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Real Madrid coach Ancelotti: Haaland has made Man City a more complete team

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti feels Erling Haaland has made Manchester City a more complete team.

Ahead of tomorrow night's Champions League semifinal first-leg against Manchester City, Ancelotti commented on the Norway striker.

He said, "He's very dangerous. He has an impressive quality scoring goals. It's obvious. Talking about Haaland means not talking about a complete team that attacks, that has ideas... We are not proposing a game to stop Haaland, but rather to stop a team that seems unstoppable.

"But I think we may have options. We can win.

"It is a more complete team. Last year they had a very dangerous striker like Gabriel Jesus, but very different from Haaland. Now they take advantage of the long game. In many games they have taken advantage. This does not mean that they have changed the style. They are very well organized at the back and play the ball well."

On City's owners, he added: "There is a lot of money in football. I have nothing against the owners. It depends on what you do with the money. If you treat the team like a toy, it's not good. But if you do it to create something good for football, maybe open academies, then it's positive. There are two ways to do it."

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