Manchester City beats Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final

In a game worth a place in the final, the manchester city thrashed the Real Madrid 4-0 and is in the big Champions League final, against Inter Milan. At the Etihad Stadium, this Wednesday, the 17th, the English team dominated the Spanish rival and had two goals from Bernardo Silvaone of Julian Álvarez and one of Éder Militão (against).

Now against the Italian club, City dreams of the unprecedented title and will play the second Champions League final in its history. Runner-up in 2020/21, the coach’s team Pep Guardiola made their third consecutive semifinal at the European tournament.

FULL-TIME | WE’RE ON OUR WAY TO ISTANBUL!!!

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— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 17, 2023

In the first leg, which was played at the Santiago Bernabéu, in Spain, the teams were tied 1-1, with great goals from vinicius junior It is Kevin De Bruyneand left everything open for the definition of the vacancy in England.

Inter Milan were the first Champions League finalists after eliminating their rivals Milan in the other semifinal. The big decision will be played on June 10, at 4 pm (Brasília time), at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The game

City started the match with all the pressure possible on Real Madrid, but the team was stopped by the miracles made by goalkeeper Coutois in the first 20 minutes. The home team had the domain and control of the attacking actions, but bumped into the Belgian archer.

In Manchester’s first good chance, in the 12th minute, Haaland received Grealish’s cross and headed into the small area for Courtois to save. Defender Alaba removed the danger in the sequence.

In the 20th minute, another miracle by the Belgian goalkeeper with a close-range header by Haaland. The Real Madrid defender stretched to palm the ball out. The home team continued to press Real’s ball out, which missed many passes and did not leave the midfield.

The goal, which was maturing, came out in the 22nd minute, with Bernardo Silva. In the act, De Bruyne made a beautiful pass to the midfielder, between Modric and Kroos, and the number 20 appeared free on the right of the area to shoot hard, in the left corner of Courtois, who fell to the defense, but without success: 1 to 0 (2 to 1 on aggregate).

In the 26th minute, Haaland received Gundogan’s pass and sent a bomb to the left of Courtois’ goal. In the 28th minute, City held 81% of possession against 19% for the Spaniards. Real Madrid activated goalkeeper Ederson in the 34th minute, when Vinícius Júnior took advantage of the corner kick, rolled towards Benzema and touched back. Kroos arrived to send a missile across the crossbar and out.

Bernardo Silva scored his and City’s second in the 36th minute. After playing with Grealish, Gundogan finished on top of Militão and gave the rebound to the number 20, who sent a header in the left corner, beating Alaba: 2 to 0.

With a disadvantage on the scoreboard, the team led by Carlo Ancelotti returned to the second half trying to bet on the dead ball. In the sixth minute, in the first chance to score, Alaba took the free kick well and saw goalkeeper Ederson fly to make a great save.

Real Madrid appeared for the game in the second half, leading possession of the ball. On the other hand, City established themselves well in the marking and managed the result in front of their lively crowd at the Etihad Stadium.

In the 27th minute, Gundogan received the ball from Haaland and returned it to the Norwegian, who was face to face with Courtois and finished, for the defense of the Belgian goalkeeper. At 30 minutes, the third goal came: Éder Militão scored against. After a free kick, De Bruyne tried to set it up for Akanji, who did not make the detour and deceived the Brazilian defender: 3 to 0.

In the end, at 37 of the second half, goalkeeper Ederson shone in finishing Benzema, who took advantage of the surplus on the right. On the rebound, Ceballos kicked into the corner and demanded another defense from the Brazilian, who spread it out.

The rout was completed in the 46th minute, with a goal by Julián Álvarez. After a good steal from Foden, the attacker made the scoreboard with Mahrez and made a beautiful pass to the Argentine, who took it from Courrtois and sent it to the back of the net: 4 to 0.

Lineups

Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Rúben Dias and Akanji; Rodri, Gundogan and De Bruyne; Bernardo Silva, Grealish and Haaland.

Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militão, Alaba and Camavinga; Kroos, Valverde and Modric; Rodrygo, Vinícius Junior and Benzema.