Manchester Metropolis secured their place within the UEFA Champions League knockout spherical play-off with their . Following that win Pep Guardiola’s facet might have been drawn in opposition to Actual Madrid or Bayern Munich within the subsequent stage of the competitors. Immediately Metropolis have discovered their opponent for the subsequent stage of the competitors. They’ll face Actual Madrid. The tie over two legs will see Manchester Metropolis face the present Champions League holders in a renewal of their rivalry which has grown over the previous 4 seasons.
The primary leg of the tie might be performed on the Etihad Stadium on February 11 on a Tuesday evening. Manchester Metropolis will journey to the Bernabeu on Wednesday, 19 February, for the second leg. Pep Guardiola’s facet will face Newcastle within the Premier League in between these two fixtures.
Manchester Metropolis and Actual Madrid will meet for the fourth consecutive season within the Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti’s facet knocked Metropolis out of the Champions League final season within the quarter-final stage of the competitors. Within the 22/23 season earlier than that Pep Guardiola’s facet famously dispatched Actual Madrid 5-1 on combination within the semi-final stage of the competitors. That victory could be a key end in Metropolis’s treble-winning season. Actual Madrid accomplished a well-known comeback within the 21/22 Champions League semi-final tie. They beat Metropolis 6-5 on combination after a late comeback on the Bernabeu.
Talking throughout his of Metropolis’s conflict with Arsenal Pep Guardiola mentioned it looks like Manchester Metropolis is enjoying a derby in opposition to Carlo Ancelotti’s facet. With their fourth assembly with Actual in 4 season’s developing there’s a familiarity to the upcoming Champions League knockout playoff spherical tie. Guardiola informed the media: “It seems to be like a derby already, 4 years in a row dealing with Madrid. Madrid or Bayern, each have been actually powerful. Hopefully, we are able to arrive within the first leg right here and the subsequent one in Madrid as finest as potential.”
The winner of the tie between Metropolis and Actual Madrid will face both Bayern Leverkusen or Atletico Madrid within the subsequent stage of the competitors. Metropolis might be hoping that they will go one higher than final season after they went out of the Champions League by the hands of Actual Madrid. A tie filled with storylines and subplots awaits when the 2 groups face off as soon as once more on this season’s Champions League.
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Now they face one another within the Champions League play-offs 👀