Two teams meet again in Champions League playoffsCity have faced Madrid five times in past six years
On the eve of Real Madrid’s Champions League playoff first leg at Manchester City, Carlo Ancelotti billed the clashes between the sides as a “clásico”.
Madrid’s trip to the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night and the return at the Santiago Bernabéu next Wednesday will be the fifth time in six years the sides have played each other in the knockout phase. While the Spanish and English champions have each previously progressed twice, Ancelotti was clear about how he rates encounters between them.
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