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Manchester City to face Real Madrid in Champions League playoffs
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Real Madrid and Manchester City have been drawn against each other in the Champions League playoff stage, despite Real Madrid's strong history of eliminating English clubs, having done so 13 times. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola jokingly referred to the tie as a "derby fixture", reflecting the frequency of their encounters.
It's starting to look like a derby already.
There are leagues, like the Portuguese league and the French, that play [domestic fixtures] on Friday before the Champions League so they can have one more day of rest, but not here.
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- 1.Soccer
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- 1.Switzerland
- 2.Germany
- 3.Spain
- 4.France
- 5.Italy
- 6.Monaco
- 7.Netherlands
- 8.Portugal
organizations
- 1.Real Madrid
- 2.Champions League
- 3.Arsenal
- 4.Manchester City
- 5.Bayern Munich
- 6.Club Brugge
- 7.Paris Saint-Germain
- 8.AC Milan
- 9.Etihad Airways
- 10.Feyenoord
- 11.PSV Eindhoven
- 12.Benfica