Real Madrid beat Manchester City this Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals played at the Etihad Stadium, dethroning the current champion to strengthen their bid for the fifteenth crown thanks to a decisive Lunin in the penalty shootout to the goal which decided a long-suffering qualifier. .
After the 3-3 first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu, Carlo Ancelotti’s men took revenge for last season’s elimination against Pep Guardiola’s men, and ended the English team’s unbeaten streak at home, since 2018, in Champions. In the first 45 minutes, Madrid scored first with Rodrygo and defended well against a City who were, increasingly, hovering around the gphew.
The current champion could have done better, as he demonstrated during this change of third and during the restart, with a total seat on a decisive Lunin before winning the title by far, until they made it 1-1 for Kevin de Bryune. After an extension where the wear and tear was visible, the penalties elevated the 25-year-old Ukrainian goalkeeper, leader of a new epic episode for Madrid in Europe.
“As a coach, I can only ask that of my players. Of course, I pay tribute to Madrid, they were able to hold on and resist. We faced many closed teams and we always found a way to find a gap today, we missed,” Guardiola said.
“There is no such thing as luck and I agree. We didn’t manage to score a goal. We did everything we could. What a hell of a way to lose. Today it hurts, but tomorrow we have to get up and keep going. You can’t always win.”
I was devastated, not like the Madrid fans. The celebration of Tomás Roncero, journalist from As and El Chiringuito, represents all of Real Madrid.