UCL: City could host Madrid on August 7

As UEFA continues to work on a possible return to Champions League action, Manchester City could host Real Madrid on August 7 for the second-leg of their Round-of-16 tie.

Recall that City shocked the Bernabeau fans within a late minute comeback to win the first leg by 2-1 before the UCL was suspended due to COVID-19.

According to Marca, August 7 will make it 174 days since Pep Guardiola's side won the first leg at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.


If everything goes as planned, Los Blancos will go into that game with almost three months of work under their belts.

Zinedine Zidane's men will have trained for several weeks and played their 11 remaining LaLiga Santander fixtures, finishing by the end of July.

While the Spanish side have resumed training last week, their English counterpart are yet to call back their stars due to the effects of the deadly respiratory illness.

UEFA will make a final decision on the scheduling of the Champions League and Europa League in their executive board meeting on May 27.

The dates for the second legs of Barcelona-Napoli, Juventus-Lyon and Bayern Munich-Chelsea will also be decided on.

Madrid will be without captain Sergio Ramos in the second-leg after he received a red card at the first game.

Isco's opener was cancelled by Gabriel Jesus, assisted by De Bruyne who netted his own in the closing minutes to take City 2-1 ahead.