Live match: Manchester City 3-2 Real Madrid, minute by minute
Manchester City 3-2 Real Madrid | Min. 61 | Modric’s tunnel down the left wing, allowing Rodri to pay and then put in a filtered stroke for Benzema. The Frenchman puts in a cross that Laporte heads away.
Manchester City 3-2 Real Madrid | Min. 55 | ¡¡GOOOOOOL DEL MADRID, GOOOOOOL DE VINICIUS !! Madrid responds in the individual match for the Brazilian, who makes a brilliant display in midfield. Vini lets Mendy’s stroke pass, the ball goes between Fernandinho’s legs and Vinicius escapes through the left sector. Unstoppable on the 20th, which reaches the area and defines from the right before Ederson’s exit. Everything belongs to Vinicius, Madrid is back in the game!
Manchester City 3-1 Real Madrid | Min. 53 | ¡GOOOOOOL DEL CITY, GOOOOOOL DE FODEN !! Error in the Spanish exit, Fernandinho anticipates Vinícius, yields to Mahrez and passes him. The Algerian returns the Brazilian, who puts a center into the area. Foden arrives completely alone to send her to head save.
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min 47 | WHAT A FAILURE OF MAHREZ! The Argentinian escapes at speed, beats Militao in the split and goes hand in hand once morest Courtois. Riyad defines with his left foot with the inside, the ball hits the post and the rebound is left to Foden, who first shoots on goal. Carvajal saves on the line. Madrid was saved!
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min. 46 | Actions resume at the Etihad Stadium. Madrid made its first modification: Alaba left, Nacho entered.
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min. 45+1 | We’re going to rest! In a very lively match, City is beating Real Madrid 2-1. English start overwhelming, but the Spanish team responded with Benzema.
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min. 45+1 | Fernandinho cuts the pass and steals at the start. The Brazilian opens for Mahrez who hits a right diagonal first. The Madrid defense moves away.
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min. 40 | Free kick for the Citizens from the right. Mahrez hits a direct left-footed shot that Courtois pushes away with his fists.
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min. 36 | There is a change of premises. It’s all for Stones, the captain gives his place to Fernandinho, who keeps the badge.
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min. 36 | Corner shot to the right, center that is finished off by Militao. The header goes way up.
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min 35 | ONE MORE FROM MADRID! Rodrygo receives from the right and sneaks into the area at speed. The Brazilian hits a right hand that Ederson sends to the corner.
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid | Min. 33 | ¡¡GOOOOOOL DEL REAL MADRID, GOOOOOOL DE KARIM BENZEMA !! Modric recovers, yields to Mendy on the left. The Frenchman crosses to the penalty spot, where Benzema finishes off first with his left foot. The volley goes right off the post, nothing to do for Ederson.
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min 31 | ANOTHER OF THE LOCALS! Zinchenko changes the script a bit, he comes alive with a left-footed shot from medium distance. The shot is opening, he goes to the side.
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min 30 | ANSWER THE MADRID! Corner kick that is charged short by Benzema. Center to the area, where Alaba beats Rúben Dias with a header. The header goes through one side of the goal.
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min 29 | ONE MORE FROM THE CITY! Vertical action of the English, De Bruyne first enables filtering for Foden, who receives and then hits a left-footed shot. The attempt is crossed.
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min. 26 | ¡PERDONA EL CITY! Off the hook of the locals, Mahrez escapes to the right at speed. Riyadh goes for the singles despite having two teammates in goal position, his forehand hits the outside of the net. Guardiola explodes with courage on the bench!
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min. 25 | ¡PALO! Pressure at City exit, Ederson gives in to Dias and he loses to Benzema. The rebound is left to Vinícius, who tries to return Karim. The ball hits a defender and ends up hitting the post. It is signaled offside.
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min. 17 | Approximation of the visit. Modric wins a divided ball, leaves for Benzema and he opens from the left for Vinícius, who faces and shoots from the right. The shot is deflected by a defender, there will be a corner.
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min. 15 | Filtered serve from De Bruyne to Foden. The Englishman puts in a low center from the right, it passes to Courtois and Alaba removes the danger.
