Goals and Highlights: Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City in Champions League 2022

It's over! Real Madrid turns the scoreline around and ends up reaching the Champions League final.

Real Madrid stays in the background, waiting for City's attacks and keeping them away from their goal.

Defensive header by Militao, preventing City from shooting at goal.

The last overtime of this semifinal begins.

At the end of the first half, Real Madrid took the lead.

Goalkeeper! Courtois clears the ball before Fernandinho manages to shoot.

Real Madrid change. Benzema is replaced by Dani Ceballos.

Goal, goal, goal for Real Madrid! Benzema shoots from the penalty spot to give Los Merengues the lead

Penalty for Real Madrid! Dias brings down Benzema inside the area and the penalty is awarded.

The action resumes and the ball rolls for overtime.

That's it! Regular time is over, the match will be decided in overtime.

Goal, goal, goal for Real Madrid! Carvajal's cross and Rodrygo with a lethal header ties the aggregate.

Goal, goal, goal for Real Madrid! Rodrygo appeared in the center, who took advantage of Benzema's cross, and pushed the ball into the back of the net.

Grealish's half-turn, shot and the ball is deflected by Courtois.

Valverde's header, preventing United from making contact with the ball.

United change. Gabriel Jesus comes off and Grealish takes his place.

The home side looked to score, but were unable to reach their opponents' goal with danger.

Madrid change. Casemiro and Luka Modric are replaced by Asensio and Camavinga.

Goal, goal, goal for Manchester City! Bernardo Silva's pass and Mahrez pops up on the wing to put it away and increase the aggregate lead.

Manchester City change. Zinchenko and Gündogan come on for Walker and de Bruyne.

Real Madrid change. Toni Kroos comes off and Rodrygo takes his place.

Vinicius' cross, but Bernardo's header from the bottom of the box keeps out the danger.

Real Madrid looks to open the scoring, but City's defense prevents the onslaught.

The match restarts, with no changes for the second half.

At the end of the first half, the match remains tied at 0-0.

Benzema's shot, but the ball ends up out of the goal.

Folden sent a lethal shot, but the ball ricocheted off the Merengue defense.

A powerful shot from Kroos, but the ball goes wide.

A hard-fought encounter between both teams in midfield, looking for the rival goal.

Cancelo arrived with danger but ended up putting the ball too far forward and Carvajal stole it.

The last ninety minutes of this series begin, both teams will be looking for the pass.

Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Foden, Jesus.

Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Nacho, Mendy, Valverde, Casemiro, Modric, Kroos, Vinicius, Benzema.

 

Both teams are already at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, warming up before the start of this important match that will determine the second finalist.

Real Madrid is already at home, tonight they will be looking to come from behind and qualify for the final of this edition.

Manchester City is already at the Merengue stadium, they will be looking to continue with the advantage and reach the final of this competition.

Since 2002, Real Madrid had not reached a Champions League final without Cristiano Ronaldo, a player who played in four finals in this competition.

That's nine knockout stages out of the last ten that Manchester City have played and they have emerged triumphant, this after winning the first leg.

Manchester City have won their last three meetings with Real Madrid in the Champions League. Only two teams have beaten Real Madrid four times in a row, Ajax and Bayern Munich.

Casemiro for Real Madrid, Cancelo and Walker for United, all three players are already in the starting eleven of their respective teams.

The fans gathered to welcome the Merengues outside the Santiago Bernabeu, a great reception for Ancelotti's men.

 

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— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) May 4, 2022

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Pep Guardiola spoke prior to this match: "I congratulated him for winning the Spanish league, I did, I did it last week. I admire him, he has been all over the world, in great soccer countries and fantastic teams. Always incredibly tough, the soccer is really good. Apart from that he is an exceptional person. I met him years ago and every time I am with him he is calm, he controls his emotions perfectly."

"Playing at the Bernabeu is a test and a great luck, because it means we are in the semifinals. But the Bernabeu is a great test to prove ourselves."

"I didn't see the match, I saw the summary and I haven't seen it much because that day Benzema didn't play, Ancelotti did a thing he doesn't usually do, with Modric.... So, it's not a reference."

"It's likely, yes. We have to be better, but we can play much worse than we played and we can win. We can't deny that my assessment is correct. Nobody knows. Sometimes you get what you don't deserve, sometimes you don't get what you deserve. We got to play unbelievably well and win the game."

"Really no, we were happy to win. To eliminate Madrid we know you have to play two good games, it's not enough with just one or winning the first one."

"Experience... The question is what to learn from experience. You could make the same mistakes. It's completely different, it's hard to compare with last season. How will the guys wake up tomorrow, what will their mood be? The fact is that we've been in this situation quite often in the last few years, we've been here and done well and we know how to handle the situation. But it's no guarantee of playing well. We know we have to do well and give our best to get to the final."

Carlo Ancelotti spoke before the match, where he also touched on the subject of his retirement: "After this stage at Real Madrid it is likely that I will retire. But if Real Madrid want me to be here for another 10 years, I'll be here for another 10 years".

 "I would like to be with my grandchildren, to be on vacation with my wife. There are so many things to do that I've had to put aside.... Going to a lot of places I've never been to. I've never been to Australia. I've never been to Rio de Janeiro. I want to go visit my sister more often. Unfortunately, you can't do everything, so the day I retire I'll have all these things to do."

"Karim doesn't have to be coached or managed. Karim has to be used. He manages himself because he is a great professional, very humble, a great player. He has solved many games for us, he was decisive this season. He is now one of the most famous players in the world and he maintains great humility, and I think that is his strength. And he will win the Ballon d'Or. But you don't win it just because of Benzema, behind it is the strong structure of a strong club."

Ederson; J. Stones, R. Dias, A. Laporte, O. Zinchenko; K. De Bruyne, Rodri, B. Silva; R. Mahrez, G. Jesus, P. Foden.

T. Courtois; F. Mendy, D. Alaba, E. Militao, D. Carvajal; L. Modric, T. Kroos, F. Valverde; Vinicius Jr., K. Benzema, Rodrygo.

Manchester City arrives after beating Leeds four goals to zero, however Liverpool is following closely with only one point difference, in this match, will seek to add the victory to sneak into the final of this edition.

Real Madrid comes to this match after beating Espanyol four goals to zero, where Rodrygo was the protagonist with a brace, proclaiming themselves champions in LaLiga. In this duel they will seek to continue improving their numbers and score one more final in this competition.

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This match will define the second finalist of this edition of the Champions League. The first leg was quite exciting and left a result of four goals to three, in favor of the English team; however, in this match they will try to define the game in regular time.

The Real Madrid vs Manchester City match will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium located in Madrid, Spain. The stadium has a capacity for 81 044 people. 

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