The second leg of Manchester City’s 2023–24 UEFA Champions League quarterfinal matchup with Real Madrid takes place at home today, April 17. These teams drew 3-3 in their first leg, which took place in Madrid.
Every head coach aspires to be in Pep Guardiola’s shoes when it comes to crucial playoff games. All of Manchester City’s players were present at yesterday’s training session in advance of the match against Real Madrid. The English champions have zero injured players and no suspended players.
Both Nathan Ake and Kyle Walker, Manchester City’s starting right backs, were sorely missed in the first leg, but both are healthy to play right now.
In the most recent game, Real Madrid defeated Mallorca 1-0. Carlo Ancelotti, the team’s head coach, made a few small substitutions, but luckily, no new injuries were sustained.
Aurelien Tchouameni is the only departure for Real Madrid. Against Erling Haaland, the French midfielder performed admirably while playing in central defense during the first leg. Unfortunately, he has too many yellow cards and will miss today’s game.
Only the start of the upcoming season is anticipated for the return of Thibaut Courtois and David Alaba.
Regarding Real Madrid’s starting lineup, the most important question is: who will replace Tchouameni in central defense? Nacho and Eder Militao are the two options. After overcoming a cruciate ligament injury, Militao has only played a small amount of La Liga action. It would be dangerous to start Nacho against the physically stronger Haaland. But the majority of experts tend to agree with Nacho.