It’s the start of the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday with two posters on the program. On the one hand Manchester City receives Atlético Madrid while the “little thumb” Benfica is opposed to the great Liverpool.
At Manchester City, Kevin De Bruyne is of course in the starting XI. In the opposite camp, Yannick Carrasco is still suspended. From the start of the match, the Skyblues take control of the ball. But Guardiola’s men struggled to outwit the Madrid defense which played to perfection in the first half.
With 20 minutes to go, when the plan drawn up by Simeone was working perfectly, Kevin De Bruyne released the Citizens. After a magnificent call and a millimeter pass from Foden, the Devil finds himself alone once morest Oblak. A golden opportunity that our compatriot does not miss to give the advantage to his team.
In the last ten minutes, Correa might have been sent off for a bad move on Grealish but the referee only showed him a yellow card.
In the other game of the evening, Jan Vertonghen is present in central defense on the side of Benfica. A difficult match for the Portuguese who are dominated from the first minutes. In the 17th, Konate opened the scoring for the Reds on a corner kick. Four hours later, Sadio Mané doubled the mark following a magnificent movement with Luis Diaz.
Returning from the locker room, Benfica revived thanks to a big error from Konaté which benefited Nunez to reduce the mark.
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