The worst concern that Guardiola has, a few minutes before the semifinal against Real Madrid

Julián Álvarez's Manchester City will receive Real Madrid this Wednesday for the rematch of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. The Ciudadanos want to take revenge for the epic comeback that the Merengues gave them in the same instance of the last edition, and for this they must emerge victorious after what was the 1-1 first leg.

One of the things that surprised us in the first game was not only the absence of Julián Álvarez in the starting 11, given that he had started the three previous games, but also the fact that Josep Guardiola did not make any changes to Santiago Bernabeu. Now, the Catalan coach would have given a clue about the role that the Cordovan will have in England.

Days ago, Pep explicitly declared that it was likely that the Spider would have minutes in the rematch. However, last weekend he used it from the start in the Premier League. This, seeing that in that match against Everton he rested headlines like Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Bernardo Silva or John Stones, could be interpreted as the striker of the Argentine team having to wait for his turn again on the substitute bench.

How did Julián Álvarez do in the Champions League?

The man from Calchín has played nine games between starts and income in the second half and has recorded two goals, two assists and one yellow card. His best performance was against Sevilla at the Etihad in the group stage, a match in which he was able to celebrate a goal and distributed two goal passes.