The second match of the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals began at the Santiago Bernabeu in the early hours of this morning, with Real Madrid returning home to play Manchester City. In the first leg, the two sides fought a goal battle at the Etihad Stadium, and Manchester City finally laughed 4:3 to the end, so Real Madrid had to turn the tables today and win at least two goals against Manchester City. In the league, Real Madrid have won the title in advance, there is no need to be distracted, Manchester City is still only 1 point ahead of Liverpool, the pressure is still very large, in this regard, Real Madrid can attack today without any worries.
Benzema started today, his Champions League appearances equaled Giggs's 141 games, the two tied for 6th in history, 1 game for Raul in the super 5th place, and 15 games for Messi with 3rd place, Benzema is expected to catch up with Raul this season and continue to chase Messi next season. The two sides quickly entered the state after the opening, in the 3rd minute Real Madrid made a killing chance, the ball shifted from the left to the right, the front of the Carvajal penalty area took the ball slightly adjusted to a 45-degree angle to accurately hang, Benzema plugged in the small penalty area front of the undefended situation and flicked his head high over the crossbar at close range, missing a great blitzkrieg.
Three minutes later, Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson almost played with fire to give a gift, and Vinicius pressed at high speed to block the ball with only half a beat. In the 12th minute, Real Madrid still attacked from the right, Carvajal diagonally blocked the penalty area at a 45-degree angle, Valverde followed up with a cross from the middle, and Benzema grabbed the point to shoot or high over the crossbar. There were not many chances on the Manchester City side, they tried to threaten the Real Madrid goal with a long-range shot, and in the 15th minute, De Bruyne fired a powerful shot from the front of the right side of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Courtois struggled to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Real Madrid's long-distance pass from a long distance in the midfield, Valverde inserted the ball on the right side to make the ball back to the middle, Benzema carried the defense on his back and cleverly picked it up, and Vinicius followed up with a volley on the left side of the chest.
In the 20th minute, City counter-attacked the B-table and shot from a tight angle on the right side of the penalty area, and Courtois was ready to save the ball with full force. In the 27th minute, Real Madrid won a well-placed free kick opportunity on the left side of the penalty area, and Kroos's penalty was slightly deflected by the wall. In the 39th minute, Manchester City once again looked for opportunities on the periphery, Foden stopped the ball in front of the arc of the penalty area, suddenly got up and volleyed furiously, the ball was strong and accurate enough, Courtois bravely saved the ball. In the 42nd minute, Real Madrid suddenly counterattacked on the left side, Benzema inserted into the penalty area to get a small angle "single knife" opportunity, he shot slightly above the crossbar in the far corner, but this ball in slow motion, Benzema is also offside first. In the first half, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, both have opportunities but fail to grasp, the half is 0-0 flat, the total score Real Madrid is still one goal behind.