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The Eithad Stadium will be buzzing tonight in their first ever Champions League semi-final |
Real Madrid will be playing in their 27th semi-final in this competition while Man City will play in their first. Man City overcome PSG in the Quarter finals after losing 3 times in the previous Quarter Finals against Bayern Munich and twice against Barcelona.
Real Madrid are completely in another level as they just won the trophy in 2014 with a comfortable win after extra time was required to fend off local rival Atletico Madrid challenge.
Vincent Kompany is expected to be fully fit to face the goal-machine Cristiano Ronaldo who will be at his best after being rested in the weekend win against Rayo Vallecano.
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He will be looking to better his own record in the Champions League |
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He got maybe the most difficult task in football in tonight's game |
However, Real will also have force from elsewhere as Benzema and Bale will play alonside CR7 and Toni Kroos and Luka Modric will be absolutely crucial in that midfield battle against the likes of David Silva, Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne.
Kun Aguero will have his hands full as he will have to do well against World cup winner - Sergio Ramos and Varane will also play an important if Real are to stop City from scoring.
It's going to be a fascinating match between two Europe powerhouse and I can clearly see that City will try to defend well in the first 20-25 minutes of the game and if they manage not to concede a goal in the first 30 minutes the match is going to be a draw.
Looking at the attacking trio that Real possesses, I will go for a Real win but if Aguero & De Bruyne are at their best I see this ending in a 2-2 draw.
PKR Predictions : Man City 1 - 3 Real Madrid