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City surpasses Real Madrid in the history of Champions League matches

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European football fans are waiting for a fiery clash between Real Madrid and Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, to repeat the confrontation for the third consecutive season between the two teams.
The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, the home of the Merengue, will host the first leg between Real Madrid and Manchester City on April 9, while the return match will be held on the 17 of the same month.
Historically, the two teams have met 10 times, all in the Champions League, and Manchester City is ahead with 4 wins, compared to Real Madrid’s 3 wins and 3 draws.
The confrontations between Real Madrid and Man City witnessed 31 goals, of which Manchester City scored 17 goals, compared to 14 goals for the Royal Club.
The two teams met in the group stage of the Champions League in the 2012-2013 season, and Real Madrid won in Spain with a score of (3-2), and the two teams tied 1-1 in England.
The two teams also met in the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 2015-2016 season, where they tied 0-0 in the first leg at Al-Ittihad Stadium before Real Madrid won the second leg with a free goal, making the Royal team advance to the final and win the title.
The two clubs also played again in the round of 16 of the 2019-2020 season, and at that time Manchester City won back and forth with the same score, which was (2-1), so that the Citizens advanced to the quarter-finals by prevailing in the aggregate of the two matches with a score of (4-2).
Real Madrid also met Manchester City in the semi-finals of the 2021-2022 season, where Manchester City won at Etihad Stadium with a score of (4-3), before Real Madrid turned a goal down in the second leg into a win with a score of (3-1) after extra time to snatch The Royal Club qualifies for the final and then wins the title.
Finally, the two teams met in the semi-finals of the 2022-2023 season, where they tied 1-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, before Manchester City swept its Spanish counterpart in the second leg 4-0 to qualify for the final and win the title.
Karim Benzema, the former Real Madrid star, is the all-time top scorer in the two teams’ matches, with 6 goals.

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