Real Madrid (A) - Tues 9th April, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

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alexmcity said:
Well, they rely on the atmosphere to gain advantage. Same as Liverpool. They'll try to copy Liverpool and have periods of dominance. It depends on us whether we will allow it. Our pass completion at Anfield was a bit average. We should do better this time in order to control the game. Kovacic/Grealish instead of Alvarez should help. All of KDB, Foden and Haaland should do better too.
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Hopefully it’ll just fire us up even more. A couple of early goals and you’ll only hear Blues, amplified.
 
Looking forward to this

We need to be shit hot in possession against these and minimise any sloppy play. If we play anything like the first half of the Palace game the other day we will get a shoeing. There's no way that Madrid forward line won't capitalise, especially with no Walker. Akanji is no slouch though.

That aside, if we're near our best, we are simply a better team than them. That's not to underestimate them, I just believe we are better.

It's a knockout competition too, it doesn't really do them any favours to park the bus in their home leg like other teams do. So they should come out and play and that's better for us. If they do try to park the bus in their home leg then that's pathetic.

A draw tonight wouldn't be the end of the world though.
 
Blue Potato said:
Seems like the roof will indeed be closed, shouldn’t make much of a difference but bizarre UEFA allowed it
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If it's anything like the Principality in Cardiff it'll make a huge difference.
With the roof closed in Cardiff it's intimidating as fuck & every noise is amplified.
 
Madrid are terrifed of City, actually the way they play and will be forced to play by their fans actually plays into Citys hands. Haaland will have much more space to run in behind as well and Kev will pick him out. Just need to be clever during first half, no silly fouls as the ref no doubt will be giving City yellow cards no problem. Any draw for me here then bring them back to Manchester for a pasting.
 
Remember this...?

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bluemoon32 said:
If it's anything like the Principality in Cardiff it'll make a huge difference.
With the roof closed in Cardiff it's intimidating as fuck & every noise is amplified.
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Spanish fans especially Real are not the most intimidating, most are tourists anyway. Doubt this will cause Citys players too much concern.
 
tommy116 said:
Spanish fans especially Real are not the most intimidating, most are tourists anyway. Doubt this will cause Citys players too much concern.
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Tbf, the atmosphere helped them a lot to turn the tie in 21/22. But we had less experience and confidence back then. Hopefully the atmosphere will help our players to give everything.
 
Never known a roof create or score a goal. Just makes the boos louder if they start losing. They aren't a great side, concede plenty of chances, are vulnerable to the press and their keeper can be suspect and they were out played in the last round by RB Leipzig and they had the roof closed then. Either way, let's make it a cauldron next week and get on them every second they have the ball. We are in their heads and they are scared..
 
The only threat in sealing that ground up by closing the roof is less chance of escaping Franco’s Hench Men …… little Spaniard no marks dressed as mini robocops with a small man complex…. Cunts
 
City should really target Bellingham, he will be very keen to put one over the English champions so is prime for a wind up and he can be got at very easily, not only upset his game but get the yellow or red card.
 
I'm not too optimistic with far fewer days of rest and our current injuries. A draw would be a good result, IMO. Losing by one wouldn't be the end of the world either.
 
Blu3m00n91 said:
Does anyone else feel more relaxed/excited towards the champions league now? Like I’m genuinely looking forward too tonight. After winning it last season and what came with it my opinion towards the CL has changed. I just get nervous about the league.
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I'm the opposite mate. And I have been for a long time. I thought I'd be more relaxed after finally winning the CL but from the moment I woke up on Monday it's all I can think about and I've spent hours watching Real Madrid games as if I'm Pep and can make a fucking difference tonight!

There's always the chance to recover in the league. It's different at this time of the season but we've got 7 games to go and we're up against two teams that are inconsistent themselves so I'm quite relaxed about it. Winning 4 in a row doesn't really bother me that much, I'd love to do it, but I'd rather win the CL in all honesty. That win last season just catapults us as a club. But we can't rest on winning it once. Win it again and again and dominate Europe. We're 11 league wins behind the Rags. We're 2 CL's behind them. Might as well go and win that four times in a row instead and be better than them in Europe!
 
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