Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is please to see John Stones and Ruben Dias available as options at centre-back ahead of crucial clash with Real Madrid.
Manchester City have just finish the FA Cup 4th round game, winning away at Leyton Orient 2-1, with Guardiola’s defense deciding to send Dias to start the first half and Stones to replace him for the whole second half, while the other center backs were give to two new players, Vitor Reis ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี and Abdukodir Kusanov, who alternate half-time.
“Two years ago, in the year we won the treble, Stones helped us in different roles. In the last three months, he didn’t play 90 minutes and in the last two games he played without any pain. It’s good because having him in the team is very important.”
“Ruben is back in the team, he played 45 minutes, we will see what players we can recover for the next game,” the Spanish coach said.Manchester City struggled until the final game of the league phase before narrowly qualifying for the play-offs in 22nd place (play-offs for seeded teams 9-16 and unseeded teams 17-24).
And the draw for the play-offs has Manchester City facing off against Real Madrid, who finished 11th, with the first leg at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, February 11, and the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, February 19.