City will play for Haaland in the match against Real Madrid

Real Madrid and Manchester City they meet today in the first game of the semi-finals Champions League at (2:00 p.m. Panama time).

Josep ‘Pep’ Guardiola, technician from Manchester Cityhe ensured that a striker like the Norwegian Erling Haaland dictates the style of each team and has made no secret of the fact that he will be playing for him at the Santiago Bernabéu, against a Real Madrid team that he said is “much more than Vinicius“.

“I like the way my team plays, I’ve always liked it and this year as well. Against teams with high pressure, use the long ball with Haaland This is an advantage and we will try to use it. But others are sometimes better, they also play, they are not lame,” he said in the Santiago Bernabéu press room.

With that, guardiola He admits to retouching his style of possession, adding new variants conditioned by the profile of the footballers he leads.

“The style is set by the players, if you have Haaland, you have to use him, and we will play for him. When he didn’t have him, he played with a fake striker and in a different way. The idea is to play to win,” said the City coach.

In his analysis Real Madrid, praise the moment of form Brazilian Vinicius Junior Guardiola has added another one to the collective of the group he leads Carlos Ancelotti.

For his part, the technician Real Madrid, he gave his thanks to the attacker Manchester City, but he also gave his warning: “Obviously Haaland is a very dangerous player who shows impressive quality to score goals, he is a danger, but to talk only about him is not to talk about the complete team who play very good football, attack and defend ok with a lot of ideas “We are not planning a game to stop Haaland, but a team that seems unstoppable,” the Italian said.

ancelotti He predicts an “equal and competitive game” in which Real Madrid have “options to win” without obsessing over Haaland’s potential.

“We don’t think about stopping players, we want to stop a very dangerous team with the ball. The defensive aspect is very important, but without focusing on just one player, there are others who are also dangerous,” the Italian reiterated.

The second semi-final of the Champions League is played by Italian clubs, Inter and AC Milanclassic milanista.