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min. 14 | City’s dominance is evident. Double advantage on the scoreboard and a lot of possession for the English, who want to hit once once more.
Manchester City 2-0 Real Madrid | Min. 11 | ¡¡GOOOOOOL DEL CITY, GOOOOOOL DE GABRIEL JESÚS !! The English increased the advantage with a right hand from the Brazilian. De Bruyne’s center to the area, Alaba tries to cut but Gabriel Jesús controls from behind, turns and defines before Courtois bails out. Two to zero!
Manchester City 1-0 Real Madrid | Min. 5 | Error in the English exit, the ball is left to Benzema, who enables Rodrygo to be first. Good defensive cut to end the danger.
Manchester City 1-0 Real Madrid | Min. 2 | ¡GOOOOOOOOOL DEL MANCHESTER CITY, GOOOOOL DE DE BRUYNE! Dressing room score for the locals. Action from the right, Mahrez faces and hooks to the left, puts a cross to the far post where Kevin De Bruyne appears with a header. The Belgian beats Dani Carvajal back.
Manchester City 0-0 Real Madrid | Min 1 | START THE MATCH! Roll the ball in the semifinals of the Champions League. City moves, with its traditional light blue uniform; Madrid appears with the jersey in navy blue.
13:58 hrs | sounds the UEFA Champions League anthem! The two teams are already on the pitch, all set for kick-off. Rúben Dias and Karim Benzema lead their squads at the ceremony.
13:50 hrs | Continuing with the figures on the bench. Pep Guardiola already knows what it is eliminate Real Madrid in the Champions League, in fact it has achieved it on two occasions: in the 2010/11 with Barcelona (3-1) and in 2019/20 with City itself (4-2). So far no coach has fired Real three times.
Manchester City vs Real Madrid: forecast for today’s game
13:40 hrs | The Madrid have won just one of their last six visits to England: two draws and three losses in this period. Curiously, the only victory was in the most recent history, once morest Chelsea. The MARCA Claro prediction is: Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid.
13:30 hrs | Today we will see the leader of the Premier League once morest the leader of LaLiga. City is first in English football with 80 points, the product of 25 wins, five draws and three losses; Madrid occupies the top of Spain with 78 units, with 24 wins, six draws and three setbacks.
13:20 hrs | An interesting duel from the benches: Carlo Ancelotti once morest Pep Guardiola. The two helmsmen have met six times, with four wins for the Spanish and two for the Italian. Pep reaped his victories as manager of City and once morest Everton; Ancelotti did it as manager of Real Madrid once morest Bayern Munich.
13:10 hrs | Thus the arrival of Madrid in England. The white club has two draws and one defeat in its last three visits to Manchester City. The most recent precedent was a 2-1 defeat in the second leg of the 2019/20 Champions League round of 16.
Confirmed line-up of Real Madrid
13:00 hrs | Now let’s meet the XI of Madrid. Carlo Ancelotti sends to the field: Thibaut Courtois, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Fede Valverde, Vinícius Jr., Rodrygo and Karim Benzema.
Five modifications in relation to the last game in LaLiga: Carvajal, Mendy, Kroos, Modric and Vini enter eleven.
Manchester City line-up confirmed
12:50 hrs | We already have lineups! City will come out with Ederson, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus.
Son four changes compared to the weekend once morest Watford. Stones, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez and Foden take the places of Joao Cancelo, Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling and Jack Grealish.
Champions League day! The semifinals of the most important tournament at club level in Europe begin and today the Manchester City hosts Real Madrid in the first leg. Welcome and welcome to MARCA minute by minute Of course, my name is Alan Osornio and I will bring you all the details from the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England.
The English team arrives following eliminating another Spanish team, also from the capital: 0-1 aggregate once morest Atlético de Madrid in the quarterfinals; the merengue team did the same with an English club: 5-4 once morest Chelsea.
This will be the seventh time that City have faced Madrid in European competition. The balance is two wins for each team and two draws.
Let’s go with the preview!
