2024-04-10 10:17:49
A memorable game with many twists and turns develops between the “Royal” and the “Sky Blues”. In the end it gets dramatic.
What an evening in Madrid: 3:3 (2:1) between Real and Manchester City in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. A game that will be remembered for a long time.
Because it kept going back and forth: Ruben Dias (12th, own goal), Rodrygo (14th) and Federico Valverde (79th) scored for the “Royal”, Bernardo Silva (2nd) had put the guests in the lead, Phil Foden (66′) and Josko Gvardiol (71′) then turned the game around again for Pep Guardiola’s team. Everything remains open for the second leg in Manchester (April 17th).
This is how the game went:
Manchester took the lead in the second minute through Bernardo Silva. But it only lasted ten minutes. Because Real hit back furiously – and turned the game around in two minutes. With a double blow thanks to an own goal from City defender Dias and a goal from Rodrygo, the Royals were now ahead in the duel between highly decorated star coaches Guardiola (Manchester City) and Ancelotti (Real Madrid).
After the break the guests struck back and again two goals were scored within a short space of time. First, Foden equalized (66th), before former RB Leipzig professional Gvardiol (71st) scored to make it 3-2 for Manchester. But it wasn’t to stay that way, the game had another crazy twist in store: with a dream goal, Valverde managed to score the equalizer for Real that was ultimately deserved after the game had gone, after Germany’s former world champion and national team returnee Toni Kroos was substituted for Luka Modric was.