Real Madrid will again fight with Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League.
The side of Carlo Ancelotti is linked to the charges of Pep Guardiola for the fourth consecutive season as part of the last 16 play -offs.
Recent matches between them were Titanic Battles, in which the duo won the last three finals and dominated the competition.
Real Madrid, after the end of the European expectations of City in 2022 and 2024, has both sides of the city that Ancelotti eliminated and won a very first title in 2023.
A new meeting will be added to the new Play -Off stage with Ancelotti and Guardiola, both recover from poor competition phase campaigns.
In anticipation of the fist bone in Manchester, Ancelotti is working on a new defensive plan, while he is preparing to unleash David Alaba at the Etihad stage.
The Austria is back in action at the beginning of 13 months, after an operation at an ACL injury in December 2023, and its progress is strong.
Ancelotti and the medical staff of Los Blancos have faith in his willingness and the plan is to start him against the city according to Diario ALS.
The veteran defender has come from the bank in recent weeks for the cameies and he will rise against Espanyol and Leganes in the coming days.
An appearance against Atletico Madrid next weekend is not excluded, but Ancelotti will make a late call while he wants to protect him from the city.
Moreover, there is the prospect of suspensions that force Ancelotti to start Alaba, with Antonio Rudiger and Aurelien Tchouameni, both caution, removed from missing the second stage in Madrid.
Ancelotti wants Alaba to be ready to start both games, but he will only do this if a suspension is activated, with his experience of vital Madrid's hope to keep their La Liga and Champions League titles in 2025.
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