Manchester City will not train at Real Madrid’s home stadium at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu before their Champions League showdown.
City face Los Blancos at the semi final stage, for the second season in a row, with Pep Guardiola pushing for a first European title as City boss.
The tie has been billed as a Champions League decider, with both teams tipped as favourite to win the competition, if they can make it through to the final.
However, City will not make use of their UEFA mandated option to train in Madrid, ahead of the first leg tie on May 9.
As per reports from Mundo Deportivo, Guardiola’s side will not arrive in Madrid until around 24 hours before kick off, with training in Manchester scheduled, before their flight.
Guardiola will travel to the stadium, to fulfil his media duties before game, but his team will remain in their hotel in Madrid, ahead of the tie.
Why give Madrid the opportunity to spy on training? City are making the right decision.
But Madrid has been training in every opponents grounds before kickoff.
Either you use their stadium or not if you are about to win
They fear Madrid
If they like they should hide until the 3rd minutes before kickoff, Real Madrid is Real Madrid. The European champions will make Mancity play the way the want. Forget all this beliefs from Pep.
City re much more stronger and dangerous than last season. Real madrid needed luck in the dying minutes last season, and i’m sure pep and city ve learnt their lesson. At the very end, man city will win this ucl for i ve said the winner between bayern and man city is winning the ucl
There is nothing stopping city this time around.They will beat Madrid home and away
Hahahahaha let’s see hw this tie ends
Madrid is always quite n does the magic on the field of play
Hahahahaha let’s see hw this tie ends
Madrid is always quite n does the magic on the field of play. Maturity over hype English media .
Real madrid is going to score City wotowoto