Showing posts with label Manchester City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manchester City. Show all posts

Monday, 14 September 2015

Match Today: Manchester City vs Juventus

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The Argentine Sergio Aguero will miss Manchester City debut this season Champions League against Juventus by a knee injury, said coach Manuel Pellegrini.

Aguero limped off the field on Saturday in the first half of the 1-0 win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League, a result that kept the coach of the Chilean team with a perfect campaign this season.

David Silva, who recovered from an ankle injury, and Raheem Sterling, who had a hamstring problem, are able to start Tuesday's game against Italian champions after missing the match against Palace. Samir Nasri and Fernandinho could also return.

Aguero suffered an injury in December ligaments in a knee that sidelined him for seven games, but came back with a flurry of goals at the end of the season to finish as top scorer in the Premier League with 26 goals.

However, Argentina's only scored one goal this season, when he scored in a 3-0 win over Chelsea a month ago.

The City will also be without the injured Fabian Delph (hamstring), Pablo Zabaleta (knee) and Gael Clichy (ankle).

Chile could start the match against Juventus with Wilfried Bony as one man in attack. The Ivory Coast is the only available striker who has the City, as Kelechi Iheanacho, the 18 Nigerian scored the winning goal against Palace, is not registered for the Champions League. (Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bangalore. Published in Spanish by Rodrigo Charme)


The Italian side, a finalist last season, also announced that Marchisio will be out for a month a hamstring injury in his right thigh.

The midfielder returned the weekend against Chievo Verona after a three week break with a knee injury, but could not complete another goal after injuring his hamstring.

Marchisio will miss the Champions League encounter against City and Sevilla, four games in Serie A and two in the Italian team.

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

UEFA Big Match Tuesday: Barcelona vs Manchester City

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The Barcelona faces the challenge knockout against Manchester City in the best of conditions, at a good time playing, as leader of the Spanish League and the best version of Leo Messi.

After 1-2 from the first leg, Luis Enrique Martinez are favorites to become a place among the top eight teams of the continent again, a privileged position which has become accustomed.

He comes crunch time Barca in the same week. In five days continuity in Europe and the possibility of leaving a little behind in the league to Real Madrid, two matches at the Camp Nou, where Barça played except two point punctures (Celta and Málaga) has remained good level.

To this must be added the influence that the Catalans on English teams, who has overcome lately except that Chelsea in the 2011-2012 season, the day that Pep Guardiola's Barça began to say goodbye bench.

In fact, the Catalans seek record eight consecutive appearances in the quarterfinals. In the last 30 games of the Champions League played at the Camp Nou, Barça have only lost one, with 23 wins and 6 sempates. Before the English teams at home, Barça have won 16 games, tied 11 and lost both.

The only question in the side of Barca is precisely on who will be the substitute in defense of Mascherano. The two options are Marc Bartra and Jérémy Mathieu, two players with a completely different profile.


The two go well in the passing game, Bartra has better ball out the French and Mathieu probably better anticipation on the play.The rest of the alignment seems clear. He will play the German Ter Stegen at the door, German is the holder matches Champions League.

The City comes to Barcelona after the humiliating defeat against Burnley last weekend (1-0). Manchester City seek a new epic night in Europe to overcome the tie against Barcelona and achieve the desired pass to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.The City, which was virtually eliminated from the competition with just two games left in the group stage, achieved heroic victories over Bayern Munich (3-2) and Roma (0-2) to access the hype round.
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