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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Jonty Colman

Man City "afraid" of Real Madrid as harsh Champions League semi-final lesson learned

Manchester City are just 90 minutes away from qualifying for a second ever Champions League final on Wednesday night, but hoping to stop them are a familiar foe in Real Madrid.

City head to the Estadio Bernabeu with a 4-3 first leg lead to their name, with Pep Guardiola’s side playing out a gripping seven-goal thriller with Real just eight days ago at the Etihad Stadium. City know that against the Spanish giants, avoiding defeat in normal time in Spain would guarantee a place in the final in Paris later this month against Premier League title-chasing rivals Liverpool.

The Sky Blues found themselves in a very similar position just six years ago, against the same opponents, in the same ground and at the same stage of the competition.

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