For the twelfth consecutive time, Manchester City’s team has qualified for the Champions League playoffs, and although this their success came at the back of great difficulty this season. Pep Guardiola’s men secured their qualification only after a group stage match in which they defeated Club Brugge at home with a score of 3:1. Prior to this, Citizens were on an unyielding run of Champions League games where they managed to earn only one point (one draw and three losses) from four matches.
City accumulated eleven points in the group stage from eight matches (three wins and two draws), but their performance was so poor that they only finished at an embarrassing position of twenty-second. Moreover, City has been able to win only three times in their last ten matches in the tournaments with four going to the drawing board and three losses.On the back of an away success against Leyton Orient in the FA Cup, the team meets Real Madrid.
Real Madrid were one point away from making the top eight in the Champions League group stage. Carlo Ancelotti’s team performed well winning five matches and losing three, out of which three wins were achieved in the closing rounds. Atalanta lost to them 3:2, while Salzburg was hammered 5:1, and Brest also suffered a loss of 3:0.
It is remarkable how Real Madrid has, in all of their participation in the Champions League, never been eliminated in the group stage. They have always managed to go past the group stage into the playoffs. In the last three seasons, the team has won the tournament twice and made it to the semifinals once, proving once more that they are one of the strongest teams in the competition. During the weekend, Real went 1:1 with Atletico in a derby match.
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