At 4 o'clock on February 14, Beijing time, the two matches of the quarterfinals of the 2023-24 Champions League will start at the same time, with Danish team Copenhagen facing defending champion Manchester City at home, and Bundesliga team RB Leipzig hosting Real Madrid at home. Both games have their own highlights, and a brief analysis is as follows:
Copenhagen vsManchester City
Is this a showdown that doesn't seem to have "much suspense"?
The difference in strength between the two teams is indeed a bit big. Especially after Manchester City welcomed back the center forward Haaland, who has regained his sense of goal, with De Bruyne and Haaland returning one after another, Manchester City's squad has returned to order, and Guardiola can arrange the tactics he needs as he likes.
Of course, there is no shortage of "topics" in this group of matchups:
First, the two teams met in the 2022-23 Champions League group stage, with FC Copenhagen drawing 0-0 at home to Manchester City.
Secondly, in this group stage, Copenhagen has played Manchester United, another team in Manchester, twice, and Copenhagen relied on beating Manchester United at home to qualify for the round of 16.
Historically, Copenhagen have drawn two home games against Manchester City in Europe.
The form of both teams, Manchester City have won ten consecutive matches in their last ten games, while Copenhagen can only rely on friendlies to find form.
RB Leipzig vs Real Madrid
The two teams were also grouped together in the 2022-23 Champions League group stage, with each winning the game at home. This time they met in the knockout round of the Champions League, and they were narrow.
Looking at the form of both teams, although Real Madrid has suffered an injury crisis at centre-back, the team's record is relatively solid - unbeaten in the last ten games. However, Bellingham's three-week left-hand back with an ankle injury is a big blow to Real Madrid.
RB Leipzig, on the other hand, have won just one of their last five matches and are in a bit of a worrisome situation.
For the record, every guide is different, because every game is not replicable.
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