The draw for the semi-finals of the European Champions League has drawn Real Madrid and Manchester City, to renew the confrontation between the two teams, as well as Italian coaches Carlo Ancelotti and Spaniard Pep Guardiola.
The two teams met in the same round last season and exchanged wins, but Real Madrid outperformed the goal difference to qualify for the final match and win the championship.
The two teams met 8 times, each team won 3 matches and drew 2 matches
Likewise with the coaches, they also met 8 times, during their leadership of a number of teams distributed between England, Germany and Spain.
The upcoming confrontation between Ancelotti and Guardiola is the fifth between coaches in the Champions League.
Ancelotti vs Guardiola
The last confrontation between Ancelotti and Guardiola was during the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals last season between Real Madrid and Manchester City.
Manchester City beat Real Madrid 4-3 at the Etihad Stadium.
Before these matches, Ancelotti and Guardiola faced off in the Champions League when Guardiola was coach of Bayern Munich.
Ancelotti was able to lead Real Madrid to sweep Bayern Munich, led by Guardiola at the time, 5-0 in the two semi-final matches of the 2013-2014 season, as he won the first leg in Spain 1-0 before repeating the victory back in Germany 4-0.
According to those numbers, Ancelotti won 3 matches against Guardiola in the Champions League, all with Real Madrid, scoring 11 goals against receiving 5 goals, while Guardiola won once, which was with Manchester City.
Premier League
In England, Guardiola won all his matches against Ancelotti, including 3 in the English Premier League and one in the FA Cup, when the Italian coach was technical director of Everton from 2019 to 2021.
During these four confrontations, Manchester City scored 12 goals and conceded two goals.
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