Manchester City take the lead in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, Benzema leaves hope for Real MadridFly into the homes of ordinary people
The first leg of this season’s Champions League semi-final started at the Etihad Stadium this morning. With De Bruyne’s wonderful performance, Manchester City defeated Real Madrid 4-3 and took the lead. However, the result of being scored 3 goals at home by the opponent made it difficult for Guardiola to rest assured. Although Real Madrid coach Ancelotti lost, he still had enough thoughts about advancing to the final, because the Galaxy battleship has the best state in the world. Good center – Benzema.
Caption: Manchester City VS Real Madrid Xinhua News Agency (the same below)
Before the game, Guardiola repeatedly emphasized the strength of the opponent and asked the defense to maintain sufficient vigilance. After all, there are many attackers with excellent personal ability in the opponent’s lineup, and Real Madrid is already far ahead in the competition for the La Liga championship. In order to enter the European war, Manchester City needs to play 120 points in order to hope to gain an advantage. In the first half of the game, the Blue Moon Legion’s players carried out Guardiola’s request very well. They suppressed their opponents on both ends of the attack and defense. In just 10 minutes, they took a 2-0 lead.
But just when the morale of the Manchester City generals was high and they were ready to eat their opponents in one breath, Real Madrid center Benzema stood up again. The famous football “Baker” scored a wonderful volley in the 32nd minute, which not only scored a valuable goal for Real Madrid, but also extinguished the opponent’s arrogance in time. When Manchester City regrouped and scored two more goals, Benzema teamed up with his striker partner Vinicius to start a new wave of counterattacks. In the 81st minute, under the interference of the away fans, the French center kicked a penalty kick that made the fans of the home team quiet for a moment and locked the final score at 4-3. A defeat that should have occurred, because of the brave Real Madrid captain, turned into a “mutual stab” between the two sides.
“Three goals are very important. I want to thank the players, especially Benzema’s performance.” After the game, Ancelotti made no secret of his appreciation for the Frenchman. “He missed some penalties before, but today He has made changes, this is his ability, it is not easy to play such a performance under the pressure on the road, I hope he can continue to be brave at home.” In the Champions League this season, Benzema has already played He scored 14 goals and became the most dazzling star, and is regarded as one of the favorites of the Golden Ball, but when talking about related topics, Real Madrid No. 9 said: “It feels very good to be praised by fans, but compared to the Golden Ball Award, I want to win La Liga and Champions League trophies, which is the most important goal at this stage. We lost in Manchester today, there may be some problems with the defense, but there are still 90 minutes in the semi-final, Real Madrid can do a lot .” (Xinmin Evening News reporter Lu Weixin)
