In the early morning of May 5, Beijing time, the second leg of this season's Champions League semi-final ushered in the second matchup, Real Madrid home against Manchester City. Guardiola made a magical substitution in the second half, Manchester City scored two minutes later, one foot advanced to the final, Real Madrid hung, meaning that commentator Zhan Jun, who explained the game, appeared and took The Shooting Mahrez as Cancello.
The first leg of the 3-4 away defeat, so that Real Madrid into a desperate situation, the second leg back at home, the Galaxy must win, at least to ensure that it will not be out, to turn over Manchester City within the regular 90 minutes, must win 2 goals to eliminate Manchester City to advance to the final.
In the last 3 Champions League meetings, Real Madrid have all lost, and they have no confidence in the past against Manchester City. According to statistics, after the restructuring of the Champions League, Real Madrid was eventually eliminated after losing 5 times in the first leg of the semi-final stage, so it was not optimistic about promotion.
In terms of starting, Real Madrid continued the 442 formation, With Benzema and Vinicius leading the front, Casemiro, Kroos, Modric and Valverde in the midfield, Manchester City sending Mahrez, Foden and Jesus forward trident, and De Bruyne leading the midfield.
Real Madrid, which desperately needed to score, picked up the pace after the opening and City deliberately slowed down. In the 18th minute, Vinicius fired a furious shot at the ball and missed a good opportunity. In the 20th minute, Militang made a mistake at the back, De Bruyne went straight in, and the B-seat shot was saved by Courtois. In the 32nd minute, Casemiro's tactical foul pulled down Foden, the referee did not make a penalty, and Real Madrid escaped the disaster at the back.
At the end of the half, the score was still 0-0, the two teams had five or five possessions, and the shots were 6 times, and the shots were 4-0 for Manchester City to lead Real Madrid.
In the second half, Guardiola made a substitution, Gundogan replaced De Bruyne, and Zinchenko replaced Walker, only to break the deadlock on the field two minutes later, and Real Madrid fell into a desperate situation.
In the 72nd minute, Zinchenko passed the ball at the back, Gundogan got the ball and gave it to B, bench B gave a slash to the right side of the penalty area, Mahrez followed up with the ball and shot into the net, Manchester City 1-0 ahead, 5-3 on aggregate, one foot to advance to the final.
Guardiola's substitution worked wonders, Gundogan was not directly involved in scoring goals, but still had a plan to attack, and after replacing the in-form De Bruyne, Mahrez suddenly broke out.