JAKARTA Real Madrid and Manchester City will play the first leg of the 2022/2023 Champions League semi-final. This is a duel between two teams with the best attack lines in Europe today.
The meeting of the two teams will take place at Madrid's headquarters at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Kickoff or kickoff or kickoff of the duel titled bigmatch starts at 02.00 WIB.
The host, who is the defending champion, scored four goals without reply against Chelsea in two legs of the quarter-finals to reach the last four. Meanwhile, City are 4-1 on aggregate ahead of Bayern Munich to stay in this competition.
The meeting of these two teams is a rematch from last year's semifinals. At that time, Los Blancos made an amazing comeback to beat City and to the final to win the 14th title of this event.
This season City will come with their flagship striker Erling Haaland. However, Madrid have a trio of strikers Karim Benzema, Vinicius Jr, and Rodrygo who are no less deadly in front of goal.
Haaland is currently in great form. The 22-year-old Norwegian international has scored 12 of City's 26 goals in the Champions League this season.
To that end, the former Borussia Dortmund player needed five more goals to match the one-season record for Cristiano Ronaldo who scored 17 goals for Madrid in the 2013/2014.
Unstopped City in the Premier League race are trying to become the second English team to win the European Champions League trebles, the Premier League, and the FA Cup after their rival Manchester United did in 1999.
On the other hand, Real Madrid, who are still in third place in La Liga and are 14 points behind leaders Barcelona were present in this match with great heart after winning the Copa del Rey for the first time since 2014 at the weekend.
Despite the slump in La Liga, Los Blancos are recorded to be always fierce in Europe and have a sweet record against the English team. This season they have eliminated Liverpool and Chelsea on their way to the last four.
Carlo Ancelotti's side entered the first leg with five consecutive wins in the European Champions League. In addition, they have also maintained a clean sheet in their last three matches.
Selain catatan di atas, Los Blancos juga berhasil mencetak gol dalam 16 pertandingan kontinental sejak kekalahan 0-1 dari Paris Saint-Germain pada Februari 2022.
Formation Estimated
Real Madrid (4-2-1-3): Courtois; Carvajal, R\"udiger, Alaba, Camavinga; Modrief, Kroos; Valverde; Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius Junior
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Stones, R Wayben Dias, Akanji; De Bruyne, Rodri, Göndobulan; Bernardo Silva, Haaland, Grealish
Coach: Pep Guardiola
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