- Real Madrid would represent a threat to the city, even if they were large in the first leg
- With the advantage of a Real goal, Guardiola's side will be harmed in Bernabéu
- Listen now: Everything is starting! Is there an agenda against Ange Postecoglou?
Not many have the gravity required to enter the line of the first four of Real Madrid, with its almost unpleasant belief and quality, but within the costume over the weekend, Carlo Ancelotti put some in his place.
Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo were told, in unequivocal terms, that they were not running enough during the Madrid derby, a real one was losing in a game that could be critical in the race for the title of the league .
It has been a real season that, scoring 59 goals through the campaign until last night, there has been a disconnection between the strikers and the rest.
The old galactic problem that ruined this great old club for so many years, before they decided to get serious, and Ancelotti's work is now to make sure that Mbappe's summer arrival of Paris Saint-Germain did not delay them to the days of the players about the team.
They pushed again in the derby, the MBAPPPE score, however, the jury still deliberate at the broadest point of whether this works with such skill, everything that the center of attention wants in a very specific area of the field.
Seeing an exasperated Ancelotti Barrack Mbappe and Vinicius for not tracking while Manchester City built from the defense in this first absorbent stage he talks about that.
The four Real Madrid strikers will always give them a chance to fight in the draw, even if they lost the first leg
Man City must jump on the disconnection between the center of the Royal field and the attack units
Pep Guardiola's side has been hit before in the Bernabéu and is fighting with an arm behind now that they are a goal in the tie
Their complaints were treated to some extent, the couple broke into a soft trot, but it will be fascinating if the King of Cool, the emperor of the Champions League, will have to continue reminding them.
Real let the city get a territorial advantage before part time by not pressing as a unit, on one night they threatened to dominate completely, but they still scared the lives of their hosts.
Vinicius in particular has assumed this role as a villain of Pantomima, one improved in the Etihad after the child response to the Golden Ball receiver.
He made fun of each touch, ironically applauded with each pass out of place. When Bernardo Silva picked up his pocket, when Nathan Ake got with the Brazilian clean.
They only ab what are good, of course, and the way in which his feet dances hypnotized Manuel Akanji before hitting the bar from the beginning of standing, similar to that moment of Ronaldinho in Stamford Bridge so many years ago, he served to show To show that regardless of the result, City left at home, next week it will be a long exam.
One, two, even three goals behind and real were kind at Bernabéu. The city has eaten alive there before and how the four of Ancelotti stretched this game of definitive spells for Pep Guardiola in the Spanish capital.
But for an occasional waste, heroic goalkeepers and some seriously brave blockages, especially AKE, real would actually be addressing his flight home with a leadership that borders impossible.
How Guardiola tries to fight all next Wednesday is the key to the play-off, but to do it, at the same time that having a disadvantage of a goal feels unlikely and plays in the real hands.
