In the early morning of April 20, Beijing time, the last two games of the second leg of the Champions League 1/4 final, Manchester City drew 1-1 with Bayern, the total score was 4-1 to advance, Inter drew 3-3 with Benfica, and the total score was 5-3 to advance, so that all the top 4 teams were born, and the semi-final match was also determined, specifically: Manchester City VS Real Madrid, AC Milan VS Inter.
Bayern vs Manchester City
Bayern lost 3-0 in the first leg, bringing the team to the brink of knocking out, having never overturned after losing three goals in the first leg of the Champions League knockout round. Manchester City have recently won nine consecutive games in all competitions and are hoping to break Bayern's record for all home wins in the Champions League this season.
In the first half, Manchester City were beaten away from home, Bayern completed 10 shots and 4 on target, while Haaland missed a penalty and missed the opportunity, which was also his first time at Manchester City to not score a penalty.
In the 57th minute of the second half, Haaland and De Bruyne combined to score with a counter-attack, thanks of course thanks to a slip and gift from Palmecano that allowed Haaland to score easily, giving City a 1-0 lead and a 4-0 lead on aggregate. Shortly thereafter, Bayern scored for offside and equalised on penalties, which were eliminated 4-1.
This draw, which left Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola without his 100th Champions League victory in charge, needs to be pushed.
For Haaland, he broke the record by scoring his 12th Champions League goal of the season, becoming only the second player to score 12 goals in a single season for a Premier League side after Ruud van Nistelrooy (2002/03), while surpassing Kylian Mbappe to become the youngest man in Champions League history to score 35 goals.
Inter vs Benfica
This is a direct match between the two traditional giants of Serie A and the Portuguese Premier League, Inter won 2-0 away in the first leg, and has already reached the last four with one foot and returned home to eliminate Benfica even if it is minus one goal.
Originally seen by fans as consideration for few goals before the match, Inter and Benfica played a goal battle. Barrera scored for the first time in his career in the Champions League with a first-half goal, followed by a header from Orses to help Benfica equalise 1-1.
In the 65th minute of the second half, Lautaro scored to help Inter 2-1, and in the 78th minute, Correa scored from the far corner to help Inter extend the score 3-1, and Benfica scored two goals in the final minute to draw 3-3, or 3-5 on aggregate.
This is Inter's first Champions League semi-finalist since 2010, ending a 13-year wait before playing a Milan derby with AC Milan for the first time since 2005.
On the previous matchday, the last four of the Champions League took the lead in determining two places, AC Milan eliminated Napoli 2-1 on aggregate, and Real Madrid eliminated Chelsea 4-0 on aggregate, so that Manchester City, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Inter Milan joined hands to advance to the last four.