In the early morning of April 27, Beijing time, the first leg of the 2021-22 Champions League semi-final began, and today took the lead in a focus battle, Manchester City sat at the Etihad Stadium against the strong rival Real Madrid. After 90 minutes of fighting, Manchester City narrowly won 4-3 at home to Real Madrid.
Manchester City's 1 point in the league leads the way, Real Madrid is only 1 point away to win the title, Real Madrid can now go all out in the Champions League, Manchester City also has to be distracted by the league, which Real Madrid has a slight advantage. However, the game is sometimes not affected by this, this is not just the opening Manchester City to Real Madrid to give Real Madrid a down, the opening less than 2 minutes, Manchester City forward midfield to the right, Mahrez received the ball continuously cross cut away from Real Madrid 4, 5 people defended to the front of the penalty area to send a delicate over-the-top hanging, De Bruyne inserted a fish jump to attack the goal, the ball went straight into the bottom right corner of the goal, Manchester City 1:0 to achieve a fantastic start. In the 10th minute, Manchester City came again, De Bruyne took the ball in the left corner of the penalty area with a delicate oblique block, Alabaca made a mistake in grabbing the ball, Jesus turned to stop the ball and threw away Alaba, Jesus pushed the ball from close range, and Manchester City led 2:0.
Real Madrid, who had been played by Manchester City in the opening, then stabilized and began to play an offensive, and in the 18th minute, Real Madrid broke the ball in front of the field and countered, Benzema was supposed to be straight, and Vinicius went into the left side of the box to shoot at close range on the goalpost. In the 26th minute, Manchester City's midfielder counter-attacked to create a killing opportunity, B Silva accurately cut through, Mahrez into the right side of the box to get a one-handed opportunity, but he failed to seize the opportunity, pushing the shot deflected above the mid-netting. In the 33rd minute, Real Madrid advanced forward, Mendy continued to adjust the front of the penalty area on the left side of the overhead suspension, Benzema carried a defensive volley at the penalty spot to sweep the ball, the ball hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced into the net, Real Madrid pulled back a goal 1:2.
Only 6 minutes after the opening of the Yibian battle, Manchester City counter-attacked with a broken ball on the right side, Fernandinho received a B-seat straight under the bottom cross, Foden followed up the small penalty area front to grab the nodding hammer to attack the goal, the ball was in the net, Manchester City led 3:1. The picture turned, just 1 minute later Guardiola ate a yellow card on the sidelines, Real Madrid launched a quick counterattack at the back, Mendy sent a subtle straight plug, Vinicius's very clever heel at the center of the line, turned around and brushed past Fernandinho, and then Vinicius used his speed to shake off all the Manchester City defenders, rushed into the left side of the box to shoot a small angle single-handedly and calmly pushed the hand, Real Madrid lightning pulled back a goal 2:3.
In the 61st minute, Real Madrid counterattacked on the left side, Benzema forced a breakthrough to pick out the pass, and Vinicius almost made a head-to-head attack. In the 73rd minute, the right side of the Manchester City front was transferred to the middle, Zinchenko received the ball and was put down by Kroos, the ball was advantageous to attack, referee Kovases did not blow stop, in the Real Madrid players stunned, B bench plugged in the ball to shoot vigorously, the ball hung straight to the near corner of the goal, Manchester City 4:2 again won a 2-goal lead. Just a minute later, Real Madrid made a mistake on the left side of the defense, Manchester City broke the ball and counter-attacked, Mahrez burst into the box and pushed into the far corner from a small angle, and the ball slid through the goal. In the 79th minute, Real Madrid counterattacked on the right side of the field, Foden kicked down Camaringa, who had just come off the bench, and Real Madrid won a free kick from a 45-degree angle. Kroos took the penalty in the middle of the penalty area, Laporte was fighting with Benzema for the top header, Laporte handball sent the point, Benzema took the spoon point and scored twice, real Madrid pulled back another goal 3:4. After that, it failed to create another chance, and in the end, Manchester City won 4-3 at home to take advantage of the promotion opportunity.
In terms of the top scorer list, entering the knockout stage, facing the devil schedule Benzema is a god of ordinary, today after scoring twice, he scored 4 consecutive goals, scored 9 goals in the knockout stage, he soared along the way, has scored 14 goals, more than Levan 1 goal to reach the top successfully, from the current situation, unless Salah hangs in the semi-finals, it is difficult for him to catch up with 6 goals behind, Benzema basically locked in this season's Champions League Golden Boot. Mahrez today squandered several good opportunities and failed to score, but he was still tied for 6th with C Ronaldo, Mbappe and others with 6 goals. Jesus scored 1 goal today, 1 goal for Messi and 2 goals for the top 10.