The quarter-finals of the Champions League have come to an end, and the most eye-catching combination is of course the last Champions League champion and treble winner Manchester City and the Champions League champion Real Madrid, after the first leg of the draw at the Bernabeu, the second leg back to Manchester for a life-and-death showdown, the game finally played to a penalty shootout, Real Madrid relied on the Champions League DNA Jedi to survive the game to take the game away.
Last season, the two teams met in the semi-finals of the Champions League, with Real Madrid drawing 1-1 at home in the first leg and being slaughtered 4-0 in the second round after returning to Manchester City's home stadium, and Manchester City finally won the Champions League for the first time in team history.
The first leg of the quarterfinals ignited the fire at the Bernabeu at Real Madrid's home stadium, as soon as the game started, Manchester City relied on Bernardo Silva's set-piece outside the penalty area to score, 10 minutes later Real Madrid relied on the young French midfielder Eduardo Camavinga volley outside the penalty area, the ball hit Manchester City defender Ruben Dias and then refracted to equalize the score, two minutes later Real Madrid Brazilian striker Rodrygo received a wonderful pass from his teammates and single-handedly faced Manchester City defender Akanji, Rodrygo shot through Ederson, who is also the goalkeeper of the Brazilian national team, to take the lead for Real Madrid.
The game came to the second half 66 minutes, Manchester City striker Phil Foden volleyed outside the penalty area, the perfect arc went straight to the upper left corner of the goal, the ball was beautiful into Manchester City to tie the game, 5 minutes later, Manchester City defender Gvardiol outside the penalty area took the ball to the upper right corner of the Real Madrid goal volleyed the ball into the net, this goal was originally Gvardiol's mistake to stop the ball, but it unexpectedly turned into a wonderful world wave. In the 80th minute, Real Madrid's Vinicius Júnior broke through on the left and sent a volley to Federico Valverde from the right flank, equalizing the game again for Real Madrid, and finally drew 3-3.
Back at Manchester City's home stadium in the second round, Real Madrid relied on Rodrygo's goalmouth shot to take an early lead, and the game went all the way to the 76th minute, Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne relied on Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger's penalty area clearance error into the net to equalize the game, and after 120 minutes of fierce battle, the two teams went to a penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, Manchester City sent Alvarez, who came on as a substitute, to score the first one, and Real Madrid on the other side was the experienced Modric, but was saved by Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson, Manchester City sent Bernardo Silva with great momentum, but he kicked a head-on ball with no power and angle, Real Madrid goalkeeper Andre Lunin easily blocked it without moving, the key to the game was Manchester City midfielder Matteo Kovacic, Real Madrid goalkeeper Andre Lunin saved the ball again, and the momentum reversed! Real Madrid scored from a tight angle from defender Antonio Rudiger as they eliminated Manchester City to reach the quarter-finals.
Manchester City has an absolute advantage in this game, 0-1 in the first half of the second half of the chase, Manchester City has been close to 7 percent of the possession rate crushed Real Madrid, the number of shots on goal Manchester City 33, on the other hand, Real Madrid only 8, corner kicks are 18-1, the number of successful passes Manchester City is twice as much as Real Madrid.
Real Madrid was almost completely pressed in the second half, most of them were staying in their own half of the defense, wanting to play a defensive counterattack but could only do defense, Manchester City in the second half of the city continued to attack the ground, continue to grasp the advantage of possession, through the guide has been waiting for the opportunity in the Real Madrid half, created several shots almost to break the door of Real Madrid, 80 minutes De Bruyne in front of the goal had a great opportunity to break the goal, but unfortunately kicked away.
After extra time, Real Madrid was clearly preparing for a penalty shootout, and Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti's original five candidates were also adjusted due to physical exhaustion. Real Madrid played hard in the quarterfinals, Manchester City showed strong ball control, Real Madrid was able to beat Manchester City In addition to Ancelotti's timely tactical adjustment, the player's ability to resist pressure is also extremely high, although it is a bit of a taste of escape, but in the end it was promoted.
Real Madrid's semi-final opponents are Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, and the last time the two teams met in the last four of the Champions League was in 2017/18, Real Madrid narrowly beat Bayern Munich 4-3 over two legs to reach the title and finally beat Liverpool to win the title.
Real Madrid and Bayern are the most times and the second most teams in the history of the Champions League, Real Madrid is far ahead of Barcelona in the league, and the Bundesliga is won by Bayer Leverkusen in advance, the two teams are bound to go all out to impact the Champions League, especially for Bayern This season there is only one chance left in the Champions League, if you don't grasp it, you will face the dilemma of not winning this season, Real Madrid wants to leave memories for a number of meritorious veterans;