While the English media was still worried about Cancelo's absence, Casemiro's absence made Real Madrid suffer. In the Champions League semi-finals, City scored de Bruyne in just 92 seconds, setting a record for the fastest goal scored in the Champions League semi-finals.
Cancelo and Walker were both absent and Guardiola had to send Stones to play right-back. At the same time, Casemiro could not play, and Ancelotti made Kroos the back, which became the winner.
After receiving the ball on the right, Mahrez suddenly cut inside, and after passing 3 people in a row, de Bruyne suddenly appeared in the middle of the penalty area, and the fish jumped head and broke the goal. At this point, the race started only 93 seconds.
Scoring in 93 seconds, De Bruyne set a record for the fastest goal in City's history in the Champions League, breaking the previous record set by Stones in the 95th second against Feyenoord in 2017. At the same time, De Bruyne also set the record for the fastest goal scored in the Champions League semi-finals.
It was De Bruyne's 12th goal in the Champions League and his ninth in the Champions League knockout round, with the Belgian tied with Aguero for the top spot in City's Champions League knockout list.
Sky Sports commented, "He used to be a master of attack, and now he is a master in everything, and of course he is also a master of goals." He is going through a brilliant season. ”
The most important point is that after De Bruyne's goal, Ancelotti had to change his defensive counter-attack tactics, which in turn gave City more attacking space.
In the 11th minute of the match, the Real Madrid defence was torn apart again, de Bruyne's diagonal pass from the right and Jesus turned away from the defender and fired a low shot into the net. The game started just 11 minutes later and City were already leading by two goals.
With a pass and a shot within 11 minutes, De Bruyne's breakout in a key battle gave City the initiative.