In the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Real Madrid won 3-1 at home to Manchester City, with an aggregate score of 6-5 to reverse the opponent to advance to the final, and the opponent in the next final was Liverpool, and all parties believed that the Real Madrid miracle could be continued, because Klopp's team was not as good as the real madrid that was helpless. In fact, these arguments are too high to look at Real Madrid, as far as this game is concerned, there are several key points that determine the outcome, the promotion process of Real Madrid's 1/4 final and semi-finals is very thrilling, the team also has many problems, and the fluke promotion is not so much a bloody temperament as it is guaranteed.
According to UEFA's usual style, it is not desirable for two consecutive seasons to be a Premier League team to advance to the Champions League final, as evidenced by the Stamford Bridge tragedy, and some of the penalties in this game are still in doubt, although not as obvious as Herning, but they are also bad for the away team, otherwise there may have been goals in the first half. Although Real Madrid's goal was not in the last moment, but the long time of stoppage time was stressful for the visiting team, and for the home team it was a super long life extension time, see the number of stoppage time kills in the juan juan during the manchester United period.
The only goal real Madrid scored in extra time was a penalty, which is also a questionable penalty, so it is not true that Real Madrid will finally qualify with this penalty. Neutral fans also think that watching Real Madrid's performance in the last four Champions League games, if the final victory can only be said to be too lucky, and if Liverpool crush the la Liga two champions to win the title is more valuable, because the fans' eyes are snow bright. Some people say that Real Madrid has completed three consecutive reversals is simply a god, in fact, the reversal itself is a more problem of the defensive line, and at the end it is only luck that makes mistakes with the opponent to win, so the strength and play of such a team are difficult to be recognized.
Barca's turmoil has given Real Madrid a chance to win la Liga, and it is easier to focus on the Champions League than Manchester City to juggle a two-tier battle, both physically and psychologically. Manchester City are only one point ahead of Liverpool in the league, so they have to stay, there is pressure on the road, and there is more physical consumption of the players, which are all disadvantages. Guardiola's substitution is indeed terrible, but such an arrangement can also be considered a misdetent of the manager's response, and it can also be said that he is preparing for this Sunday's league.
The mentality and substitutions of Guardiola in this game also determine the outcome of this round, everyone knows how eager Guardiola has been for the Champions League trophy in the years after leaving Barca, of course, the Manchester City players who have won several Premier League titles are the same, because they are more looking forward to standing on the top of Europe, so the problem of the defensive line of these two legs is also due to the impact of mentality. If the first leg of the home game can reduce the goal conceded, even a small win of 1-0 is better than a 4-3 score, because in the first leg real Madrid already understand the problems of the Manchester City defense, and the second leg will naturally score in the second half.
Both teams were somewhat conservative in the first half of the second leg, and the starting point formulated by Guardiola was not too much of a problem, but the substitution in the second half hid hidden dangers. Walker returned from injury to start, his performance in the first half was remarkable but was replaced by Zinchenko in the 72nd minute, De Bruyne was the core of the team was also replaced by Gundogan, a minute after the substitution Manchester City scored, Gundogan gave Bernardo the ball, the latter scored to assist Mahrez's goal, Guardiola thought that the substitution worked, so there were two incomprehensible substitution adjustments.
City's two subsequent substitutions were to replace Jesus with Glalis in the 78th minute and Fernandinho for goal hero Mahrez in the 85th minute, both of which were problematic. After Glalis came on, he created some threats, but because of this, there will be some negligence in the defense, and the players feel that it is just a matter of scoring again, and they do not expect to concede. Fernandinho's replacement of Mahrez is actually the worst, the veteran is no longer brave, did not play a key role, but at the end of the day conceded two goals in a row.
It can be said that After Manchester City took the lead, the mentality was unbalanced and did not pay attention to the threat of the opponent. Looking back at Real Madrid's two goals in stoppage time, it is also obvious that the defensive staring in the penalty area is out of position, Rodrigo is a player who appeared in the second half, his physical fitness and judgment are more in place, the Manchester City defense should have focused on him, but there was no one around to defend at the moment he shot. If Camaringa's long diagonal pass on the right tore through the defence, Benzema's speed of assisting Rodrigo in front of goal was indeed fast enough, and the first goal was justified, then the second goal was not forgivable.
Because these two goals conceded were initiated from the right side, the first was a long pass, the second time was a cross from the right side fell into the box, the defender should not have let the opponent easily cross, twice on the right side of the goal, this side of the road defense is really bad. Rodrigo should have strengthened his defence after scoring, but unfortunately he once again grabbed the penalty area and scored the ball, and City's defence was indeed bad. Conceding two goals in two minutes is rare in the few years that Guardiola has been in charge of Manchester City, but it happened in such a crucial battle, which is indeed worth reflecting on.
If Walker had been on the field, maybe consecutive conceded goals at the end could have been avoided, and Díaz's penalty gift might not have happened, because Walker was in the best position in terms of the performance of the defensive players in this game, and unfortunately the manager replaced him. Guardiola should also regret replacing De Bruyne and Mahrez and Jesus after the game, because the Champions League is more important for Manchester City than the league, and the weekend is for the mid-range team, in fact, there is no need to think too much, if Guardiola can play this game as a final, maybe the result of the game can be avoided.