On April 27, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Manchester City narrowly defeated Real Madrid at home, occupying the lead, but the point difference was only 1 goal after all, and in the second leg, Real Madrid returned to the Bernabeu, and 2-0 could be overturned!
This giant showdown, the plot ups and downs. City led by two goals in the opening 11 minutes, Benzema pulled back a goal, and then the goal mushroomed, and finally Benzema scored twice on the penalty to seal the 4-3 total score.
Seven goals in a single game also equaled the single-game scoring record in the Champions League semi-finals. In the second leg of the 1995 Champions League semi-finals, Ajax beat Bayern 5-2. In the first leg of the 2018 Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool beat Roma 5-2.
According to the prediction of the famous website "538", manchester City's chances of reaching the final of the Champions League have reached 80%! But of course, Real Madrid still has a chance. If it had been in the past, they would have returned to the Bernabeu in the second leg and they would have just had to win 1-0, as the aggregate score was 4-4 and there were more away goals.
At the beginning of the season, the away goal rules were abolished, but Real Madrid could still reverse the score 5-4 in the second leg as long as they won 2-0 in the second leg. Don't forget that in the round of 16 against Paris, they also lost 1 goal in the first leg away from home, but they turned the tables 3-1 at home.
It is worth mentioning that in the second leg of the 2018 Champions League semi-finals, Roma returned home to beat Liverpool 4-2, almost creating a miracle! Unfortunately, it was still a goal away, and in the end, it was lost 6-7. In contrast, Real Madrid's reversal is not so difficult.