Real Madrid and Manchester City could not win the exciting match with back-to-back goals. The two teams drew 3-3 in a six-goal thriller in the quarter-final first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu. Last year, the Madrid club left the Champions League semi-finals with a draw at home, losing to Citizens in Dera. Is something going to happen this time? Real coach Carlo Ancelotti believes his side will do well against Man City at the Etihad next week.
Last year’s champions Man City went ahead twice at the Bernabeu. But Los Blancos fought back to avoid defeat. Ancelotti said after the match, ‘We came back to the game with courage. Now the small difficulty for us is that we have to play the next leg in the opponent’s field. But we are confident that we can repeat this performance.’
Ancelotti, standing in the dugout for his 200th Champions League match, said his players lacked courage and personality last season. But this year is going to be different.
“Today we gave our best,” said the Italian coach. I am confident of repeating the same performance in the second leg as well. The truth is, our plan was to take a small lead, say 4-3. However, this score does not change much in the plans for the second leg.
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