In the early morning of May 5, Beijing time, the Champions League semi-final staged a peak showdown again, and the second leg of the la Liga giants and the King of the Premier League attracted the attention of many fans.
Real Madrid, sitting at home at the Bernabeu, have been in pretty good shape lately, with Ancelotti boldly rotating eight starters in the league last weekend, still beating Espanyol 4-0 to win the La Liga title this season. Real Madrid, which has won the Champions League 13 times, is looking forward to breaking the record again.
City's form is also hot, last weekend's 4-0 league victory Z united, continue to suppress Liverpool in the table, the last 4 games, Manchester City scored 4 goals is already the lowest consumption, the team's attacking firepower has been fully reflected.
In the first leg of the meeting between the two teams, Manchester City won 4-3 against Real Madrid, And Mahreznin did not pass to let Guardiola hold his head repeatedly, and the whole team wasted four opportunities to score goals and release Real Madrid.
In terms of the total value of the whole team, Manchester City is as high as 1.04 billion, Blue Moon is also the only club in the world with a total value of more than 1 billion, and Real Madrid is also worth 740 million, leading La Liga.
After the opening, both teams played quite cautiously and the pace of the game was not fast.
Ancelotti and Guardiola's tactics are quite similar, as long as the opponent launches an attack to gradually advance, the players of their own side will retreat back to the half, even at the cost of giving up the opportunity to counterattack.
In the first half, the two teams exchanged blanks, the number of shots on goal was 5-5, the possession rate was 49%-51%, and the shot was 0-4, and the clash between Laporte and Modric became one of the few highlights.
The second half was dull, but in the 73rd minute Mahrez scored and City already led by two goals on aggregate, leaving Real Madrid in a desperate situation.
In the 90th and 91st minutes, Rodrigo scored two goals in a row, and Real Madrid was desperate to drag the game into extra time.
In the 93rd minute, Diaz tripped Karim Benzema and was awarded a penalty, which Henzema himself did. From the 90th minute to the 94th minute, the score on the pitch changed from 0-1 to 3-1, which is the charm of the Champions League!
In the end, Real Madrid completed the almost impossible task, staged the Battle of miracles in the Champions League, lost 3-4 in the first leg, fell behind 0-1 at home for 89 minutes in the second leg, scored three goals in four minutes to complete an epic reversal, won 3-1 at the same time, eliminated Manchester City 6-5 on aggregate, and met Liverpool in the Champions League final!
Contest Review:
Only 3 minutes into the opening, Real Madrid was "clear", and Ancelotti still wanted Benzema to end the game. Carvajal's pass was just right and Benzema's header was high.
In the 7th minute, in the state of the dead ball, the two teams clashed, Modric rushed to the crown with a furious shot and counterattacked, Laporte covered his neck and fell to the ground, looking not lightly injured.
The referee gave both sides a yellow card to calm the incident, and through slow motion, it can be seen that Laporte secretly gave the magic flute a punch, which became the fuse.
In the 12th minute, De Bruyne fired a powerful shot from outside the box and was successfully saved by Courtois.
In the 17th minute, Benzema sent a wonderful pass with his back to the two men, and Vinicius's shot was so high that even he himself covered his head in disbelief.
In the 21st minute, Manchester City launched an onslaught, B-seat cross, De Bruyne stopped the ball wrong, Jesus did not say a word, came up with a shot, the ball was slightly offside, but it was already very exciting.
In the 25th minute, Kroos' free-kick from the front was hit on the wall, slightly higher and threatening.
In the 35th minute, Vinicius fell to the ground in pain as he was about to form a single knife, and slow motion showed Walker making physical contact with him, but the referee did not make any decision.
In the 38th minute, Foden received a long pass from Ederson and a low flat shot from outside the box was deflected by Courtois.
In the 49th minute, Jesus fired a quick shot inside the penalty area and Courtois was quite focused and simply saved the ball.
In the 73rd minute, there was a clear hole in Real Madrid's defense, B-seat long-distance attack was undefended, he easily assisted Mahrez, who made up for the regret of the first leg of the wave shot, hit the near corner to break the goal, and the score became 1-0!
In the 85th minute, Cancelo's long-range shot arced beautifully and Courtois's save was equally fantastic.
In the 86th minute, Glalis came off the bench and his shot forced Mendy to save the goalline. Glalis's shot was then blocked off the line by Courtois with his foot.
In the 89th minute, Benzema delivered an assist, and Rodrigo, who came off the bench, scored, which was also Real Madrid's first shot in the whole game.
In the final stage of the game, the situation on the field suddenly changed, and in the 90th minute, Benzema assisted Rodrigo to pull back a city, and Real Madrid needed another goal to drag the game into extra time.
In the 91st minute, a miracle happened, Carvajal crossed, Rodrigo broke the hammer and 80,000 Bernabeu fans went crazy, and the aggregate score became 5-5.
In the 94th minute, the 4th minute of extra time, Díaz brought down Benzema in the penalty area and the referee blew off a penalty.
Benzema himself played the knife and hit steadily, and Real Madrid rebounded 6-5 on aggregate.
In the final stages of the first half of extra time, Canceló crossed, Foden's header went straight into the dead corner, Courtois made an extreme save and Fernandinho's shot was deflected wide.
In the final stage of the game, the two teams had no chance, the score was not rewritten, and Real Madrid miraculously reached the Champions League final!