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Grealish, Ake and Nunes return for Champions League clash
Jack Grealish, Matheus Nunes and Nathan Ake come into the starting line-up as City make three changes for tonight’s Champions League clash with Feyenoord.
Kyle Walker and Savinho drop to the bench and John Stones is not in the squad for our fifth game of this season’s league stage.
It’s hopefully a sign that our injury problems are starting to ease with Grealish starting his first game for the Blues since the beginning of October.
Ake too has been hampered by setbacks but both players were second half substitutes in our Premier League clash with Tottenham at the weekend.
TEAMS
CITY XI: Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Gundogan, Bernardo (c), Nunes, Foden, Grealish, Haaland
Subs: Ortega Moreno, Carson, Walker, Dias, De Bruyne, Savinho, Wright, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand
FEYENOORD XI: Wellenreuther, Nieuwkoop, Trauner, Hancko, Smal, Hwang, Timber (C), Milambo, Paixao, Moussa, Carranza
Subs: Bijlow, Ka, Beelen, Zerrouki, Gonzalez, Ivanusec, Mitchell, Zechiel, Gimenez, Lotomba, Redmond
FORMATION AND POSSIBLE TACTICS
Pep Guardiola has plenty of options in his attacking formation to support Erling Haaland as our number nine.
Grealish has been almost exclusively a left winger during his time at the Etihad but Nunes also excelled there earlier this season.
The midfield options are Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Ilkay Gundogan with one of the first two potentially starting on the right.
Our defence looks more straightforward with Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol likely to be the full-backs either side of Ake and Manuel Akanji.
SEVEN UP
It was seven years ago this week that a fresh-faced Phil Foden made his debut against – of all teams – Feyenoord.
Back in November 2017, Foden came off the bench to replace Yaya Toure and make his senior debut in a 1-0 win.
Just 17 at the time, there was a lot of excitement around the youngster following his performances for the youth teams for both City and England.
But still it’s incredible to see the career he’s gone on to have at the Etihad, being named the Premier League’s best player last season and nominated for the Ballon d’Or.
That was his first appearance and tonight will be his 286th for the lifelong City fan who has also won 17 major honours with the Blues.
He also has 90 goals, and it would be a good time to take a step closer becoming the 20th player in our history to hit a century.
DUTCH COURAGE
Feyenoord have been at their best away from home this season in the UEFA Champions League winning 3-2 at Girona and 3-1 at Benfica but losing both home games to Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 and RB Salzburg.
And the only time they’ve not lost to English opponents has been away, beating Newcastle 1-0 in 2002 and drawing with Spurs in 1961.
The good news is that they’ve never previously won three consecutive away games in the European Cup/Champions League while City haven’t lost consecutive European games in six years.
Goal difference means that the Dutch side currently sit 22nd in the new league format while City are 11 places higher with a point more.
Both Clubs would go into the extra round before the last-16 In the knockout phase, with the teams finishing between 9th and 16th seeded in the play-off draw.
But were only halfway through the league stage with City playing games away to Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain before our final clash with Club Brugge after tonight’s encounter.
STATS AND MILESTONES
Our only previous two meetings came in the Champions League in 2017/18, with City winning 1-0 at home and 4-0 away in the group stage that season.
56% of City’s high-intensity pressures in the Champions League this season have been made in the final third, the highest percentage of any team. Indeed, we rank fifth for total high-intensity pressures in the final third this term (447), despite being the team who averages the most possession in the tournament (72%).
Feyenoord have only kept one clean sheet in their last 19 matches in the UEFA Champions League (2-0 v Celtic in September 2023), conceding 41 goals overall in this run. Meanwhile, City averages 2.9 goals per home match in the Champions League under Pep Guardiola (124 goals in 43 games).
Erling Haaland has been directly involved in 49 goals in 43 appearances in the Champions League (44 goals, five assists). If he scores or assists in this game, he would reach 50 goal involvements in fewer appearances than any other player in the competition’s history (current record is 45 games, by Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2004).
Antoni Milambo, 19, has scored three goals in three Champions League games this season, while the only Dutch teenager to score more in a single edition is Patrick Kluivert (4 in 1995/96 for Ajax). In addition, the only player to net more in a single campaign for Feyenoord in the competition is Jon Dahl Tomasson (4 in 1999/00).
