At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 27, the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals began, Real Madrid away to Manchester City, playing in Manchester, is a nightmare for Real Madrid, the last 6 trips to Manchester, they have only won 1. Under the tutelage of Guardiola, Manchester City has crushed Real Madrid in recent years, especially after C Ronaldo left Real Madrid, Manchester City began to hang Real Madrid in the Champions League, and the dominance of the arena became more and more obvious.
In this campaign, Real Madrid continued the record of 2 major humiliations, first, continued the shame of the last 3 defeats against Manchester City; second, continued the shame of Ancelotti leading the team to play Guashi Manchester City's total defeat, 4 consecutive defeats; all seem to continue the previous two rounds of knockout games with a weak fight, quickly broken by Manchester City, the opening from the 2nd minute to the 10th minute, just 10 minutes into a desperate situation.
In the 2nd minute of the game, Manchester City lightning raided, quickly broke the Real Madrid defense, Ruben Díaz instigated the attack, passed the ball to the right side, Mahrez got the ball and then cut inside to send a 45-degree cross, De Bruyne stepped forward to complete the wonderful header to break the goal, Manchester City 1-0 Real Madrid.
In the 10th minute of the game, Laporta launched a direct attack from the midfield, the long pass found Foden, who had the ball to choose to pass back, De Bruyne completed a wonderful cross on the left side of the front, Jesus received the ball in the box and turned around to get rid of the direct push to break the goal, Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid, got off to the perfect start.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Benzema broke out, he inserted himself into the box to receive Mendy's cross, directly volleyed into the goal, Real Madrid tenacious 1-2 Manchester City. In the end, Real Madrid fell behind Manchester City 1-2 at halftime, but the scene was still passive, on the side of the beating, the possession rate in the first half was less than 40%, the shot was not as good as Manchester City, and it was difficult to recover this overall decline in the second half.
The Spanish media believes that Real Madrid's problem is in the defense, just like butter, which was broken in a short time. Statistics show that Real Madrid conceded 2 goals in the opening 10 minutes, giving birth to a 35-year humiliating record, which is the fastest 0-2 record in the Champions League since 1987, and the last time in 1987 when the Champions League was not yet reformed, it was a nightmare for Real Madrid.
The world's top midfielder De Bruyne became the super nemesis of Real Madrid, the midfield superstar worth up to 90 million euros continued to chase Real Madrid, two consecutive big outbreaks against Real Madrid, the last time in the 2020 Champions League quarterfinals, De Bruyne was also a passing achievement, this campaign again passed a meritorious, 2 goals and 2 assists crazy to create 4 goals in a row, these two passes are the only two passes of De Bruyne's career Champions League knockout rounds. In terms of goals, De Bruyne scored nine goals in the Champions League knockout rounds, equalizing Aguero and becoming the most scoring player in Manchester City's Champions League knockout rounds.