Real Madrid v Manchester City - UEFA Champions League - Wednesday 4th May 2022 - KO. 20:00 - BST. Preview and MDT | Vital Football

Real Madrid v Manchester City - UEFA Champions League - Wednesday 4th May 2022 - KO. 20:00 - BST. Preview and MDT

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'Can We Fix It? Yes, We Can! - Bob the Builder
City travel to the Bernabeu on Wednesday 4 May, with kick-off scheduled for 20:00 (UK). City hold a 1 goal advantage from the home leg but against Madrid this is a very slender lead indeed and with Kyle Walker out of this game and possible the season we have an able replacement for him in the form of Joao Cancelo but the problem lies with the left back and with Nathan Ake being withdrawn early against Leeds the question is he fit enough to play or will we have to play Olex Zinchenko who is ok in that position but it is not his normal spot in his national side. Can we score goals or more importantly not concede against a very good attack in the Spanish team. We can do this!
In the City Match Day Centre (www.mancity.com) Trevor Sinclair and
Nedum Onuoha will be special guests on this weekend’s Matchday Live show, offering their thoughts before, during and after the action. The show gets under way from 18:45 (UK).

City Team News
As previously stated Kyle Walker is out and doubts about Nathan Ake, John Stones and Kevin De Bruyne who may not be 100% from the battle with Atletico.

It is just a guess
Ederson
Cancelo Dias Laporte Ake
De Bruyne Rodri Bernardo Gundogan
Foden Mahrez

Match Officials
1651569827677.jpeg: Daniele Orsato
Assistants: Ciro Carbone & Alessandro Giallatini
Fourth Official: Davide Massa
VAR: Massimiliano Irrati
Assistant VAR: Paolo Valeri

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Premier League
Sunday 8th May 2022 - 16:30

City v Newcastle
 
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Real Madrid defender David Alaba will not play a part in his side’s crunch Champions League semi-final second leg against Manchester City on Wednesday.

Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti ruled out the 29-year-old on Tuesday.

Alaba was withdrawn at half-time of last week’s first leg at the Etihad Stadium and did not feature in the 4-0 win over Espanyol on Saturday — the game which saw Madrid confirmed as La Liga champions.

https://theathletic.com/news/real-m...cond-leg-against-manchester-city/DvdgrbNSHN57
 
City
Ederson
Walker Dias(C) Laporte Cancelo
De Bruyne Rodri Bernardo
Foden Jesus Mahrez

Subs, Steffen, Carson, Ake, Sterling, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Grealish, Fernandinho, Ega-Riley, Palmer, McAtee, Lavia
 
Commentary By @
18:45
Team news
Fit-again Kyle Walker returns to the starting line-up as Pep Guardiola makes four changes to the side that beat Leeds United on Saturday.
The right-back has missed City’s previous five games with an ankle injury sustained in the second leg of our Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid last month, but comes back into the team alongside Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez.
They replace Nathan Ake, Ilkay Gundogan, Raheem Sterling and Jack Grealish, who all drop to the bench.
Joao Cancelo returns to European action after missing the first leg due to suspension.
XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias (C), Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Jesus, Foden.
SUBS: Steffen, Carson, Ake, Sterling, Gundogan, Grealish, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Egan-Riley, Palmer, McAtee, Lavia.
 
Commentary By @
18:49
Real team
The hosts revealed their time slightly early, but here is a reminder of how they line-up this evening.
They have made eight changes to the side that sealed the La Liga title with a 4-0 win over Espanyol on Saturday.
Thibaut Courtois, Luka Modric and Casemiro - who missed the first leg - are the only players retained, whilst David Alaba, who was expected to miss out through injury, has been named as a substitute.
XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Nacho, Mendy, Casemiro, Modric, Kroos, Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius.
SUBS: Lunin, Fuidias, Alaba, Vallejo, Asensio, Marcelo, Jovic, Vazquez, Ceballos, Rodrygo, Mariano, Camavinga.
 
Onuoha: Good to have Walker back
Kyle Walker has provided Pep Guardiola with a huge boost this evening. He's one of the best one v one defenders in the world and Nedum Onuoha believes he could be invaluable against the pace of Vinicius.

"I think it’s huge [Walker returning]. When you think of the threat Vinicius had, if you could think of one player in the whole team that would be quite equipped to be able to deal with that, it’s Kyle Walker, so it's good to see him back to something like full health.

"It’s going to be a great challenge for him, but he is someone we rely on. We trust him because he is so, so good."
 
19:36
De Bruyne: Don't expect a tight game
“The buzz after the first game – I think you know afterwards when it’s been a good game and you’ve played well. Is it going to be as crazy as last week? Maybe not. But it’s not going to be a tight game because that’s not the way we play.
“There’s no point staying back and defending. That’s not our strong point. If we do that, we’re going to make more mistakes than we usually do, because we’re used to our system and our press. There’s no point doing anything else.”
 
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