As the 13 champions of the Champions League, Real Madrid has a deep history and strong strength, and this first leg of the semi-final away to the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City, once again failed to take away the victory. The boat is tired and physically expensive, which is not good for Real Madrid's La Liga this weekend, so the Spaniards have increased the probability of upsetting, and this battle Wu Lei is still a substitute, and the goal can create 2 records.
Previously, in the quarter-final stage away to Chelsea, the Real Madrid led Chelsea 2-0 24 minutes before half-time, and finally won 3-1, and now comes to England again to play against the Premier League team, and the Galaxy almost suffered a tragic situation.
Conceded a goal in the opening 93 seconds, then conceded again in the 11th minute, trailing 2-0 in the opening 11 minutes, and the Real Madrid backline was blown up by Manchester City. Next, if It were not for Mahrez and Foden squandering their chances, City could have completed a 4-0 lead in the first 30 minutes of the first half, after which Real Madrid relied on Benzema's goal in the 33rd minute to pull back a goal 1-2.
In the second half, the two teams continued to fight each other, with Vinicius and Benzema scoring one goal each to help Real Madrid recover another goal 3-4, extending the suspense into the second leg.
According to statistics, Real Madrid only has 40% of the possession in the whole game, and the shots are 11-16 on goal and the shots are 5-6 behind Manchester City. In this game, Real Madrid set two consecutive record of humiliation, the first is the first 2 goals conceded in 11 minutes before the opening of the Champions League for the first time, and the second is the first time in the history of the team to lose to Manchester City in three consecutive Champions League games.
Trailing 3-4 in the first leg, Real Madrid had to score two goals to return home as the Champions League away scoring rules were abolished. The second leg of the semi-final will start in the early morning of next Thursday, Real Madrid only have a week to prepare, of course, there is a La Liga match this weekend, Real Madrid want to turn Over Manchester City to advance to the final, La Liga must stay.
According to the schedule, Real Madrid will face Espanyol this weekend, and this match can be crowned La Liga champions early. Real Madrid stays in next week's Champions League match, which is good news for Espanyol, the team is still one point away from relegation, coupled with the last away win over Real Madrid was in 1996, the Spaniard is eager to break the curse of 26 consecutive years of no wins.
The match will be played at 22:15 this Saturday night, which is prime time for domestic fans and therefore attracts a lot of attention. Domestic fans most want to see Wu Lei break through the Real Madrid goal, thus becoming the first Chinese player to break the Real Madrid goal, as well as scoring the first away goal in La Liga this season.
In the last round against Rayo Vallecano, Wu Lei came off the bench and officially surpassed Shao Jiayi with 68 La Liga appearances, becoming the second most chinese player in Europe's mainstream top league. The future awaits Wu Lei to break the record, and there is much more.