Carlo Ancelotti spoke about Man City and Abdukadir Khusanov transfer

The current winner of the Champions League, the most prestigious competition in Europe, will face Manchester City in the play-offs to continue their march in the tournament.

According to the rules of the competition held in the new format, 36 teams participated in eight matches each in the general stage. The clubs that took the first eight places advanced to the quarter-finals.

The holders of 9-24 places will participate in the play-offs. The teams that occupied the 24-36th places will be eliminated from the tournament.

Real Madrid, which faced difficulties in the new format of the European Champions League, finished the general stage in 11th place and faced Manchester City, who took 22nd place in the play-offs.

It is important for us that the “city” also registered new players - Abdukadir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Umar Mashmush - to participate in the knockout stages of the European Champions League.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti commented on the transfers made by the opponent team in January ahead of the two matches against Manchester City.

- “City” spent more than 200 million euros on new players during the winter transfer window.

Abdukadir Khusanov, Umar Marmush, Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez joined Josep Guardiola's team.

Although “Real” regularly faces problems with injuries, they have not signed a single player. But I do not want to discuss this now. We need to focus on other issues, - said Carlo Ancelotti.

It is worth noting that since the beginning of the season, the head coaches of both teams have been facing serious difficulties in selecting their squads. It has become a common practice for Carlo Ancelotti's team to frequently leave the field, mainly in the defensive line.

Manchester City, on the other hand, experienced a huge crisis in the first half of the season. As a solution to the problem, Pep Guardiola began to make serious changes to the squad.

In January, the team was offered several young talents. In particular, the current English champions had to spend 50 million euros, including bonuses, to acquire Abdukadir Khusanov from Lens.

Now, the qualifying matches in the play-off round of the European Champions League between Real Madrid and Manchester City will be held on February 11 and 19. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”