In the early morning of April 18, Beijing time, in the second leg of the 1/4 finals of the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Manchester City hosted Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium, and the two sides drew 3-3 in the first leg. Rodrygo gave Real Madrid the lead in the first half of the second leg, before Kevin De Bruyne equalised in the second half. After 90 minutes, the two sides drew 1-1, the aggregate score was 4-4, and the game went to extra time. In extra time, both teams failed to score and a brutal penalty shootout came. In the shoot-out, Real Madrid's Luka Modric missed a penalty and Lunin saved a penalty from Bench B and Mateo Kovacic. In the end, Real Madrid won 4-3 on penalties and eliminated Manchester City 8-7 on aggregate over the two legs to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Real Madrid will face Bayern.
In the 8th minute, Manchester City went straight forward, De Bruyne crossed on the right side of the penalty area, and Lunin came out to save the ball. In the 10th minute, Camavinga won the ball in front of the penalty area and fired a long-range shot with his left foot, and Ederson fell to the ground to hold the ball.
In the 12th minute, Real Madrid played a quick counterattack, Carvajal kicked off on the right side of the backfield to find Bellingham in the front, who stopped the ball and sent it straight through, Valverde took the ball and then went straight to the right side of the penalty area, Vinicius received the ball and crossed, and Rodrygo at the back point scored the ball with two consecutive shots, Real Madrid 1-0 Manchester City.
In the 16th minute, Manchester City's fast attack shifted the ball to the left, and Seat B received a return pass on the left side of the field and crossed with his left foot, and Haaland's header in the box hit the top of the goal. In the 19th minute, a cross from the right side of the Manchester City penalty area was blocked, and the header from seat B was crossed to the middle after a steal, Haaland's header was relayed to the goal, the ball hit the crossbar, and seat B made a supplementary shot but blocked the ball from the bottom line.
In the 27th minute, De Bruyne took a step forward with the ball, and then hit the goal with his right foot, and Lunin saved the ball sideways. In the 33rd minute, De Bruyne won the ball in front of the penalty area and fired another long-range shot, and the ball went high. In the 36th minute, Haaland defended the ball in midfield to the left, Grealish received the ball into the left side of the box and fired a left-footed volley into the side-netting.
In the 44th minute, Manchester City crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Carvajal headed the ball off the line. In the 45th minute, De Bruyne took a corner kick directly to the back point, and Lunin hit the ball with his fingertips. At the end of the first half, Real Madrid temporarily took the lead.
In the second half, Foden drove a corner kick from the left into the penalty area, Lunin saved the ball, Grealish met the ball with a volley and sank vigorously, Lunin blocked the ball again. In the 51st minute, De Bruyne sent a through ball from the left side of the field, and Nacho got the ball before Haaland, but he made a mistake with Lunin and went straight to the goal after passing Lunin. Fortunately, Nacho made a limit clearance in front of the empty goal, so he didn't put himself on an own goal.
In the 63rd minute, Valverde's clearance bounced off the referee's abdomen, who looked pained. In the 70th minute, Grealish picked up the ball on the left side of the penalty area, shook off the defender and volleyed hard, and Lunin saved the ball. In the 76th minute, Doku received the ball on the left side and broke through, came to the left side of the penalty area in front of the bottom line, Rudiger cleared not far away, the ball was picked up by De Bruyne in the penalty area, who pushed the goal from close range, Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid.
In the 78th minute, De Bruyne shook off a defender in front of the penalty area and fired a left-footed shot, and Lunin lifted the ball over the crossbar with his fingertips with one hand. In the 82nd minute, Manchester City crossed from the left side of the field, and De Bruyne near the penalty spot pushed high. In the 88th minute, Manchester City's corner kick from the left side was driven into the penalty area, and Haaland's header at the back post hit the top of the goal. At the end of 90 minutes, the two sides were tied 1-1, the aggregate score was 4-4, and the game went to extra time.
In the first half of extra time, Pep Guardiola replaced Haaland with Alvarez. In the 99th minute, Seat B crossed from the left side of the front, Foden in front of the goal volleyed with his left foot, and Lu Ning held the ball. In the 101st minute, Vinicius got the ball into the penalty area, and Walker struggled to defend the ball. In the 105+2nd minute, Real Madrid made a 45-degree cross from the left side of the front, Akanji cleared the ball and kicked it into the air, and Rudiger volleyed it wide from a small angle.
In the 110th minute, Carvajal collapsed on the field with leg cramps and could not hold on, and was replaced by Militão. In the 112th minute, Pep Guardiola replaced Kevin De Bruyne and Akanji with Mateo Kovacic and John Stones. In the 119th minute, Dias went straight forward, Bellingham received the ball and shot from no angle, and the ball went out of the bottom line. At the end of 120 minutes, the score was still 4-4, and the game went to penalties.
In the first round, Manchester City's Alvarez scored, Real Madrid's Modric's shot was saved by Ederson, 1-0;
In the second round, the penalty kick taken by Manchester City's B seat was easily won by Lu Ning, and Real Madrid's Bellingham scored it, 1-1;
In the third round, Manchester City's Kovacic's penalty was saved by Lunin again, and Real Madrid's Vazquez scored the penalty, 1-2;
In the fourth round, Manchester City's Foden scored a penalty, and Real Madrid's Nacho also scored a penalty, 2-3;
In the fourth round, Manchester City's goalkeeper Ederson himself came on and he faced Lunin to score a penalty, and Real Madrid's Toni Rudiger made it 3-4.
In the end, Real Madrid won 4-3 on penalties and eliminated Manchester City with an aggregate score of 8-7 to advance to the semi-finals.