2024-03-15 15:04:46
He Champions League quarterfinal draw He threw up a cross that is one of the best that world football can offer these days: Real Madrid will face Manchester City. How they arrive, history, last confrontations and the value of their squads.
How Real Madrid arrives in LaLiga, Champions League and Copa del Rey
Real Madrid leads the standings Spanish LaLiga with 69 units, after 21 wins, 6 draws and only one defeat, with 60 goals for and 18 against. His escort is Girona with 62 — whom he beat 3 to 0 and 4 to 0 in their matches — and Barcelona with 61 — defeated him 2 to 1 in the Camp Nou and we still have to face it in the Santiago Bernabeualthough they also won the Spanish Super Cup 4 to 1—.
In the Copa del Rey won 3 to 1 Arandina in the 16ths. of the final, although they fell 4 to 2 against the Atlético de Madrid in the round of 16 and will not be able to retain the title obtained last season.
In the Champions League They won group C from end to end with 6 victories in the same number of games, so they added 18 units. Napoli con 10, Sporting Braga with 4 and Union Berlin with 2 were their rivals. In the round of 16 they beat 1-0 Leipzig in Germany and tied 1-1 in Spainin a series that was open until the last minute.
How Manchester City arrives in the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League
Manchester City third in the standings of the Premier League with 63 points, after 19 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses, with 63 goals for and 28 against. Above you appear Arsenal y Liverpool with 64 units.
In Champions League They won group G with a perfect score after winning their 6 matches and adding 18 points. Leipzig con 12, Young Boys with 4 and Red Star with 1 were their rivals. In the round of 16 they won 3 to 1 both the first leg and the second leg.
In the FA Cup defeated 5 to 0 Huddersfield Town for the third round, 1 year to Tottenham for the fourth round and 6 to 2 at Luton Town for the round of 16. On Sunday, March 17, it will collide with Newcastle for the quarterfinals.
Those led by Pep Guardiola are the current champions of the 3 competitions.
History between Real Madrid and Manchester City
Real Madrid y Manchester City They faced each other 11 times and surprisingly the English are ahead in the history. Los citizens They won 5 matches, 3 ended in a draw and the other 3 were victories for the Merengue. Beyond the general count, they crossed in four keys of Champions League: in 2 of them he classified the Casablanca and in the remaining 2 the Sky Blues.
Champions League 2012-13, group stage
- Real Madrid vs. Manchester City (3-2)
- Manchester City vs. Real Madrid (1-1)
Champions League 2015-16, semifinal
- Ida: Manchester City vs. Real Madrid (0-0)
- Vuelta: Real Madrid vs. Manchester City (1-0)
International friendly 2017
- Manchester City vs. Real Madrid (4-1)
Champions League 2019-20, round of 16
- Ida: Real Madrid vs. Manchester City (1-2)
- Vuelta: Manchester City vs. Real Madrid (2-1)
Champions League 2021-2022, semifinal
- Ida: Manchester City vs. Real Madrid (4-3)
- Vuelta: Real Madrid vs. Manchester City (3-1)
Champions League 2022-2023, semifinal
- Ida: Real Madrid vs Manchester City (1-1)
- Vuelta: Manchester City vs Real Madrid (4-0)
Those last two keys have been exciting. The agonizing tie on the hour of Real Madrid in the 2022/2023 edition with the two goals of Rodrygo —Benzema would sentence the series in overtime—and the revenge of the Manchester City With their 4-0 win last season they have remained in the memory of the football world.
They are most likely the two best teams in the world, the last two champions of the Champions League, protagonists of their local leagues and have very recent experiences of high-voltage confrontations. Real Madrid y Manchester City They will play an early final.
Real Madrid market value
According to Transfer marketa site specialized in market values from the world of football, the team of the Real Madrid is valued at 1.04 billion euros and is third in the world ranking. Their most valuable footballers are Jude Bellingham with 180 million, Vinícius Junior with 150 million and Federico Valverde y Rodrygo Goes with 100 million.
Since the market value is calculated taking several aspects as a reference, including age and future projection, players of the caliber of Toni Kroos (34) o Luka Modric (38), for example, appear far behind with 14 and 10 million respectively. Something similar happens with Thibaut Courtois (31) with 35 million, but in his case it is because he is a goalkeeper, a position for which the transfer figures are usually much lower.
Manchester City market value
With a value of 1.27 billion euros, the Manchester City squad is the most valuable in the world —follows him Arsenal with 1.12 billion—. They lead the list Erling Haaland with 180 million, Phil Phoden con 130, Rodri with 110 and Julian Alvarez con 90.
The squad is nourished by other elite players, whose age has also caused them to lose market value. Kevin de Bruyne (32) with 60 million —at the end of 2019 it was at 150— and Bernard Silva (29) with 80 million.