Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 9:07 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
Manchester City – Real Madrid, the second leg of the Champions League “eighties”, has been scheduled for tonight from 22:00. The match can be watched in liveTEXT format on GSP.ro and on TV on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
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In the round, Madrid won 3-0 at the Bernabeuafter a phenomenal performance by Federico Valverde, the Real midfielder who scored a hat-trick.
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The winner of this “double” will play against him Bayern Munich or Atalanta in the quarterfinals. In the round, the Bavarians won 6-1 and leave with the first chance to qualify.
Live from 22:00 » Manchester City – Real Madrid, the return of the “eights” in the Champions League
Manchester City – Real Madrid, starting teams
Manchester United: Donnarumma – Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Ai-Nouri – Reijnders, Rodri, Bernardo – Cherki, Haaland, Doku
Reserves: Trafford, Stone, Ake, Marmoush, Kovacic, Nico, Guehi, Savinho, O'Reilly, Semenyo, Foden, Lewis
Coach: Pep Guardiola
Real madrid: Courtois – Arnold, Huijsen, Rudiger, F. Garcia – Valverde, Tchouameni, Pitarch – Guler, Brahim, Vinicius
Reserves: Lunin, Carvajal, Alaba, Camavinga, Mbappe, Gonzalo, Carreras, Aguado, Cestero, Mastantuono, Angel, Palacios
Coach: Alvaro Arbeloa
For Manchester City, it seems an impossible mission to qualify in the conditions of the big score difference in the round. “Citizens” do not have a good series against Madrid, and in the last 5 matches they managed to impose themselves once, even this season, in the groups of the competition. Then they managed to overcome Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, score 2-1.
What do we have to lose? We have to try. Is there anyone in this room who thinks we can bounce back against Real Madrid? No one. It is impossible. I like my team and we will continue like this until the end of the season and then we will come back stronger. Many things can happen in a football match. We have to focus on winning first, and then we'll see what happens along the way. I don't have a concrete plan. We will simply try.
My players know me very well. I don't need to convince them of anything after 10 years. We try to win every game. I'm sure they will try to do that. Of course, for most of them, this is uncharted territory. We are not the same group that we have been for many years, but at the same time it will be an incredible experience to try
–Pep Guardiolathe coach of Manchester City
We have to do the same as in the tour. The only objective is to go out on the field and win with the same modesty and dedication as on tour. It won't be easy for us. Modesty and ambition is what we need to see. We are aware of the difficulty of the opponent we have in front of us.
– Alvaro ArbeloaReal Madrid coach
