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No Mbappe, no chance? Real Madrid on ropes against Man City
- Real Madrid will lean on Vinicius Junior to try to get past Manchester City in the Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday.
- With a change of coach since Xabi Alonso, Madrid's inconsistency stems from the coach not getting the team to play with more quality or consistency, Arbeloa stressed a win-focused approach.
- The 15 encounters between Manchester City and Madrid are evenly split, with Guardiola resting Haaland at the weekend, and City have strengthened since then.
- With attackers sidelined, Madrid face an uphill tie as key players Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, and Rodrygo Goes miss, and a deflected 95th-minute goal from Fede Valverde gave a narrow 2-1 win.
- Arbeloa urged Madrid supporters, saying 'We need them, we need them on Wednesday, and they know it better than anyone' and called on the team to keep 'fighting until the end, believing, battling'.
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Real Madrid on ropes against Man City
Rarely do record 15-time winners Real Madrid enter a Champions League clash as underdogs but this is the situation when Manchester City visit the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. With key attackers Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo Goes set to miss the game injured and Alvaro Arbeloa's team in inconsistent form, the Premier League side are firm favourites in the last 16 tie. Man City beat Madrid in the league phase in the Spanish capital…
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