Although Real Madrid is the “boss” of the Champions League, last season they were convincingly eliminated by Man City. Now the two teams are rematching in the quarterfinals this season and the prestige of “The Citizens” is still much higher than before the battle between the two teams.

Given a break last weekend, because Spanish football focused all its attention on the King’s Cup final, RealMadrid will need that advantage to face Man City. Coach Pep Guardiola’s team not only continues to improve their playing style and owns the attacking duo Haaland – De Bruyne, but this season they also witnessed the outstanding progress of Rico Lewis, Julian Alvarez, and the strong shine. by Phil Foden.

But already competing in the Champions League, Real Madrid is aiming for the championship and the Madrid press believes that this campaign will succeed in bringing home their 15th European title. This is the second consecutive season that Real Madrid has met Man City and “Los Blancos” clashed with English teams for the 5th consecutive season. In past seasons, Real won 6/10 matches against opponents from the Premier League.

Man City is a truly formidable opponent for Real Madrid in particular and La Liga in general in the Champions League. Real Madrid has won only 1/6 of the most recent matches against Man City in the Champions League and the last 12 matches against La Liga teams, Man City only lost 1 match (the remaining wins 8 draws 3). Real Madrid is the team that has won, and twice before they eliminated Man City in the knock-out round after which the Royal team was crowned (2015/16 & 2021/22).

And Real Madrid hope Jude Bellingham repeats his scoring streak against Man City. The English attacking midfielder has faced Man City four times in his career, all with Dortmund, and he scored in two matches. The first goal came in the first leg of the 2020/21 quarter-finals, when Bellingham scored Dortmund’s only goal in a 1-2 loss, and the second goal came in the group stage last season when Bellingham conceded “The Citizens” at the Etihad ( but Dortmund lost 1-2).

Bellingham’s ability to score against Man City is even more remarkable because only four other teams have scored more goals against him: Stuttgart and Frankfurt in Germany along with Girona and Almeria in La Liga. Although Bellingham has yet to win against Man City, playing for Real Madrid’s strong squad can help him break that barrier.