{"id":162065,"date":"2026-03-12T08:17:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=162065"},"modified":"2026-03-12T08:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:17:38","slug":"real-madrid-vs-manchester-city-ucl-match-preview-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=162065","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid vs. Manchester City UCL MATCH PREVIEW | Round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BBTcNvaAPIA?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The UEFA Champions League is back with Round of 16 action, and that has our crew ready to preview the biggest match up of the week, as Alvaro Arbeloa &#038; his Real Madrid squad get set to face off against Pep Guardiola &#038; his Manchester City Squad. Join Hannah Cash, Michael Lahoud, Stefano Fusaro &#038; JayDee Dyer as they break down the match, discussing whether or it will be Kylian Mbappe&#8217;s or Erling Haaland&#8217;s goal-scoring prowess that guides their squad through this Leg 1 affair.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Real Madrid vs. Man. City<br \/>\n0:17 Previous matchups<br \/>\n0:30 How big is this matchup?<br \/>\n4:18 Real Madrid&#8217;s injury list<br \/>\n6:10 Playing without Kylian Mbappe<br \/>\n8:14 Projected Starting XIs<br \/>\n12:11 Final Thoughts<br \/>\n12:47 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#realmadrid #manchestercity #ucltoday #uefachampionsleague #uefa #championsleague #manchestercity #realmadrid #vinicius #erlinghaaland #soccer #football #matchpreview #preview<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BBTcNvaAPIA\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Champions League is back with Round of 16 action, and that has our crew ready to preview the biggest match up of the week, as Alvaro Arbeloa &#038;&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":162066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/162066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}