Inside Real Madrid team bus as thousands of screaming fans line streets with flares ahead of Man City clash
THOUSANDS of Real Madrid fans lined the streets to welcome the LaLiga champions ahead of their Champions League semi-final.
Los Blancos took on Manchester City at the Bernabeu looking to overturn a 4-3 first-leg deficit.
Real will need their supporters to act as a 12th man to overcome Pep Guardiola’s Premier League kings.
And they showed up in their thousands to cheer on their heroes, waving flags and setting off flares.
Even defender Dani Carvajal was taken aback as he filmed the incredible scenes.
Interestingly, Real released their starting line up TWO HOURS before kick off.
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Team news is usually revealed an hour before the scheduled start.
But it was brought forward by Carlo Ancelotti amid suspicions of a dressing-room mole.
Ancelotti has tended to name his side early in recent weeks after his line-ups were reportedly being leaked to a Spanish radio station.
Last month, Isco was forced to deny he is the Madrid mole, with the out-of-favour playmaker joking he isn’t even invited to team meetings to know them in the first place.
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And with the culprit still undetected, Ancelotti’s side for the mouthwatering clash with City was announced early to eliminate the chances of it being leaked elsewhere.
Real made two changes to the side that lost last week’s classic at the Etihad.
Defender Nacho and midfielder Casemiro are in for David Alaba and Rodrygo.