Man City vs Real Madrid lineups, starting 11, team news for Champions League quarterfinal second leg
Real Madrid and Manchester City wrote another chapter in their blossoming UEFA Champions League rivalry when they played out an exhilarating 3-3 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu in their quarterfinal first leg.
Federico Valverde's sublime volley for Madrid, after Phil Foden and Josko Gvardiol had produced similarly high-quality strikes for City after halftime, left the quarterfinal dead even heading to Manchester for Wednesday's return clash.
City produced the best performance of their treble-winning season when they ran out 4-0 winners over Los Blancos at the Etihad Stadium in last season's semifinals. One key addition since then for Madrid will be aiming to make a difference.
"[City] are treble winners, an amazing team. But we are a pretty good team ourselves," Real's Jude Bellingham said at the pre-match news conference. "We trust in ourselves and the ability in the changing room."
Here, The Sporting News take a look at all the team news and projected lineups for the second leg.
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Kyle Walker and Nathan Ake have returned to training and were unused substitutes during the 5-1 weekend win over Luton Town.
England international John Stones also took part in City's open session on the eve of the game, where all first-team players were present and correct.
Man City predicted XI (4-1-4-1 right to left): Ederson (GK) — Walker, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol — Rodri — Silva, De Bruyne, Foden, Grealish — Haaland.
Man City subs (12): TBC
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti's most crucial call comes in defence, with Aurelien Tchouameni suspended.
The France star has filled in at centre-back in recent weeks, and club captain Nacho Fernandez could get the call to replace him ahead of the fit-again Eder Militao.
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