The game: Unworthy of a semifinal of C1
technical inaccuracies, lack of rhythm and especially envy. While Manchester City discovered this stage of the competition, Manuel Pellegrini’s men have not brought the expected fresh air. Worse, their only merit was to thwart Real lined up in their usual 4-3-3.
A boring match that eventually accelerate in the final minutes. Better physically, the Madrid showed they had a much higher margin than City. And the Citizens are likely to suffer in return.
Players: Hart at, Agüero transparent
In a closed game, difficult to bring out of the players. Joe Hart has kept his rank saving the Citizens late in the game, while the rear guard Mancunian, Kompany head, gave a serious performance. Faced, however, Sergio Agüero was a shadow of himself and has never been in a position to make a difference.
On the side of Madrid, Gareth Bale was not unworthy but failed to take control of the fate of his team in the absence of Ronaldo and Benzema after exiting, replaced at half-time. Modric hit a lot of balls without really create offsets while Toni Kroos has made waves accuracy on set pieces. Only satisfaction: the new good game Marcelo, active on its left side.
Joe Hart before Pepe (City-Real) – AFP
What could change: if Silva could go after …
39th: Touché, David Silva must give way to Kelechi Iheanacho. From a complementary 4-5-1 with De Bruyne in the axis, City going 4-4-2 and deprives himself of a relay in the middle. If “El Mago” Silva is not in the form of his life, its technical quality and ability of passes in the spaces could have been used to bring the binder Citizens and he missed the game Skyblues.
Weekend stat: 43%
As the percentage of games won by Real Madrid without Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League. With him, it goes to 71%. You know what was missing at the Casa Blanca Tuesday.
The tweet that hurts City
If you are looking for the definition of “rotate” the ball, here. But tonight, the Citizens have rather turned round to witness the passes made by City.
The declara: Zinedine Zidane
“It’s still a good result away against a team that did not worry us too . “
the question: can Real win the C1 without Cristiano Ronaldo
Of course, all teams need their big players to get out of trouble. But this season, either with Benitez or with Zidane, Ronaldo Real Madrid-dependency is taken to extremes in the Champions League. In their flamboyant course not always, the people of Madrid are in are each given the exploits of their triple Ballon d’Or, already author of 16 goals. Only two less than the team of Manchester City C1!
Against the Roma in the round, it was his two goals, including one outside, which facilitate the qualification of the Casa Blanca. Against Wolfsburg, is its triple that allowed the Merengue to pass an obstacle that was nearly insurmountable. Against City? Wednesday we will see. But the Portuguese is already doubtful for the second leg. And this is obviously bad news for Zidane and his men. The people of Madrid can cross your fingers as hard as possible. A victory in the Champions League will go through the feet of Ronaldo. Mandatory.
Cristiano Ronaldo in el banquillo contra el Manchester City – AFP
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