Manchester City and Real Madrid shared their trump card in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. While the first match ended with a score of 1-1, Manchester City managed to defeat their opponent with a score of 4-0 in the second leg.
In the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, Manchester City defeated Real Madrid 4-0 and became Inter’s rival in the final in Istanbul.
In the semi-final rematch of the most important club level tournament of European football, England representative Manchester City, one of the teams that drew 1-1 in the first match, hosted Spain’s Real Madrid team at the Etihad Stadium.
The home team, who started the match with consecutive attacks, managed by Polish referee Szymon Marciniak, could not evaluate the goal positions they had captured in the first minutes with Rodri, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland.
Bernardo Silva, who met the ball in the right diagonal of the penalty area with De Bruyne’s intermediate pass in City, which increased his pressure, brought his team forward 1-0 in the 23rd minute, by bringing the leather ball to the nets from the right corner with a place shot.
Trying to be a partner in the game, Toni Kroos, who met with the leather round outside the penalty area in Real Madrid, hit the ball hard from about 30 meters in the 35th minute, and the ball returned from the upper post.
Ilkay Gundogan, who entered the penalty area in Manchester City with a dribble, returned the ball from the defense and headed for Bernardo Silva in front of the goal. The Portuguese player scored his and his team’s second goal in the 37th minute with a neat header, setting the score for the first half: 2-0.
Silva is the third player behind Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski, who managed to score two goals against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals.
David Alaba’s curved and hard free kick shot in the 50th minute in Real Madrid, which started the second half more aggressively, gave City goalkeeper Ederson a stylish save and led the ball into the corner.
Facing the goalkeeper in the penalty area with Ilkay Gundogan’s heel pass in the City team, which was effective with counterattacks, Haaland’s 73rd minute hit from the ground, the leather round returned from goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois hit the crossbar and went into the corner.
De Bruyne’s free kick from the left wing in City, which made his attacks more frequent, the head kick of Manuel Akanji, hit Real Madrid defender Eder Militao, changed direction and met with the nets. With the Brazilian player’s own goal, City took a 3-0 lead over his opponent.
Goalkeeper Ederson was successful in scoring goals scored by Real Madrid with Karim Benzema and Dani Ceballos.
Argentinian Julian Alvarez hit the ball 90+1 for a technical kick, who faced the goalkeeper with a pass from Phil Foden, one of the two players who later entered the game in City. He sent it to the nets in minutes and ensured that his team left the field with a 4-0 victory.
On the other hand, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti surpassed Alex Ferguson to become the coach with the most appearances in the tournament’s history with 191 matches.
Having eliminated Real Madrid, the most successful team in the history of the Champions League with 14 trophies, Manchester City remained between the last two teams for the second time in the tournament after 2021. The British team will face the Italian team Inter on Saturday, June 10, in the final, which will be hosted by the Atatürk Olympic Stadium for the second time in Istanbul.