Carlo Ancelotti looks on as Pep Guardiola and Erling Haaland embrace after Manchester City’s win over Real Madrid last season.Carlo Ancelotti looks on as Pep Guardiola and Erling Haaland embrace after Manchester City’s win over Real Madrid last season.match as a coach, his 1,331st game over a wildly successful career stretching back 30 years at the most high-pressure clubs on earth, and still he is nervous.
“Courage and personality are fundamental in this kind of game,” Ancelotti said. “The mental element is important: we need personality. But it was not just mentality, character; it was also technical, football. They pressed us high and we did not find solutions, we didn’t manage that. We want to avoid that in this tie.
The one doubt may be over central defence, with Aurélien Tchouaméni likely to start ahead of Nacho Fernández, and Eduardo Camavinga taking his place in midfield. The other central defender will be Toni Rüdiger, who played in the first leg last year,“The coach didn’t apologise after the second game last year but he doesn’t need to,” Rüdiger said of his omission. “As a player I have to accept, even if it’s hard.
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