Rooney, who won the opposition with Manchester United in 2008, said City have their best chance yet to lift the trophy just because.
Manchester City battle to keep the best groups from scoring against them and their focal protectors could be focused in Friday’s Champions League conflict against Spanish victors Real Madrid, previous England captain Wayne Rooney said. Energy Guardiola’s City leads Real after they won the away leg of their last-16 tie 2-1 in March before Europe’s first-class club rivalry was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rooney, who won the opposition with Manchester United in 2008, said City have their best chance yet to lift the trophy just because.
“City may never have a superior opportunity to win the Champions League,” Rooney wrote in his section for the Sunday Times. “Sergio Ramos is suspended, which is an immense misfortune to the Real resistance, and I figure City will score. Regardless of whether they are strong enough at the back themselves is my solitary inquiry.
“Genuine will focus on their middle parts, and it’s a concern that this season each other (Premier League) ‘Enormous Six’ club beat City… This shows Guardiola’s group can battle to keep the best sides out.”
Rooney said he anticipated that Real should permit City to command ownership and afterwards plan to hit them on the counter.
“I saw Zinedine Zidane do it in his first spell as a Real mentor when he played against Guardiola-style groups in defining moments, and it brought him triumphs,” Rooney included.
“However my cash is still on City. They don’t need to pursue the game. They don’t need to score. They can even bear to lose 1-0 and experience, and in the leading leg, they amazed Madrid by sitting in themselves.
“It was the first occasion when I’ve seen Guardiola play that way and I’ve an inclination he’ll do likewise at the Etihad. It could be a round of feline and mouse.”
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