In the early morning of May 5, Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final began, Real Madrid sat at home against Manchester City, due to the first leg of 3-4 away behind, Real Madrid opened a Jedi counterattack mode at home, the whole team was scrappy, once again showed the foundation and tenacity of the Champions League 13 champions, Ancelotti instilled the belief in the team to win.
In terms of lineup, Real Madrid only has an absolute main player in Alaba, and the overall strength remains stable, With Benzema, Vinicius, Kroos, Modric, Valverde, Casemiro and others leading the starting 11, and Manchester City also showing a strong team, De Bruyne, Foden, Mahrez, Jesus and others leading the start. Real Madrid played the home advantage and mentally better, but unfortunately the force was a little too strong, and Qiuyun on the field felt too eager to win, especially the double gun of Benzema and Vinicius.
In the first half, Vinicius and Benzema missed opportunities many times and their feet were not smooth. In the opening four minutes, Benzema's header was deflected wide of the goal, and in the 18th minute of the game, Vinicius pumped a shot high. In the 42nd minute of the game, Benzema missed a single knife, and the single knife shot in front of the goal not only did not score, but also appeared offside, and the impatient side of the mentality was very obvious.
Under the high pressure of Real Madrid, Manchester City's passing and control kicking did not play an advantage, but the scene was still close to 55. Both teams had six shots on target in the first half, but on target, Real Madrid was terrible, with 0 shots on target; City had four shots on target. In the face of Manchester City's strong creativity and control, the fat tiger Casemiro, who has just returned, is very brave and has escaped the yellow card penalty many times.
In the 8th minute of the match, Casemiro tackled de Bruyne behind him, triggering a clash, the Manchester City players put pressure on the referee, the magic flute Modric angrily pushed down Laporte, but both had moves, and in the end, Modric and Laporte were both shown yellow cards by the referee.
In the second half, Real Madrid's attack was fierce, and at the same time there was a strategy to grab the start, and the second half was given an empty goal opportunity at the beginning, but vinicius directly kicked away after the empty goal, and Real Madrid missed the opportunity to take a quick 1-0 lead. As the game progressed, Vinicius's irritable problems were always accompanied, and he was very sorry that he had almost made a final kick in the penalty area many times.
According to this kind of game mood, Real Madrid is on the verge of being out, it is difficult to turn the situation around in the game, the state of Benzema and Vinicius seems to affect the whole team, and has been pressing Manchester City with high pressure, and the final physical fitness may also suffer, after all, Benzema, Modric, Kroos and others are veterans, the game situation is dangerous, the first 60 minutes of the game, the two sides are still 0-0 score, which means that it is about to enter the final sprint, which is not good for Real Madrid.