin, which was only one percent.
Although the opposing camp seemed inferior, Real Madrid did not want to be happy. Manager Carlo Ancelotti rejected Guardiola's claim.
"Tomorrow before the game, I'll ask him if he really thinks they have a 1% chance!"
"We don't think we have a 99% chance. We think we have the few advantages we have to make the best of," Ancelotti told a pre-match press conference.
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Apart from that, Real Madrid is indeed superior. Moreover, Ancelotti confirmed that he could again field defender Antonio Rudiger after missing the Etihad.
Only right-back Lucas Vazquez is not ready to play. Instead, Ancelotti has a big chance of lowering Federico Valverde to fill Vazquez's post.
Valverde did not mind that because he had found chemistry with his teammates. He also floating Real Madrid's high confidence in advancing to the last 16.
"I'm happy with the game we played in the first leg (against Manchester City).
"I saw how the team played, how we trained. It made you feel calm."
"You know the team will play well. It gives me confidence that we will qualify," Valverde said.
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