The second leg of the Champions League semi-finals continued in the early hours of this morning, with Real Madrid returning to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium to play Manchester City. Real Madrid lost 3-4 away in the first leg and today they need to win 2 goals to complete the turnaround when they return home. Both sides today were unreserved, sending their strongest squads, with Benzema, Vinicius, Valverde, De Bruyne, and Mahrez all starting out.
After the opening, the two sides began to attack, in the 3rd minute Carvajal took the ball slightly adjusted to the right side of the penalty area with a 45-degree angle of accurate slanted hanging, Benzema small penalty area front unguarded close range head hammer attack high over the crossbar missed the opportunity. In the 39th minute, Manchester City once again looked for opportunities outside the perimeter, 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 first half, the two sides could be said to be evenly matched, both failed to seize the opportunity to break the goal, and the half was 0-0, and Real Madrid was still one goal behind on aggregate.
Less than a minute into the opening of the Yibian rematch, Real Madrid created a killing chance, Carvajal's volley from the bottom of the right side, the front point Benzema leaked over, and Vinicius, who followed up at the back point, had a good chance, but he pushed the half-empty goal but it flew away. In the 55th minute, Real Madrid quickly counter-attacked and almost recreated the killing chance, but Vinicius followed up with the front of the small penalty area and the ball was not stopped and was broken. Unable to attack for a long time, Ancelotti made a key substitution in the 68th minute, 21-year-old Rodrigo came on as a substitute to replace Kroos, and then Manchester City also made a substitution, Gundogan replaced De Bruyne.
In the 72nd minute, Gundogan organized a quick counterattack in the midfield, B took the ball all the way to the right side of the arc of the penalty area, Mahrez followed up with a small angle in the penalty area, the ball was answered into the net, Manchester City broke the deadlock 1:0, the total score was extended to a lead of 2 goals, and Real Madrid was forced into a desperate situation. Although the total score has been 2 goals behind, Real Madrid can not give up, Ancelotti then continued the key substitutions, Camaringa, Asensio came off the bench.
In the 87th minute, City got two consecutive good chances, And Glalis broke through two shots on the left side of the goal, the first time he was saved by The Mendy goal line, and the second time he was blocked by goalkeeper Courtois and almost flew out of the bottom line after being struggled by goalkeeper Courtois. After withstanding These two threatening attacks from Manchester City, Real Madrid began a miracle moment, in the 90th minute, Camaringa's forward on the right side of the penalty area was precisely angled, Benzema inserted a volley in the back row to sweep the ball in front of the goal, Rodrigo rushed to poke the ball into the net in front of An Ederson, and Real Madrid equalized 1-1.
Just 2 minutes later Real Madrid came back on the right side, this time it was Carvajal's 45-degree angle cross, the front point Asensio grabbed the nod and rubbed the hammer, Rodrigo jumped high at the back point to shake the head of the ball to shake the goal, the ball was in the net, Rodrigo scored 2 goals in 2 minutes, real Madrid miraculously scored 2:1, the total score was tied at 5:5. Manchester City's foot just about to reach the final was pulled back by Real Madrid, the two sides entered a brutal extra time, and the balance of victory has gradually shifted to Real Madrid, after all, this is the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.