The Champions League Returns On August 7 With The Visit To Manchester City

Real Madrid will play the second leg of their round of sixteen tie at the Etihad Stadium.Champions League football returns for Real Madrid on Friday, August 7, at 9pm. After winning the league, the team are back in action in Europe’s top club competition with the second leg of the round of sixteen match against Manchester City, which was due to be played on March 17 but was postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The side will try to turn the tie around at the Etihad Stadium to reach the final eight in Lisbon.

Real Madrid go into the decisive match in Manchester after their magnificent end to the league campaign, where they won the title thanks to 10 wins and a draw in the 11 matches played after the restart. In the Champions League, the team qualified from the group stage with three wins, two draws and one defeat. They will now look to turn around the 2-1 home defeat in the first leg of the round of sixteen to keep their title aspirations alive.

Schedule
If they do qualify, Zidane’s side will face either Olympique Lyon or Juventus in the quarter-finals over a single match on 15 August at the Jose Alvalade in Lisbon. In the semi-finals, they would face the winner of Napoli/Barcelona-Chelsea/Bayern Munich in a match to be played on the 19th of that month at the same stadium. The final will be played on 23 August at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. All the matches will be at 9pm.