Champions League: Manchester City wants to maintain qualification chances | International sports

Al Malaeb Newspaper –
Manchester City, champions of the English Premier League for the past four seasons, will hope to heal their local and continental wounds when they visit Italian side Juventus today, Wednesday, on a dangerous trip in the sixth round of the European Champions League, their position can keep. chances of qualifying for the last 16.

City have won just one of their last nine games in various competitions as they suffer inside the green box from the decline in the level of many of their stars and the high number of injuries in their ranks, which coincided with the worst run of the career of Spanish coach Pep Guardiola.

Despite the painful loss to Sporting Lisbon of Portugal (1-4) and surrendering a three-goal lead to Feyenoord of the Netherlands (3-3), it is still in a good position to qualify for the round of 16 of the competition in the new version.

The 2023 champion occupies seventeenth place out of 36 teams, while his chances of a direct ticket into the top eight appear weak, as another difficult confrontation awaits him in the French capital against Paris Saint-Germain on January 22, before joining Club Bruges receives from Belgium on the 29th.

The competition is becoming increasingly important for City this season as they battle to defend their Premier League title. After an unprecedented four consecutive titles, Guardiola's men, who sit in fourth place, are eight points behind leaders Liverpool, who have a game in hand. hand.