Real Madrid returns to the resumption of the Champions League matches, the competition for which it is crowning 13 titles, when it enters the stadium «Santiago Bernabeu», today, the price of the final round went to Manchester City, in light of the difficult situation experienced by Real Madrid because of the injuries of his players , And its offensive sterility, which lost many important points in the previous period.

On the other hand, the match is very important, and may be fateful for Man City, given the penalty imposed on the European team, by excluding him from the competition in the next two seasons. And there are four important reasons that might make the city able to surprise the Real at home and among his fans, and achieve what he was unable to do in the 2016 season, when he lost in the semi-finals.

The first of these reasons, Real Madrid was affected by the absence of its most prominent star, the Belgian Eden Hazard, who was renewed with an ankle fracture, and he will be absent until the end of the season, in a painful blow to the royal in a difficult week during which he will meet Barcelona in the "El Clasico" in the league. Hazard's absence scattered the cards of his French coach, Zinedine Zidane, especially since he was betting on him a lot in the face of Man City, due to his previous experience against this team, while he was a player in Chelsea.

Zidane does not have a ready-made substitute to replace Hazard in the center, but what is in his favor is that the player himself was absent for a long period of the season due to injury.

Man City is also considered more motivated to win this role and complete his career, because he may face the possibility of missing the championship in the next two seasons, after the union officially sanctioned him, as a result of violations of the regulations of the Continental Federation.

This is what will make the City players face the Real as if it were a fateful match for them, and their last hope may be to continue the path to achieve the great title, which is still difficult for the team, as well as they want to return the debt to the team that took them out of the competition in the 2016 semi-final, when he won 1-0 The result of the two games.

The City may also benefit from the strength and speed of its attackers, in front of the somewhat slow defense, especially since the "Citizen" owns the Algerian Riyad Mahrez, the Portuguese Bernardo Silva, as well as the Belgian international de Bruyne, and in the case of Rahim Sterling, the situation may be very difficult for the royal defense Especially that the voids usually appear with the rise of full back Danny Carvajal, which caused goals that entered the team's goal, the last of which was the winning goal for Levante from the same place in the league, last Saturday.

City will bet on the experience of his coach Guardiola, who faced Real Madrid a lot as a player and coach with Barcelona, ​​as well as when he coached Bayern Munich, but it will be his first time as a coach for City Man, where he faced him in a friendly encounter in America and won 4-1.

Guardiola knows the strengths and weaknesses in Real, and as a Barcelona coach he met nine times, he won five, drew twice and lost the same, while his cruel defeat with Bayern was in 2014, when he lost 1-0 in Madrid and 4-0 in Munich.

The 4 reasons

1 - The absence of the most prominent Real Hazard stars may facilitate City's task in controlling the midfield.

2- City players consider the match crucial, given the penalty for excluding the team from the competition in the next two seasons.

3- The speed of the City’s attackers in the face of the unsuspecting defense of Real, as it suffers from slowdowns.

4- Guardiola's long experience in facing Real is a player and coach.

Ronaldo is the biggest danger to Lyon

Today, under the leadership of its veteran Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus is visiting Lyon after a period in which Juventus finally regained its high level.

Ronaldo has finally regained his scoring appetite, and will be the most prominent bet for his team, given his previous experience with Real. "It is a competition within the reach of 10 or 12 teams, and the most fortunate will win it," Al-Youfi coach Maurizio Sarri said in a press statement.