He Manchester City From Giuliano Alvarez AND Pep Guardiola will visit FC Copenhagen for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. The match will take place at the Parken Stadion in the Danish capital starting at 5pm, with television on Fox Sports.
Guardiola’s team will have among its ranks Julián Álvarez, world champion at Qatar 2022. But fundamentally the novelty is the return to the field of the Norwegian scorer Erling Haaland, author of a brace last Saturday against Everton (2-0), for the English Premier League.
Manchester City have won their last eight matches in the continental competition, but have also drawn their previous five away games in the qualifying rounds.
FC Copenhagen, for its part, surprised in its group, placing behind German Bayern Munich, and prevailing over Galatasaray from Turkey and Manchester United from England.
The history of clashes between the two teams dates back to the 2008-2009 season, with two draws (2-2 and 0-0) as recorded results.
Possible formations
Copenhagen: Documentation; Ankersen, McKenna, Diks, Jelert; Mattsson, Falk, Gonçalves; Elyounoussi, Claesson and Achouri. DT: Jacob Neestrup.
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Aké; Rodri; Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Foden; Julián Álvarez and Haaland. Coach: Pep Guardiola.
Source: Clarin
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