No Guardiola, but here comes Ronaldo... Manchester City handed daunting draw with Real Madrid in Champions League semi-finals
Manchester City will face Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the
Champions League. City knocked out Paris Saint-Germain in the
quarter-finals thanks to a goal from Belgian midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne
which secured a 1-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium and sent the Premier
League side through 3-2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid Madrid recovered from a 2-0 first-leg defeat by
Wolfsburg to progress to the last four following a hat-trick by former
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo and fellow former Premier League star, Gareth Bale will
return to England what is likely to be a sensational two-legged affair
as City will be at home in the first leg on April 26 before heading to
the Bernabeu a week later.
The other semi-final will see Atletico Madrid, who knocked out
Barcelona, take on Bayern Munich, managed by Pep Guardiola in what will
be his final season before taking over at City next season.
There is history between Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid as they
met in the 1974 European Cup final. The first match at Heysel in
Brussels ended in a 1-1 draw after extra time, before Bayern won the
replay 4-0 thanks to two apiece from Gerd Muller and Uli Hoeness.
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