In the early morning of April 27, Beijing time, the first leg of this season's Champions League semi-finals took the lead in a focus battle, manchester city home against Real Madrid. Just 93 seconds into the opening, Real Madrid had a nightmare start away from home, with Mahrez's breakthrough assist de Bruyne scoring the goal. Jesus then scored and City took an early 2-0 lead, with more than 60,000 City fans at the Etihad Stadium celebrating.
This is the second time that the two teams have met in the semi-final stage of the Champions League after the 2019-2020 season, when Real Madrid lost 1-2 at home in the first leg, lost 1-2 away in the second leg, eliminated by Manchester City 2-4 on aggregate, missed the final, and last season Real Madrid was eliminated by another Premier League giant, Chelsea, and stopped in the semi-finals.
According to German transfer information, Manchester City's entire team is worth 959 million euros, and Real Madrid's entire team is worth 756 million euros, so this is a blockbuster showdown worth more than 1.7 billion euros.
In terms of starting, Manchester City sent a trident combination of Foden, Mahrez and Jesus, and Real Madrid were also a forward trident, led by Vinicius, Benzema and Rodrigo.
After the opening, home side Manchester City controlled the ball. In the first minute and 30 seconds, After Majeres broke through several people on the right side of the front, he suddenly crossed into the box with an oblique kick, and De Bruyne's forward header bent over the top of the goal to make Manchester City a fantastic start 1-0.
Slow motion showed that the moment Mahrez passed, Carvajal, who was staring at De Bruyne, did not follow, and it was too late when De Bruyne completed the header.
After the goal, De Bruyne staged a crazy kneeling celebration at the Etihad Stadium, the home team fans instantly turned over, and coach Guardiola shook his fist in celebration.
Statistics show that De Bruyne scored 93 seconds, setting a record for City's fastest goal in the Champions League, after scoring in the opening 95 seconds. In addition, this is de Bruyne's 12th Champions League goal of his career, with a total of nine goals in the knockout stage, worthy of Mr. Big Scene.
In the 11th minute, De Bruyne sent a cross from the left side of the ribs in front of the penalty area, and Jesus stopped the ball with his back to the front of the penalty area and turned to shoot to help Manchester City extend the score 2-0.
In just 9 minutes, Manchester City beat Real Madrid at home, and Guardiola was more emotional after seeing the 2-0 lead, is it necessary to create a tragedy at the Etihad Stadium?