Manchester City crushed Real Madrid with missiles from outside the penalty area, but the Spanish team fought back to draw 3-3 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the quarter-finals, which will be recorded in the history of the Champions League.
Real Madrid was able to withstand the pressure and thunderbolts from Manchester City 3-3 In a wonderful match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, he left accounts open there Quarter-finals From the Champions League.
The European champions took the lead in just two minutes from a Bernardo Silva free kick, but the former European champions responded with two goals in the 113th minute with a quarter to go. City achieved a similar upset in five minutes with two goals from Phil Foden and Yusco Guardiol, but Federico Valverde had the last word with a wonderful shot in the 79th minute.
The two teams will meet next Wednesday at Al-Ittihad Stadium for a ticket to qualify for the semi-finals.
Carlo Ancelotti preferred Aurelien Tzouameni in central defense instead of Nacho, but Pep Guardiola is the more experienced one. Not only were the four defenders he used in the lineup, which he had done before, but also the presence of Stefan Ortega in goal instead of Ederson (healthy), as well as the presence of Kevin De Bruyne on the bench. Because of stomach problems.
Tswamini started the match in the worst possible way, after receiving a yellow card in the 43rd minute and because of the mistake he committed, Bernardo Silva opened the scoring with a direct execution and a bad reaction from Andriy Lunin.
The shock to Real Madrid was not great, as it was immediately warned, and in the 12th minute, Eduardo Camavinga shot a long ball that found the body of Ruben Dias, and from there the ball changed its course and ended up in the net. Less than two minutes later, Vinicius passed the ball to Rodrigo who skipped the defence, entered the penalty area, and fired in another rebound (this time to Manuel Akanji) that turned things around.
The Bernabéu was ablaze, and the closed roof created an even more impressive atmosphere. The pace of play dropped slightly after the three goals, but the intensity remained high. Both teams pressed a lot, but only one of them tried to exploit the gaps in the defense. Rodrygo and Vinicius counter-attacked twice, but their shots did not have the luck they wanted.
At the same time, two big stars on the pitch, Jude Bellingham (due to City possession) and Erling Haaland (due to Antonio Redinger), were missing and were waiting to get more passes and find better space in the second half.
Neither manager made any changes at the break, so the gap remained at the right end of City's defence, with John Stones no closer to filling the void left by Kyle Walker. But the “citizens” had possession of the ball and thus continued to limit the number of Spanish counterattacks.
Two counter-attacks from the home side resulted in Bellingham and Vinicius being sent off, but City had full possession and pressed for an equaliser. Most of their final play was harmless, but when an unmarked Phil Foden put the ball into the semi-circle of the penalty area in the 66th minute, 2-2 became a reality.
City did not calm down and continued to possess the ball at their feet and divert it outside the Real area. The heroic defensive moves made by Tswamini and Redinger in the small area were not enough for Real Madrid, as Yusco Guardiol's thunderbolt shot in the 71st minute turned the match upside down once again.
Ancelotti brought on Luka Modric and Brahim Diaz in an attempt to get back into the game, but it ultimately came through with two key goals. Vinicius got his 74th assist in a Merengue shirt in the 79th minute, and Federico Valverde equalized the score at 3-3 with a wonderful shot.
Real showed more stamina in the final minutes in search of the winning goal, but failed to beat Stefan Ortega again and the satisfactory result left everything open for Al-Ittihad, while keeping City unbeaten since December 6 and Rodri here and 429 days.
- TRUE: Lunin, Carvajal, Zomini, Redinger, Mendy, Valverde, Kroos (72' Diaz), Camavinga, Bellingham, Rodrigo (72' Modric), Vinicius (86' Joselu).
- Manchester city: Ortega, Stones, Akanji, Dias, Guardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, Silva, Foden (87 Alvarez), Grealish, Haaland.
Quarter-final results
First matches
- Real Madrid – Manchester City 3-3 (12' Diaz, 14' Rodrigo, 79' Valverde / 2' Silva, 66' Foden, 71' Guardiol).
- Arsenal – Bayern 2-2 (12' Saka, 76' Trossard / 18' Gnabry, 32' penalty. Kane)
- 10/04 22:00 Atletico – Dortmund
- 10/04 22:00 Paris – Barcelona
Second matches
- 16/04 22:00 Dortmund – Atletico
- 16/04 22:00 Barcelona – Paris
- 17/04 22:00 Manchester City – Real
- 17/04 22:00 Bayern – Arsenal
Schedule of semi-final matches
First matches
- 04/30-01/05 Atletico or Dortmund – Paris or Barcelona
- 04/30-01/05 Arsenal / Bayern – Real Madrid / Manchester City
Second matches
- 07-08/05 Real Madrid / Manchester City – Arsenal/Bayern
- 07-08/05 Paris or Barcelona – Atletico or Dortmund
Final (“Wembley”)
- 01/06 22:00 Winner 1 – Winner 2
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