Madrid leaves Manchester alive against a superior City (4-3)

The Real Madrid confronted one of the hardest parties of the season the Tuesday in the Etihad Stadium. The gone of the semifinals of the Champions League offered a spectacular party from the start, with a Manchester City imparable in attack, but vulnerable in defence and a group 'merengue' to the that cost him go in in heat and that, by enésima time in the present League of Champions, appealed to his hit and to his 'mystic' in front of the fault of ideas and resources to detain the gale futbolístico of the ones of Pep Guardiola.

To the 11 minutes, the venues already won 2-0 with goals of Kevin Of Bruyne and Gabriel Jesús. The Belgian annotated of 'palomita' after a perfect centre of Riyad Mahrez in the first played of the party (minute 2) and the Brazilian followed suit in the 11' culminating a big played with assistance of Of Bruyne. The Madrid, without Casemiro and with David Praises between cottons, was shipwrecked in defensive errors and seemed exposed to the goleada. However, to the City failed him the puntería and left alive to the white group, a fatal error that already experienced Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea in the previous rounds.

Mahrez And Phil Foden had very clear opportunities to expand the difference before the half hour of game, but in front of the fault of puntería 'citizen' was the Madrid the one who attained to discount thanks to a golazo of Karim Benzema of half volley in the 33', thanks to a centre of Ferland Mendy, that in defence had a very discreet party. The goal struck anímicamente to the ones of Guardiola, the one who had to send to Fernadinho in the 36' in place of the lesionado John Stones. With the 2-1 went to the rest.

At the start of the second half, Fernandinho would be hero and villain for City in a matter of minutes against an away defense that had Naho instead of Alaba. In the 53rd minute, the Brazilian took advantage of a bad pass from Mendy to Vinicius to enter the area and assist Foden, who hit the third clear he had to make it 3-1. In the following play, Fernandinho himself inexplicably lost a duel with his compatriot Vini Jr in the middle of the field and the 'merengue' striker went deep to the left until he was one-on-one with Ederson. The '20' defined as few times and made it 3-2 in 55 minutes. Crazy match.

Ida and turn, hit by hit to the end

In spite of the discounts of the Madrid, the City always went by more and had the capacity to recover the advantage of two goals thanks to a soberbio finish of Bernardo Silva in the minute 74' in front of a defence of the Madrid slept expecting the sanction of a fault of Toni Kroos on Of Bruyne that the referee, rightly, did not sanction by the law of the advantage. Nevertheless, an absurd hand of Laporte in the area gave him the opportunity to Benzema to convert his doublet of penalti. This time, the French did not fail and hammered the balloon magistralmente. 83 minutes, 4-3.

The goal of the '9' ejected again to the venues in attack and had opportunities very clear to annotate the fifth, but Rúben Dias failed two very clear in front of Thibaut Courtois. Until the pitazo final, gave the feeling that another goal could fall anytime. In spite of the defeat, the Madrid goes out 'alive' of Manchester, in a party that could have lost, easily, by two or three goals of advantage. The turn, next Wednesday in Santiago Bernabéu, promises drama to the end.