1-0, 1-1! Champions League semi-finals are born: Real Madrid eliminated Manchester City, Bayern advanced, and the top 2 of the Premier League were all out
The second leg of the 2023/24 Champions League quarter-finals is over, and the two La Liga teams that won the first leg collectively upset, and Barcelona was reversed by Paris Saint-Germain with four goals in a row while leading by two goals at home, missing the semi-finals. Another La Liga team, Atletico Madrid, lost 4-2 away to Borussia Dortmund and were eliminated 4-5 on aggregate and missed out on the semi-finals. The two teams from the same group stage of death managed to reach the semi-finals. In the early hours of this morning, Manchester City sat at home against Real Madrid, and Bayern sat at home against the Gunners Arsenal.
Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid
Manchester City are leading the Premier League title race, while Real Madrid are at the top of La Liga, and the battle between the two teams is a veritable title match. Manchester City has come from behind this season, temporarily leading Arsenal and Liverpool in the Premier League title, occupying the initiative in the title race, the FA Cup has also reached the semi-finals, the Champions League is impacting the semi-finals, Guardiola retains the possibility of impacting the defending treble, while Haaland, De Bruyne, Grealish, Doku, Foden and other players are also adjusted to the best condition, in the sprint stage of the season, Manchester City is trustworthy.
Real Madrid lead La Liga by eight points, with a clear advantage, and the next round of La Liga will stage a Spanish national derby with Barcelona. In the Champions League, Real Madrid met Manchester City in the knockout rounds for the third consecutive season, and in the previous two seasons, Real Madrid and Manchester City won once each, and finally won the Champions League, the first leg of which was a 3-3 draw at the Bernabeu Stadium, which fans thought was an early final.
In the game, in the first half, Rodrygo took the lead. Yibian fought again and De Bruyne equalised. Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid went into extra time in regulation time. In extra-time, Foden and Rudiger missed a good chance. The two sides entered the penalty shootout, the penalty shootout, Modric, B, Kovacic missed the point, Lunin made two saves. In the end, Real Madrid defeated Manchester City 4-3 on penalties and eliminated Manchester City 8-7 on aggregate to advance to the semifinals.
Bayern 1-0 Arsenal
Bayern's 11 consecutive titles in the Bundesliga were broken by Bayer Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title five rounds in advance, Tuchel only managed Bayern until the end of the season, and in the rest of the schedule, the Champions League became the only competition for Bayern to compete for the title.
Arsenal is at a critical juncture in the season, in the last round of the Premier League, Arsenal suffered a shock defeat to Aston Villa at home, giving up the top spot to Manchester City, the morale of the players was greatly damaged, and the slightest carelessness will collapse completely. Bayern can be called Arsenal's nemesis in the Champions League, and in the previous four Champions League knockout rounds, Bayern had the last laugh and successfully qualified. Now, Bayern can concentrate on the Champions League, while Arsenal have to be distracted from the Premier League title race.
In the game, Musiala and Odegaard respectively shot from a distance in the first half, but both teams failed to score, Bayern temporarily 0-0 Arsenal, in the second half Goretzka hit the crossbar, Guerrero assisted Kimmich to score, and finally Bayern 1-0 Arsenal, 3-2 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals, Arsenal was eliminated by Bayern for the fifth time in history.