Carlo Ancelotti has made a bold prediction of this season of the Champions League winners, while his Real Madrid is preparing to face Manchester City in the first part of the knockout play-off.
Madrid and City won the last three Champions League titles between them and, although they never faced each other in the finals of the exhibition, any of them reached eight of the last 11 finals that took place in the competition.
Although they both fought during the league phase, with City only secured the knockout embroidery in the last match, Ancelotti He predicts that whatever the club will win, this tie will win the whole thing.
“It’s always a headache that is facing Manchester City. It will be a tough game, it’s hard to predict. It will depend a lot on the attitude and trust of the teams. It’s a high -level game that you have to be in the best order in every aspect, “Ancelotti explained to journalists.
“It seems to be” Clasico “because we have played in this competition many times. It is the hardest game we can face with, regardless of the shape. They are one of the best teams in Europe and have the best leader there.
“I am convinced that the team that passes from this tie will continue to win the competition.”
Real Madrid and Manchester City have faced every one Champions League Knockout Tie in 2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. In the last three, the winner of the tie has been named European champions at the end of this specific campaign.
But suggesting that Madrid or City will win him out, Ancelotti will equally count Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal and Bayern Munich, and all are more imagined bookmakers at this stage.
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