Its Manchester City's match to lose.
News filtered out from the Real Madrid camp that two of the stellar strike force and the famed 'BBC', Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema would not be able to make the second leg of the semifinal at the Santiago Bernabeu. This is bad news for Real Madrid and football fans across the world but for Manchester City, it doesn't get any better than this.
Ronaldo has contributed 77% of all the goals and assists scored in Madrid's Champions League pursuit this season with Benzema contributing his own fair share of goals and assists too. Manchester City who held Madrid to a draw at home needs just a goal at the Bernabeu and Real Madrid will need to score twice to progress.
With the strong midfield and general teamplay witnessed in the first leg, a strong, no-nonsense defence with Vincent Kompany back in play, with Kevin de Bruyne and Aguero pulling the strings and a goal keeper in the form of his life, this semifinal is theirs to lose.
Though they would be traveling to the cauldron of Real Madrid, the Santiago Bernabeu, but they wont get a better chance to appear in their first ever Champions League final at Milan
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