star Omar Marmoush, Manchester City player, carries hope for his team during the match against Spanish giant Real Madrid, in the UEFA Champions League. The second leg of the Champions League play-off between Real Madrid and Manchester City will be played on Wednesday evening at the Santiago Bernabeu. The Royal Club won the first leg at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City’s home ground, with a score of (3-2) after coming back from a 2-1 deficit. Manchester City will have to do their best to beat Real, who will play the match on their home turf and in front of their fans. Manchester City manager Josep Guardiola has never failed, throughout his 16-season coaching career so far, 4 with Barcelona, 3 with Bayern Munich, and 9 with Manchester City, to lead his team to qualify for the Champions League round of 16. Real Madrid and Manchester City matches at the Santiago Bernabeu have become famous matches in the Champions League in recent years. Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid’s impregnable fortress against Manchester City This is the seventh confrontation between the two teams at the Santiago Bernabeu in the history of the Champions League. The fourth in a row in the last 4 seasons between the two teams. The "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium, the stronghold of the royal club, is considered a stronghold for Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League, as the team has only lost once to the English team. The only defeat that the royal club suffered at home was on February 26, 2020, about 1820 days ago, and the match ended with a score of (2-1) for Pep Guardiola's men. The royal club achieved 3 victories against Manchester City at its historic stadium, and drew in two matches. Real Madrid wants to achieve victory at home in Wednesday's match, as the draw dominated the last two matches between the two teams in the European competition, as the royal club's last victory at home against City dates back to the 2021-2022 season on the famous "Remontada" night of the Brazilian player Rodrigo. Real Madrid's list for the Manchester City match Real Madrid's list for the Manchester City match witnessed the return of the defensive trio, David Alaba, Antonio Rudiger and Lucas Vazquez, after their absence in the past period due to various injuries. The list of the Royal Club came as follows: Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois - Andriy Lunin - Sergio Mestre. Defense line: David Alaba - Lucas Vazquez - Jesus Vallejo - Fran Garcia - Antonio Rudiger - Ferland Mendy - Raul Asensio. Midfield: Jude Bellingham - Eduardo Camavinga - Federico Valverde - Luka Modric - Aurelien Tchouameni - Arda Guler - Dani Ceballos. Attack line: Vinicius Junior - Kylian Mbappe - Endrick - Brahim Diaz - Rodrigo. Marmoush at the top of the Manchester City list The Manchester City list witnessed the presence of Egyptian star Omar Marmoush, who shone and excelled in the Manchester City match against Newcastle, which was held within the matches of the 25th round of the English Premier League. Marmoush will carry hope for Pep Guardiola's team, after scoring 3 goals "hat-trick" against Newcastle in the last round of the "Premier League". The Manchester City list came City as follows: Goalkeepers: Ederson, Stefan Ortega, Scott Carson. Defence: Rico Lewis, Matheus Nunez, Abdulkadir Husanov, Ruben Yaz, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Josko Gvardiol. Midfield: Nico Gonzalez, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, James McKitty. Attack: Savio, Jeremy Doku, Omar Marmoush, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish. Guardiola's statements Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola stressed that his team must play a perfect match against Real Madrid in the Champions League, indicating that the team's chances of qualifying for the round of 16 are not 1%. He added: "We have to play a perfect match against Real Madrid, the result in the first leg was not good, we always come out with a fairly good result, but the result is not perfect, we have to attack and we have to score goals, that's the idea." The Manchester City coach concluded: "We have "I lied to you for the first time when I said that Manchester City's chances of qualifying were 1%, now the situation has changed after the Newcastle match." Ancelotti's statements Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti believes that the refereeing in the Champions League is better than its counterpart in the Spanish domestic competitions, amid repeated complaints from Real Madrid about refereeing decisions in La Liga. Ancelotti said in the press conference before the match: "The Manchester City match is complicated and enjoyable, we try to prepare well for it and try to play in the same way we played last week, that is the idea but we have to take the difficulties into account." He concluded: "The statistics speak for themselves, in Europe there is less refereeing controversy, in the Champions League the best referees from each country are in charge of the refereeing and the quality is very high."