Madrid will host the current Premier League champions Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu as the UEFA Champions League kicks off for the teams in the group of death.
The group of death consists of four different champions with Real Madrid, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Ajax paired in one group.
While City have been in good form in the Premier League, Real Madrid are currently trailing eight points behind their arch-rivals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
Real Madrid’s start of the season has not been as good as they were expecting it to be. Losing two games out of the available four, the Spanish champions are currently finding it hard to find the form which they were in last season.
On the other hand, Manchester City are fourth in the Premier League, two points behind the league leaders, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786.
Both these teams are expected to perform at the highest level and they are the favourites to qualify for the next round in the Champions League.
Team News: Real Madrid
Jose Mourinho is currently experiencing a lot of problems. Cristiano Ronaldo has already revealed that he is unhappy with the Spanish club. However, this statement has not really affected his performance with Los Blancos.
Moreover, with Luka Modric’s inclusion in the Real Madrid team, Mourinho is going to have selection crises in the midfield. Mesut Ozil, Angel Di Maria, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 and Modric are all performing well and it is going to be a tough call for the Portuguese
manager to play the perfect blend of midfield players.
The former Chelsea coach is going to have all the players available to him and now it is up to him to select the perfect team against Manchester City.
Real Madrid’s expected line-up is as follows:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350.
Team News: Manchester City
Manchester City recently drew their fixture against Stoke City and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini is going to try and redeem the draw by taking the bragging rights against the Spanish champions.
Manchester City are not the favourites to win the game, but they can definitely surprise Los Blancos, especially by having Sergio Aguero back in their team.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 could not prove himself in Europe, but now it is time for him to prove himself in one of the most prestigious competitions in the continent.
The Italian boss can play the Brazilian full-back, Maicon, might start the fixture for the English champions, and it will be his first European fixture for the English Premier League side.
Moreover, Sergio Aguero is also back in training for Roberto Mancini and he will definitely try and play the Argentinean striker, as he is well aware of the Spanish opposition, a team which he faced when he was a part of the Spanish La Liga and played for
Atletico Madrid.
The Premier League side, Manchester City, might start the game with the following line-up:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero.
Prediction:
Even though Manchester City have a strong line-up, beating Mourinho in his home ground is a tough task, especially after he is going to try and give his best after being eight points behind Barcelona in the league.
The predicted score-line for this fixture is 2-1 in favour of the home side, Real Madrid.
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