UEFA Champions League: Manchester City - Real Madrid, official lineups announced

17.03.26 FT Champions League

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For this Champions League round of 16 second leg between Manchester City and Real Madrid, played at the Etihad Stadium, the official starting lineups have now been revealed. Both managers unveiled their choices one hour before kick-off.

The official lineups:

Manchester City's official starting XI: Donarrumma - Nunes - Dias - Khusanov - Ait Nouri - Rodri - Silva - Cherki - Reijnders - Haaland - Doku

Real Madrid's official starting XI: Courtois - Trent - Huijsen - Rudiger - Garcia - Valverde - Guler - Tchouameni - Pitrach - Brahim - Vinicius

As a reminder, the first leg ended in a resounding 3-0 victory for Real Madrid, thanks in particular to a hat-trick from captain Federico Valverde. Manchester City will need to be especially clinical tonight if they hope to pull off a comeback.

Also read: UEFA Champions League / Manchester City – Real Madrid: is the remontada possible tonight?

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