Man City vs PSG - Preview, Live Match | 12 Apr 2016

City are bidding to reach their first Champions League semi-final, while PSG are hoping to reach the last four for only the second time.<br /><br />Team news<br /><br />City captain Vincent Kompany has been ruled out by manager Manuel Pellegrini with a calf injury he sustained against Dynamo Kiev in the last round. He trained on Monday morning but Pellegrini said he was "not 100 per cent".<br /><br />Kompany is set to be replaced in the starting line-up by Nicolas Otamendi, who suffered an ankle injury against West Brom and missed Monday's training but was declared fit to play by his manager.<br />Sergio Aguero has recovered from a knock he sustained against West Brom<br /><br /><br />Sergio Aguero also suffered a knock - to his Achilles tendon - against West Brom, but like Otamendi, he is expected to start.<br /><br />PSG are without suspended duo Blaise Matuidi and David Luiz, while, Marco Verratti needs a "miracle" to be fit for the clash, says manager Laurent Blanc.<br /><br />Verratti has not played since injuring his groin during PSG's 4-1 Ligue 1 win at home to Reims on February 20.<br />PSG are set to welcome back Marco Verratti<br /><br /><br />Opta stats<br /><br />The omens for City look good given that 82 per cent of teams who drew 2-2 away in the first leg of Champions League ties progressed to the next round.<br /><br />They can also take heart from the fact that PSG have won only one of their past seven away games against English opposition and have been knocked out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage in each of the past three years.<br />Kevin De Bruyne scored the opener in the 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris<br /><br /><br />However, there are also factors for City to worry about. PSG have scored two goals or more in all of their past five Champions League games and City have kept only one clean sheet in their nine Champions League games so far this season, so Pellegrini's team could finding themselves needing to score at least twice.<br /><br />Lucky, then, that Aguero is fit to start, because the Argentine striker has netted in 16 goals in his past 19 Champions League starts.<br /><br />But City don't rely solely on Aguero for goals, as their last seven in the Champions League have been scored by seven different players.<br /><br />At the other end, the man City need to keep closest tabs on is predictably Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has scored in each of his past five Champions League games and has either scored or assisted six of PSG's last eight Champions League goals.

Man City vs PSG - Preview, Live Match | 12 Apr 2016

City are bidding to reach their first Champions League semi-final, while PSG are hoping to reach the last four for only the second time.Team newsCity captain Vincent Kompany has been ruled out by mana…

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Real Madrid vs Wolfsburg, 2016 Champions League

Against a Wolfsburg side struggling in the Bundesliga, Real Madrid were 2-0 down inside 25 minutes, with their defense horribly exposed. The lack of intensity evident in the backline stretched across a team that had just a few days earlier risen to the occasion to inflict a defeat on their great rivals.<br /><br />The sense that Real Madrid’s star names had turned up to the Volkswagen Arena expecting to stroll through to the last four was hard to ignore. In the opening minutes it appeared Real Madrid would do just that, having made a fast start in which they had a goal ruled out for a marginal offside.<br /><br />Instead, Wolfsburg overwhelmed them, helped by the energy of Max Arnold and Bruno Henrique, who combined for the second goal along with the dribbling prowess of Julian Draxler, who gave Real Madrid right-back Danilo the runaround. It all eaves Real Madrid with no margin for error back at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.<br /><br />“It must be a perfect night,” Cristiano Ronaldo admitted in an interview with the Real Madrid website after he scored in the win over Eibar. All aspects are important. Those of us on the pitch need to run fight and play with intensity for 90 minutes.”<br /><br />Yet as well as their own performance at the weekend, Real Madrid have reason to be uplifted by the showing of their opponents. Wolfsburg could only draw 1-1 at home with Mainz to extend their winless run in the Bundesliga to four games and leave them down in eighth, nine points off the Champions League places. If Dieter Hecking’s side are to return to Europe’s top table next season, then they will almost certainly have to lift the trophy in Milan at the end of May.<br /><br />It is a far-fetched scenario, although the club has continued to confound both expectations and their domestic form in Europe this season. Having never gone beyond the group stage in their one previous experience in the Champions League, Wolfsburg got the better of three-time winners Manchester United to make the knockout stage for the first time, before ousting Gent to move onto the quarterfinals. Ahead of last week’s first leg, few outside of Wolfsburg even gave them a chance of keeping the tie alive, never mind putting themselves in the driving seat, heading to the Spanish capital.<br /><br />Having to go up against Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, among others, Wolfsburg will be all too aware that the job is far from over. Yet the scale of the task facing Real Madrid is shown in the fact that only twice in the history of the Champions League has a team overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit.<br /><br />Prediction: Real Madrid have put themselves in a real hole with their insipid first-leg showing in Germany. Should they approach the game in a similar manner then Wolfsburg will surely advance. Yet if Zidane’s side are on their game, there is reason to believe they can get the job done. Still, as impressive as Wolfsburg were in the first match, there were enough moments of danger and a number of last-ditch challenges, particularly from defender Naldo to encourage Real Madrid. Should a Madrid side that have been far stronger at home that away from the Bernabeu under Zidane get an early goal, Wolfsburg could wilt and the floodgates may open.<br /><br />Predicted score: Real Madrid 4-1 Wolfsburg<br /> <br /> <br />

Real Madrid vs Wolfsburg, 2016 Champions League

Against a Wolfsburg side struggling in the Bundesliga, Real Madrid were 2-0 down inside 25 minutes, with their defense horribly exposed. The lack of intensity evident in the backline stretched across …

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