Manchester Metropolis midfielder Bernardo Silva has admitted Actual Madrid are a “bizarre” staff to face due to their potential to thrive on the counter.
The 2 sides have been common opponents in Europe over the previous 5 years and confronted off for the third time on this season’s quarter-finals, the place Madrid secured a 3-3 draw within the first leg earlier than advancing on penalties within the reverse fixture.
Metropolis managed effectively over 60% possession in each legs this season and 45 photographs on purpose throughout the 2 video games, however Madrid soaked up the strain and punished Pep Guardiola’s facet on the break.
“Actual Madrid are a bizarre staff,” Silva informed TNT Sports activities. “Generally it looks as if you could have management of the sport and out of nowhere, they run twice [on the counter] and rating two targets as a result of their gamers individually are excellent. They’re so quick and robust on the counterattack that it isn’t simple to manage them.
“For those who assault with too many gamers, they run on the counter. For those who do not assault with many gamers, it feels such as you’re not efficient sufficient to assault them correctly. So it’s troublesome to make these small choices within the recreation.”
Silva will enter the ultimate two years of his contract this summer time and is reported to be a goal for Barcelona, whereas there have even been claims that Madrid might attempt to safe his signature forward of their Clasico rivals.
The Portugal worldwide’s contract features a launch clause price £50m which turns into lively this summer time however that sum might nonetheless be too excessive for Barcelona, whose present focus is on balancing the books and never hanging summer time transfers.
Guardiola has at all times made it clear that he won’t stand in the best way of any participant who desires to depart Metropolis, offering the membership obtain a good bid for his or her companies. With a launch clause already in Silva’s contract, a deal for the 29-year-old could possibly be pretty easy to execute.