Ancelotti Reveals Manchester City’s Weakness to the Locker Room: “If We Do It, We Win…”

The Real Madrid focus shifts to the Manchester City stadium. A showdown looms for the Whites against a rival with an exploitable weak spot.

Another day of training at the Valdebebas sports city, where Real Madrid is already eyeing the clash against Manchester. The City is looming, and with Pep Guardiola at the helm, it’s not a flawless machine. There’s a key weakness to exploit for the Whites to secure a spot in the semifinals.

“We have the confidence to repeat the same in the return leg. I would tell them to have confidence in the team, as always, because we do. The idea was to have a slight advantage in the first leg, but it wouldn’t have changed much for the second leg,” analyzed Ancelotti after the 3-3 draw in the first leg.

But how? The reality lies between the obvious and the need to spring a surprise. Ancelotti and his coaching staff look towards the Etihad aware that it’s a fortress where Real Madrid has never won, where City has hardly lost in recent years, and where to triumph, a perfect game is required. There are statistics to consider.

Shooting on target, half the battle won The numbers don’t lie, showing that the Sky Blues have gone four consecutive games without keeping a clean sheet in both the Champions League and the Premier League. They’ve conceded 7 goals with only 14 shots on target against them during this time. It’s a statistic to exploit and highlights the need to be razor-sharp at the Etihad. It’s not impossible, but a significant challenge, and that should be the mindset heading to the United Kingdom.

Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Real Madrid, and Luton make up this streak, which has already caught the attention of Carlo Ancelotti’s coaching staff. It’s the path to follow in a stadium where obstacles abound, but where Valdebebas understands that the numbers favor pushing everything to the limit: “If we do it, we win.”