Dreamers vs. Legends: City Thrashes Madrid in Exciting Match-Up!
Arbeloa talks Mbappe, Bellingham, Guler, Valverde ahead of Manchester City vs Real Madrid For the third time this season, Real Madrid and Manchester City will take on each other in the UEFA Champions League tomorrow night at the Etihad Stadium. The first encounter, in the league phase, saw Manchester City run out 2-1 winners at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid exacted revenge on the Cityzens last week, though, beating them 3-0 in the Round-of-16 first leg.
Now, Alvaro Arbeloa & co. will look to ensure that their healthy lead from the first leg does not go to waste as they aim to progress to the quarterfinals. Talking about the team’s objective and mentality heading into the game at the Etihad, Arbeloa noted: “The same as the first leg.
We have no other objective than to go out and win with the same humility and commitment as in the first leg. Even more so, because it won’t be easy. Humility and ambition are what we need to see tomorrow.
” Discussing the mental preparation aspect, he added: “We are very aware of the difficulty of tomorrow’s match and the opponent we face. “If we want to win, we can’t have anything else on our minds but to perform at a very high level, like in the first leg or even better, with solidarity, effort and sacrifice, and be able to cause them a lot of problems. ” Regarding the win in the first leg, which was achieved without the team’s top scorer Kylian Mbappe, the manager said: “It’s hard to imagine a team being competitive without the best player in the world.
But that speaks volumes about how well the team is doing. ” Mbappe, though, is available for the game tomorrow, while Jude Bellingham has also been included in the squad . However, Arbeloa confirmed that the midfielder will not play a part.
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