What things life has, what paradoxes football offers, how much story some have, what rogues many seem to be, how they deceive us all. Vinicius Juniorthe rebellious child, the magician of the ball, the rascal and fast striker of the real Madridthe game ended Championsfrom Europe, from the Old Continent, from the beyond, embraced by Walkeryour marker.
It will be because it is a big team and he could not tell him “you are a small team”, as he whispered to them throughout the final of Cup those of Osasuna. It will be because in front of him he had footballers who earn more money than him and accumulate more titles. Be. But this time he played soccer, what a great goal he scored, man! And he only started with his childishness when he scored against City, but his behavior was this time, Europe demands it and the rival was not kidding, immaculate.
thinking about the return
We had in the preview that this is the best match that can be seen right now in Europe, the Champions League champion against the fittest team and the one that plays the best on the continent. Well, the two played thinking about the second leg. Although, yes, it did not seem that Pep Guardiola Not even their footballers learned much from last year’s tie because, being able (not wanting to, because they didn’t want to) try to resolve the tie in the first leg, they preferred the tiki-taka (522 passes to 399 for Real Madrid and possession in favor). to bite, to go for all. And the whites looked alive.
Guardiola already said it when he arrived in Madrid: last year, the final was at the Bernabéu, this year it will be at our stadium. Yes, of course, but last night’s game, I’m sorry, the one in which many (too many) believed that City were coming to take revenge, to vindicate themselves, to sentence, what it showed is that Real Madrid can eliminate, perfectly, without blink and without disheveled the City.
Let’s not fool ourselves, Real Madrid loves how the game ended and how the tie is going. Real Madrid enjoys going to Manchester with a football inferiority (Real Madrid, gentlemen, doesn’t play, wins), with a tied score (beware that the goal was not worth double!), not coming out favorites even though they continue to be the champion.
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Real Madrid, on top of that, have the statistics in their favour, even when they lose them: the white team only survived two European Cup semifinals without winning the first leg and on both occasions they ended up eliminating Manchester City, in 2016 (0- 0 in England and 1-0 in Madrid) and in 2022 (4-3 in Manchester and 3-1 in Madrid).
I repeat, if last night’s game helped Guardiola, it is to know and verify that his team will have to do a lot more (not to mention that goal maker that is Haalandwhich he didn’t even touch it last night) if he wants to leave the European champion himself in the ditch, who, by the way, is 14 points behind Barça, which, sorry, gives the League a credit for the hell it’s going to win Xavi Hernandezwhich will be the host.