Rico Lewis has created more chances while under high-intensity pressure than any other player in the Champions League this season (10). In fact, three of the top four ranked players in this category this term play for Manchester City (Lewis 10, Foden 9, Savinho 9 – Florian Wirtz also on 9).
Saiba mais sobre o veículo
Os professores Jhonatan Gomes Gadelha e Shirley Regina de Almeida Batista, do curso de Educação Física da Ufac, realizaram a mostra de dança NT: Sementes de uma Pioneira, em homenagem à professora aposentada Norma Tinoco, reunindo turmas de bacharelado e licenciatura, escolas de dança e artistas independentes. O evento ocorreu na noite de 25 de março, no Teatro Universitário, campus-sede, visando celebrar a trajetória da homenageada pela inserção e legitimação da dança no curso.
Norma recebeu uma placa comemorativa pelos serviços prestados à universidade. Os alunos do curso, André Albuquerque (bacharelado) e Matheus Cavalcante (licenciatura) fizeram a entrega solene. Segundo os organizadores, os anos de dedicação da professora ao curso e seu pioneirismo jamais serão esquecidos.
“A ideia, que ganhou corpo e emoção ao longo de quatro atos, nasceu do coração de quem viveu de perto a influência da homenageada”, disse Jhonatan Gomes Gadelha, que foi aluno de Norma na graduação. Ele contou que a mostra surgiu de uma entrevista feita com ela por ocasião do trabalho dele de conclusão de curso, em 2015. “As falas, os ensinamentos e as memórias compartilhadas por Norma naquele momento foram resgatadas e transformadas em movimento”, lembrou.
Gadelha explicou que as músicas que embalaram as coreografias autorais foram criadas com o auxílio de inteligência artificial. “Um encontro simbólico entre a tradição plantada pela pioneira e as ferramentas do futuro. O resultado foi uma apresentação carregada de bagagem emocional, autenticidade e reverência à história que se contava no palco.”
Mostra em 4 atos
A professora de Educação Física, Franciely Gomes Gonçalves, também ex-aluna de Norma, foi a mestre de cerimônias e guiou o público por uma narrativa que comparava a trajetória da homenageada ao crescimento de uma árvore: “A Pioneira: A Raiz (ato I), “A Transformadora: O Tronco” (ato II), “O Legado: Os Frutos” (ato III) e “Homenagem Final: O reconhecimento” (ato IV).
O ato I trouxe depoimentos em vídeo e ao vivo, além de coreografias como “Homem com H” (com os 2º períodos de bacharelado e licenciatura) e “K Dance”, que homenageou os anos 1970. O ex-bolsista Kelvin Wesley subiu ao palco para saudar a professora. A escola de dança Adorai também marcou presença com as variações de Letícia e Rayelle Bianca, coreografadas por Caline Teodoro, e o carimbó foi apresentado pelo professor Jhon e pela aluna Kethelen.
O ato II contou com o depoimento ao vivo de Jhon Gomes, ex-aluno que seguiu carreira artística e acadêmica, narrando um momento específico que mudou sua trajetória. Ele também apresentou um solo de dança, seguido por coreografias da turma de licenciatura e uma performance de ginástica acrobática do 4º período.
No ato III foi exibido um vídeo em que os atuais alunos do curso de Educação Física refletiram sobre o que a dança significa em suas formações. As apresentações incluíram o Atelier Escola de Dança com “Entre o que Fica e o que Parte” (Ana Fonseca e Elias Daniel), o Estúdio de Artes Balancé com “Estrelas” (coreografia de Lucas Souza) e a Cia. de Dança Jhon Gomes, com outra versão de “Estrelas”. A escola Adorai retornou com “Sarça Ardente”, coreografada por Lívia Teodoro; os alunos do 2º período de bacharelado encerraram o ato.
No ato IV, após o ministério de dança Plenitude apresentar “Raridade”, música de Anderson Freire, a professora Shirley Regina subiu ao palco para oferecer palavras à homenageada. Em seguida, a mestre de cerimônias convidou Norma Tinoco a entrar em cena. Ao som de “Muda Tudo”, os alunos formaram um círculo ao redor da professora, cantando o refrão em coro.
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