Erling Haaland celebrates his goal against Bayern Munich (3-0)

INTER ALSO WON 'EASY' AGAINST BENFICA

City thrashes Bayern and puts a foot and a half in the Champions League semis (3-0)

Published:11/04/2023 - 22:59h

Updated:11/04/2023 - 23:03h

Manchester City have a foot and a half in the Champions League semi-finals. Pep Guardiola's men took advantage of Bayern Munich's defensive errors to thrash at home (3-0). In Lisbon, Inter delivered the blow with a clear victory over Benfica (0-2)

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The Manchester City and the Bayern Munich did not defraud in the first-half of the 'final advanced' in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League and offered an authentic partidazo in the Etihad Stadium in which the venues golearon thanks to the goals of Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland (3-0). The ones of Pep Guardiola did without the possession to bet by a more fast and direct football, looking for take advantage of the Bavarian defensive fragility.

Thomas Tuchel populated the centre of the field with Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané and Kingsley Eat, leaving in the bench to Thomas Müller and Sadio Mané. After a first splits couple, the 'cityzens' did a lot damage thanks to the errors of a Dayot Upamecano out of yes for encarrilar the eliminatory to fault of the turn in Munich the next week.

The golazo of Rodri directed the victory of the City

Although the Bayern attained to snatch him the possession, went the City the one who had of the clearest occasions in the beginning of the party. Haaland Had it in the 22' thanks to a pass of Jack Grealish that it left him free of mark in the frontal of the area, but the Norwegian took out a finish bitten that Yann Sommer embolsó without problems. Five minutes later, Rodri broke the zero when the rain arreciaba on Manchester with a bombazo from out of the area.

The mediocentro Spanish took advantage of the space to take out a zurdazo to the angle. Sommer, covered by his mates, reacted a second afternoon, but in any case the finish was imparable. With the 1-0, the City very could expand the difference before the rest in a very clear occasion that Sommer saved throwing of reflections with his right foot in front of İlkay Gündoğan.

The errors of Upamecano shattered the resistance of the Bayern

In the second part, the Bayern began better and had the tie in the feet of Leroy Sané, but Éderson answered with a paradón. The party was of gone and turn until the minute 70, when a distraction of Upamecano was taken advantage of by Grealish to recover and enable to Haaland. The Norwegian expected the arrival of Bernardo by the second stick, totally only, and served a perfect centre so that the luso converted the 2-0.

The so much of Silva baffled to the Bavarian defence and Upamecano followed committing absurd errors. Incredibly, Tuchel left him in field and Haaland put the 3-0 in the 76 after a big habilitation of head of Stones. The venues had a clear pair more to convert the chamber, but Sommer avoided a greater licking. Still like this, the ones of Pep seem to have resolved already his pass to 'semis'.

The Inter did the work in Lisbon

In Portugal, the Benfica fell of unexpected form in front of the Inter of Milan (0-2). The venues dominated the first part, but could not reflect his superiority in the marker and the group 'nerazzurri' finish imposing with authority in the complement. Nicolò Barella put the 0-1 in the 51', a so much that desconcentró the bottom lisboeta and gave greater confidence to the visitors. On the end, Romelu Lukaku put the 0-2 with a penalti in the minute 82 that leaves practically sentenced the eliminatory. Few had the Italians when the draw of the phase of groups matched them beside Bayern and Barça. Now, have a foot and half in 'semis'.

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