Actual Madrid and Manchester Metropolis encounters have grow to be fairly the staple within the Champions League currently, with the 2 groups typically assembly within the knockout levels.
This season isn’t any exception, though the 2 groups will face one another a bit sooner than standard, within the league part.
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Maintaining that in thoughts, Manchester Metropolis duo Bernardo Silva and Rodri had been lately requested in regards to the hardest opponent they’ve confronted throughout their time at Etihad. They usually each had just one reply.
Bernardo Silva and Rodri worry Actual Madrid
Bernardo Silva was the primary to reply, stating that he Liverpool are the hardest workforce he has confronted within the Premier League. However within the Champions League, it’s at all times Actual Madrid.
“Within the Premier League, it’s Liverpool with Salah, and within the Champions League, Actual Madrid with Vinicius and Rodrygo,” he informed Telemundo (h/t ).
Rodri, too, had an identical reply, though the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner didn’t neglect to say Barcelona, when Lionel Messi was nonetheless taking part in for the membership.
Actual Madrid are the hardest UCL opponent for Rodri and Bernardo. (Picture by Matt McNulty/Getty Photographs)
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“I’d say Liverpool within the Premier League, and Actual Madrid within the Champions League . Additionally after I confronted Messi’s Barça,” the midfielder mentioned.
Curiously, each Rodri and Silva have been linked with a transfer to Actual Madrid at some extent over the previous few years.
Rodri, specifically, was a significant goal for Actual Madrid not too way back, though his triumph within the 2024 Ballon d’Or gala over Vinicius has now left a bitter style within the mouth of the 2 events.
Actual Madrid, in truth, are , even though each Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe, in addition to Vinicius, have been nominated for the highest prize.