Real Madrid’s boss Carlo Anslo is hoping that the champions League holders will avoid being attracted to Manchester City in the knockout-round play-offs.
After winning Wednesday’s Breast 3-0, 36 teams are eleventh in the table, Los Blancos will face City or Celtic for any place in the last 3 16.
Rodrigo Jude Belingham had a scoreshit for two sides, but the results did not go for Madrid because they dropped the top-8 finish.
Madrid have now won their last three after losing three of their first five Champions League this season.
15 times European champions have now reached the knockout round in 29 of their presence in the competition.
Ansloi has led Madrid with the three Champions League victory, two came to his second spell at Santiago Bernabeu.
On both occasions-2021-22 and 2023-24-A-they removed the city on the way to lift the trophy, but the Italians could avoid another meeting with Pep Guardiola team.
“We don’t like to play against the city, but if we have to do that, we will do it like other occasions,” Anslo told reporters after Madrid’s victory in France.
“The Champions League win is more likely to win [than Celtic]The “
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He also told Movster in an interview after the games: “This is a drawing and what comes, comes. You have to win every game to win the Champions League. “
The draw will be held on Friday.
“If we want to win this contest, we need to defeat the best teams,” Madrid goalkeeper Thybat Courtois 2023 asked to know about the possibility of the Victors.
Ansloi added that Madrid spent the opportunity to skip the play-offs to start slowly in the league phase: “We should have woken up in this competition. Now it’s like that.
Rodrigo echoed these feelings because he said: “Top eight were our intentions but we didn’t do well in some games. Now we have to improve. “
