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Real Madrid could face Manchester City during the Champions League qualifiers after failing an automatic place in the last 16. Only the teams did not finish in the first eight of the new remained league phase of 36 teams qualified directly in the last 16 while the teams ending between the two between the ninth and 24th will participate in the playoffs.
Madrid finished a point in front of the first eight places, ending his league campaign with a 3-0 victory in Brest on Wednesday. Jude Bellingham scored Real’s second goal between a double strike from Rodrygo while the Spanish giants were too strong for French arrivals from Guingamp.
It was a third consecutive victory to finish the phase of the Champions League League for Real after starting with three defeats during their first five outings, and this bad start was what led them to arrive at the ranking.
They will face Manchester City or Celtic in the playoffs in February, the winners of two legs going to the last 16 months in March.
Bellingham insisted that Madrid would be ready for whom they must face in the.
“It was important to obtain the victory and finish the solid group phase. I think we probably fell into some of the games and that’s why we found ourselves, “in the play-offs, Bellingham told UEFA.com.
“No problem, we will try to face any obstacle with a better face and you can see that we are definitely starting to click in a team in recent weeks.”
Carlo Ancelotti’s team has won its last five games in all competitions since a 5-2 collage in the hands of Barcelona in the Spanish final of the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia on January 12.
Roddrygo opened the scoring against Brest just before half an hour for a real stroke with a low shot on goalkeeper Marco Bizot and in the open post, a few moments after the Brazilian had an expert in an expert.
The visitors lacked Vinicius Junior thanks to the suspension and Kylian Mbappe was not in the form of a rating, after having preceded eight times in the last five games.
But that did not matter, because Real survived to see Ludovic Ajorque de Brest was rejected for a tight offside just after half-time before they were taken 2-0 in advance on 56 minutes.
Bellingham, the match player, sparked a breakaway and then arrived in the box to finish the bottom center of Lucas Vazquez.
Rodrygo then scored again on 78 minutes, claiming a splint in a second consecutive match in the Champions League, after the MBAPPE shot was saved.
“I think we neglect who scores the goals and this kind of thing because we know that each match will be someone else, whether it is both and me this evening of Roddrygo, whether Kylian with three L ‘Another day, “added Bellingham.
“Someone will always intervene with a little individual radiance and the rest of us will focus on the organization of the team.
“This may be what we missed in some of the first group matches, but it seems to be improving in recent weeks.”
Real qualified for the league phase despite the defeats against Lille, AC Milan and Liverpool, and Bellingham gave the new format a boost overall.
“It was pleasant to play more teams of superior quality and a real mixed group of teams from all over Europe. It’s good to have a little more danger, “he said.
Brest is also playing after a memorable first European campaign that saw them finishing 18th in the table, above people like Juventus and Manchester City, despite the loss of their last two games.
They will play the French rivals of Paris Saint-Germain or Benfica in the next round.
“We want to continue, make even more history than we have already done, and if we can continue to obtain results, why not,” said Bizot.
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