Football

Real Madrid vs. Manchester City: History between the two semi-final teams in the Champions League

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3 years ago

May 16, 2023

Jayden

Real Madrid vs. Manchester City: History between the two semi-final teams in the Champions League

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Real Madrid and Manchester City return to set up a UEFA Champions League semi-final. Unlike last year, when both clashed on the same occasion, the start took place in the Spanish capital, with 1-1 draw thanks to goals from Vinícius and Kevin De Bruyne.

In 2022, the duels were live from start to finish. The first ended 4-3 to the English side and the second was an emphatic 3-1 for Carlo Ancelotti’s side, who would later lift the trophy in Paris against another Premier League rival, Liverpool.

However, this crossing adds to a list of several that have been repeated in recent years. Then the history of meetings between Real Madrid and City of Manchester for the Champions League.

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— Champions League (@LigadeCampeones) April 29, 2023

The background between Manchester City and Real Madrid

The duel between Manchester City vs. Real Madrid was born in in the 2012-2013 season and it started with a 3-2 win for the Spaniards in the group stage. Since then, the crossing has been repeated, especially in terminal cases. At the moment, in nine matches there are three wins per team and three draws. Those of the White House prevailed in the semifinals of the 2015-2016 and 2021-2022 campaigns.

Time	Competition	Example	Result
2012-2013	Champions League	Group stage	Real Madrid 3-2 Manchester City
2012-2013	Champions League	Group stage	Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid
2015-2016	Champions League	Semi-final (first leg)	Manchester City 0-0 Real Madrid
2015-2016	Champions League	Semi-final (round)	Real Madrid 1-0 Manchester City
2019-2020	Champions League	Eighth (one way)	Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City
2019-2020	Champions League	eighth (round)	Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid
2021-2022	Champions League	Semi-final (first leg)	Manchester City 4-3 Real Madrid
2021-2022	Champions League	semi-final (return	Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City
2022-2023	Champions League	Semi-final (first leg)	Real Madrid 1-1 Manchester City

More | The story of Pep Guardiola vs. Carlo Ancelotti

The story of Pep Guardiola vs. the real Madrid

Just as Real Madrid against Manchester City has become a classic in recent years, for Pep Guardiola facing the Merengue also has a special flavour. As a symbol of the Blaugrana, DT lives these meetings with high expectations. In the link below, the updated history.

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World Cup

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

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3 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”

FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:

“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”

FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”

Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:

“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”

Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.

Source: Sport UA

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World Cup

VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets

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3 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Kyle

VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets

The Ukrainian Football Federation has determined the top scorer of the national team in 2025.

This status was given to Polesie’s winger Alexey Gutsulyak, who scored 5 goals and made 3 assists.

Gutsulyak’s assistance became important in the decisive matches of the autumn, when the player scored a goal and made an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, and also scored and assisted in the match against Iceland.

This helped the Ukraine national team reach the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Sweden in March.

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Football

CSKA has announced the extension of Oblyakov’s contract

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3 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

CSKA has announced the extension of Oblyakov’s contract

Fly CSKA extended the contract with the midfielder Ivan Oblyakov. This was reported by the army press service.

The new agreement will last until the end of the 2029/30 season.

Oblyakov is 27 years old, plays for CSKA since 2018. The footballer played 281 matches with the team in various tournaments, scoring 35 goals and 45 assists. As part of the army team, the midfielder won the Russian Cup twice (2023, 2025) and won the national Super Cup (2025).

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