The Real Madrid will face the Manchester City in the round of 16 Champions League. The meeting is of vital importance for the English team because it is the only competition in which they keep up with options to get a title of special importance. His big difference with the Liverpool causes that Guardiola has focused attention on European competition matches. For this, he has sent analysts for the Bernabéu meeting against the Celta Vigo.
For Guardiola The match is not a match anymore. The owner of Manchester City is tired of spending unthinkable amounts of money on signings to accumulate a series of failures in Europe year after year. Guardiola knows that its continuity may depend on the tie against the Real Madrid.
The white team is probably the worst opponent to face in Europe and more if you are playing the position. The Catalan coach made some statements where he showed the instability currently living in the position: “These two previous weeks are going to be the happiest moments of my profession, thinking about what we can do to beat the Real Madrid. If we don't defeat them, the president will come, or the sports director, and they will say 'You're not good enough, we want the Champions League, we're going to say goodbye.' ” (The press of England charges against Guardiola after his statements)
To do this, part of the technical staff of Guardiola they will see the league match against the Celtic of Vigo (21.00) in the stands of Santiago Bernabeu. Although the Real Madrid He has two games ahead, this week he is expected to go out with older regular players and the match against the I raised, Zidane as an alternative to the less usual. Therefore, the meeting chosen to analyze is this week.