Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that his side will have the upper hand against Manchester City in their Champions League quarter-final due to their good schedule.

Los Blancos will reign in Europe in the quarter-finals, with the first leg taking place at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday 9 April before returning to the Etihad on Wednesday 17 April. .

However, City boss Pep Guardiola expressed his disappointment last week with the fixture list as his side have a Premier League fixture to play, with Madrid taking a nine-day break in between. That.

We play Aston Villa at 20:15, then at 12:30 against Crystal Palace on Saturday – then we go to Madrid on Tuesday. Madrid has nine days to prepare for nine days.

They play this weekend and they will not play again until our game. I want to ask for one more day because the differences are so many.

“I see it well, they have a more complicated schedule than it is football,” said Ancelotti.

Madrid are matched Man City in the Champions League final for the third consecutive season after meeting them in the semi-finals of each of the last two campaigns.

The winner of the match will face either Arsenal or Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, with Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona on the other side of the draw.