Real Madrid vs Manchester City, Bernardo: We’re Not Afraid!

– Manchester City revived their Champions League rivalry with Real Madrid. The two teams will clash in the first leg meeting of the Champions League semifinals, Wednesday (10/5/2023) early morning WIB.

City and Madrid also met in the semifinals of the Champions League last season. As a result, Man City lost thanks to three late goals from Rodrygo and Karim Benzema at the Santiago Bernabeu. Previously in the first leg at the Etihad, City scored a narrow 4-3 victory.

Manchester City striker Bernardo Silva said last season’s defeat was a valuable lesson for his team. He emphasized that Manchester City are not afraid of Real Madrid at all

“We respect them a lot, yes, but there is no fear at all,” the 28-year-old was quoted as saying 90Min.

“Why should we be afraid of them? We will try to keep the momentum we have built over two months to go out with confidence to beat them, because we know that they won the Champions League last season for a reason,” he said.

Bernardo admits that Madrid is a team filled with quality players. Whoever becomes Madrid’s opponent will definitely experience difficulties. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a chance to win.

“We would be stupid not to respect them, but we have that target because we lost last year in difficult situations. This time we will try to make it different,” he added.

The Citizens have good capital ahead of this fight. Man City are on a good run after winning their last 10 Premier League matches and enjoying an unbeaten run of 20 matches in all competitions.

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