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. From the 2nd minute to the 53rd minute, the two teams scored 5 goals in just 51 minutes, which was a semi-final match in the Champions League, where the goal battle was staged.
The two teams have played 6 matches in the history of the Champions League, and the record is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, which is a draw. Now the seventh match is at the Etihad Stadium, where Real Madrid have won 2 draws and 1 defeat in their previous 3 away games against Manchester City, and have not won for seven consecutive years.
In terms of starting, both teams are in 433 formations, Real Madrid sent Vinicius, Benzema and Rodrigo, and Manchester City sent Foden, Mahrez and Jesus.
In the opening 93 seconds, Mahrez assisted De Bruyne to swoop down and head the ball, and Manchester City made a fantastic start 1-0. This goal is not only the fastest goal scored in the history of Manchester City in the Champions League, but also the fastest goal in the history of the Champions League semi-finals.
In the 11th minute, De Bruyne sent a cross, Jesus turned around and fired a volley to extend the score 2-0. The data show that Manchester City are the third team in history to score two goals in the opening 11 minutes of the Champions League semi-finals, followed by Juve and Manchester United.
In the 33rd minute, Mendy sent a cross from the left side of the field, and Benzema poked a shot into the box to help Real Madrid -2 pull back a goal. So far this season, Benzema has scored 13 goals in the Champions League, tied for first place with Levan, and scored in eight knockout rounds, becoming the first player to score eight goals in a single season in the Champions League knockout rounds since Ronaldo in the 2016/17 season.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Real Madrid defender Mendy made a mistake, Fernandinho broke the ball and crossed from the bottom, Foden followed up with a header to break the goal, goalkeeper Courtois had nothing to do, Manchester City 3-1 rewrite the score.
In the 55th minute, after The Vinicius midfielder cleverly passed Fernandinho, a man with the ball ran straight into the half to help Real Madrid chase another goal 2-3.
Vinicius' goal was very beautiful, wonderful, a dragon rushed, directly scored, in one fell swoop, directly through the Manchester City backline.