Fierce battle in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals
Manchester City and Real Madrid advance to the quarterfinals
Tonight’s News (Reporter Wang Zi) In the early hours of yesterday morning, Beijing time, in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals, Manchester City in the Premier League defeated Copenhagen in the Danish Super League 3-1 at home, resulting in a total score of 6-2 in the two rounds. Eliminate your opponents and advance to the quarterfinals.
In this campaign, Alvarez passed the ball and scored, assisting Akanji to score. Haaland scored a low shot before the end of the first half to seal the victory for Manchester City. So far this season, Alvarez has played in five Champions League games with the Blue Moon, contributing five goals and two assists, averaging one goal every 35 minutes, with outstanding efficiency. Haaland has scored 41 goals in his UEFA Champions League career. In 37 games, he has tied Aguero’s UEFA Champions League scoring data during his time with Manchester City and ranked among the top 20 scorers in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
After this campaign, Manchester City ushered in ten consecutive victories in the Champions League, setting a record for the longest winning streak for a Premier League club in this competition. Prior to this, only Real Madrid in La Liga and Bayern Munich in Bundesliga had done this. This is also the seventh consecutive season that “Blue Moon” has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, taking a step closer to its goal of defending the title.
In another game, Real Madrid of La Liga drew 1-1 at home with Red Bull Leipzig of Bundesliga. They eliminated their opponent with a total score of 2-1 over two rounds and advanced to the quarterfinals. Vinicius scored for Real Madrid and contributed goals in consecutive games. Bellingham completed the connection and has sent out nine assists so far this season, the highest number in the team.
After the game, Red Bull Leipzig expressed dissatisfaction with the controversial penalty in this game through multiple channels. The reason was that Vinicius made a chokehold during the game, causing Orban to fall to the ground, but the referee on duty only showed the Brazilian a yellow card. . According to Leipzig Red Bull Club Director Schroeder, the referee’s differential treatment of Vinicius directly affected the outcome of the game.
So far, four of the quarterfinals of this season’s Champions League have been decided. In addition to the above two teams, there are also Bundesliga Bayern Munich and French Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain. As Red Bull Leipzig stopped in the top 16, Dortmund has confirmed to become the 20th team to lock in the 2025 Club World Cup.