12/26/2023 0 Comments Real madrid vs man city time![]() When play resumed, Madrid emerged the stronger and four minutes in, they had a penalty, Benzema tumbling over the tired, lunging leg of Ruben Dias before ignoring City's attempts at distraction by rolling the spot-kick into the corner.Ĭity pushed as Fernandinho came up just short at the back post when Courtois parried away. Madrid only needed one as City, for so long so compact and composed, were suddenly sprawled and all it needed was for Carvajal to swing a cross into the box, where the diminutive Rodrygo headed in. ![]() It was the 90th minute when Benzema cushioned a ball brilliantly across for Rodrygo to feather in at the near post and the cheer for the goal was only a little louder than for the stadium announcer then saying there would be six minutes of added time. It felt inconsequential because Madrid looked dead and buried but somehow, out of nowhere, they found a way back. Jack Grealish, on as a substitute, could have made it two for City but somehow Ferland Mendy cleared off the line, before another Grealish shot flashed past the post. ![]() Modric went off and with the Croatian seemed to go some of Madrid's belief. Silva shaped to shoot but instead wedged the ball right to Mahrez, who smashed it hard, early and past Courtois. A sloppy Kyle Walker pass set Casemiro loose but the weaving Vinicius was unable to find a way through.Īn injury to Walker checked Madrid's momentum and when the game found its rhythm again, City struck, Ilkay Gundogan's pass cutting through Madrid's midfield and finding Silva, who danced through to the edge of the box. Probably their best chance came within seconds of the restart as Dani Carvajal found space down the right but Vinicius Junior shot wide at the back post.Ĭity were on the back foot as space opened up for Modric in the box but a poor touch made his finish difficult. Real Madrid survived and then improved before the break, Modric causing a roar of satisfaction when he outsprinted De Bruyne to cut off a counter. In between, Luka Modric and Rodri clashed over a Casemiro challenge and then City stepped forward, squeezing Madrid into errors as Kevin De Bruyne hit Thibaut Courtois from distance before the goalkeeper had to make a smart reaction save from Bernardo Silva. Real Madrid were the more assertive early on, with Benzema given a couple of difficult opportunities that only he, in his current form, might have expected to convert. ![]() "Another magic night from the kings of Europe," read a banner draped over the stand at one end before kick-off but for most of normal time, this match failed to live up to the seven-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium last week. They are a victory against Liverpool away from lifting a 14th European Cup. Like PSG and Chelsea before them, City will wonder how they emerged as losers from a match they largely controlled and there will be fresh scrutiny too on coach Pep Guardiola, who, for all his success, goes another year without leading City to the European glory they so crave.Ĭity's collapse would have been almost inexplicable had it been against anyone other than Real Madrid, who advance to their 17th final in the competition. This season, Madrid had already performed the unlikeliest of rescue acts to defeat both Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 and Chelsea in the quarter-finals but, given the stakes and how close they were to defeat, this one against Manchester City was surely the most dramatic.
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