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The Solidter City solid rock champions league raffle is really good for them, according to Río Ferdinand.
The Premier League champions will face Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the play-offs after scratching through a 3-1 victory over the Bruges club.
Madrid took them out of Europe last season, but City defeated the whites and Bayern on their way to the title in 2022-23.
And Ferdinand believes that it is a great opportunity for City to make a statement to the elite and shake the oxide of an irregular league phase.
“It is an opportunity to remember all who are and what you are, the quality you have in your team and that you have the ability to overcome any team in the world in your day,” Ferdinand told TNT Sports.
“Sometimes you need a draw like this to remember exactly who you are as a team,” said presenter Reshmin Chowdhury.
The hard draw of the Man City Champions League could be beneficial for them, says Río Ferdinand
They will face the Real Madrid del Bayern de Munich after sending witches from Club 3-1
“It's an opportunity to remember all who are and what you are,” Ferdinand told TNT
Many heavyweights have had to settle for a place in the intermediate stage before the last 16, with Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain also in the mixture.
Only the eight best teams in the League phase have automatically qualified for the last 16, which means that the next 16 clubs have to fight for the remaining places.
Guardiola already believes that City has re -discovered his soul after the cmeback against witches.
Raphael Onyedika put the Belgian champions 1-0 in the part-time blow, but Mateo Kovacic matched early after the break with a brilliant goal alone.
An own goal by Joel Ordonez put City 2-1 and Savinho's substitute sealed the result with his first European goal in the 77th minute.
“We were 45 minutes away,” Guardiola said. 'We were out, but when you play with nothing to lose, keep going.
'Sometimes, when you win, you are afraid of what you could lose. We had nothing to lose. In the second half we lift our soul and our hearts were free.
“All of them are better than us at this time, but I don't know what will happen in two weeks,” added the Catalan.
Guardiola said that the city 'raised his soul' in the second half and that his 'hearts were free'
'We don't give anything for granted. In two weeks we will be better than us. New signings, the players will return. We will see how we arrive.
'I don't know if they are happy to play against us. We will face them. One is the king of competition, the other is the second or third king.
'My desire was to have the team back, in shape. We play this competition with a thousand problems. Tomorrow the mentality, the vibrations, the change and I am quite sure that we will create problems for Madrid or Munich. These players have something special.
The city's hopes in the Champions League ended up in Etihad with penalties last season by Real Madrid.
That was seen as a shock at that time, despite the European Pedigrí of Madrid, since they saw that they had an assistant team than in previous campaigns.
But finally triumphant arose to lift its 15th trophy of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the final.