The second leg matches of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 are ongoing. Today, the most central and noteworthy match will be between Real Madrid and Manchester City. The Madrid side played their first match without a number of key players. In particular, Real Madrid stars Kylian Mbappé, Jude Bellingham, Alvaro Carreras, and several other prominent players were unable to play in the match against City. However, before the second leg, all players were included in the squad, and the team is expected to play in full squad.
For Manchester City, Yoshko Guardiol and Rico Lewis will be unavailable due to injuries. Several sports publications have presented the possible starting lineups of both teams.
According to Yahoo Sports:
- Manchester City: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Guehi, O'Reilly, Silva, Rodri, Semeno, Scherky, Douco, Haaland
- Real Madrid: Courtois, Carreras, Dean Hausen, Antonio Rüdiger, Alexander-Arnold, Camavinga, Chuameni, Valverde, Güler, Vinicius, Diaz
Sports Mole Interpretation:
- Manchester City: Donnarumma; Nunesh, Diash, Gehi, Ait-Nuri; Bernardo, Rodri, O'Reilly, Semeno, Haaland, Sherkey
- Real Madrid: Courtois, Alexander-Arnold, Hausen, Rüdiger, Garcia, Valverde, Tchouameni, Camavinga, Diaz, Güler, Vinicius Junior
Squawka and Cityxtra also presented their hypotheses, which can be compared with the views of different publications.
Cityxtra interpretation:
- Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo, O'Reilly, Sherkey, Haaland, Douco.
Squawka interpretation:
- Donnarumma, Dias, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Bernardo, Rodri, O'Reilly, Semeno, Haaland, Foden.
For information, the return match will begin at 01:00 on the night of March 17th to 18th. In the first match in Madrid, head coach Alvaro Arbeloa's team secured a convincing 3-0 victory.
For fans, this match has a lot of intrigue: everyone is focused on how the teams play in full squads and try to maintain the final result after a big victory. This evening will undoubtedly become another memorable moment for European clubs in league history.
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