Champions League: Guardiola’s miracle bill at Real: “One percent”

Pep Guardiola has set up a special motivational strategy for the all-or-not duel with Real Madrid. “One percent” is the chance to assert themselves with Manchester City in the duel of football giants in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, said star coach Guardiola.

The Army was entangled and with a slight fatalistic smile, the Spaniard, who has already completed so many memorable duels with the royal, added: “It is minimal, but as long as there is a chance, we will try.”

From 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Real with coaching legend Carlo Ancelotti as well as for the Cityzens is about preventing the embarrassing end in the Champions League playoff round and reaching the round of 16. The first leg ended with a 3-2 for Real, drama as practically always with the encounters – Manchester had still led up to the 85th minute.

What role does Wirtz play?

Defending champion Real won the Champions League alone nine times, six more times the trophy of the national champions, 36 times the Club Spanish champion became. Manchester City became an institution on the island under Guardiola, won the Premier League in a row six times, and became Champions League winner in 2023. The club has always reached the KO phase in the past twelve years.

According to Real, according to the British reports, Manchester is now also to offer the German exceptional footballer Florian Wirtz. In the British, the professional is said to have been chosen by the German champion Bayer Leverkusen as the ideal successor for the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne.

It’s not about the title

When Real Madrid and Manchester City play against each other this time, the world stars summit around Madrids Kylian Mbappé and Manchester Erling Haaland is different. It is not yet about the title, not about honor and fame after one of the two teams has been in the final in the past nine years.

It is about the rescue after a group phase that has not been planned and hoped for as planned and the missed direct round of 16, it is only about damage limitation. In the league, after a 1-1 at Ca Osasuna, the league leads the league lead to arch -rival FC Barcelona before the pioneering match, plus Zoff came around the red card for Jude Bellingham.

Initial spark by former Eintracht star?

The guests from England, on the other hand, travel with a sense of achievement: 4-0 against Newcastle United with a hat trick from the former Frankfurt Bundesliga professional Omar Marmoush. The signs for another spectacle could hardly be better.

Two coaches who have already experienced everything, two teams who have actually won everything and have already delivered more than one epic duel and have to compete against each other for the fourth time in four years. Once Real prevailed in the extension (2022), once in the penalty shootout (2024). In between, they were dismantled 4-0 in Manchester (2023).

There are two teams that are more or less far from the shape of these years, but are now in one of the most legendary football temples of the continent. “I am sure that the Bernabéu will show its best side,” said Bellingham, who is eligible to play in the Champions League: “We have to show the fans what they deserve.” However, Real’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois warned: “We shouldn’t think that we are already in the next round.” Because there is one percent.