Sterling celebrates his goal against the Madrid

MADRID, ELIMINATED FROM CHAMPIONS

Varane and a great City confirm Madrid's failure in this Champions League (2-1)

Published:7/08/2020 - 22:54h

Updated:8/08/2020 - 00:32h

Real Madrid failed in their attempt to come back against a City that was better at all times and ended up winning 2-1. Two bulge errors by Varane allowed Sterling and Gabriel Jesus to score, while Benzema scored for the Whites

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The Real Madrid could not begin worse his attempt of traced back against the Manchester City and practically at all more begin saw underneath in the marker. An unforgivable error of Raphael Varane propiciado by the impressive pressure of Gabriel Jesus propició the so much that advanced to the English. The Brazilian stole it to him to the French inside the area and put it backwards so that Raheem Sterling defined to pleasure practically without goalkeeper.

The pressure of the City did a lot of damage to a Madrid that did not know to go out of the same in any moment. The saga madridista saw surpassed to take out the ball from backwards and the centre of the field did not attain to help as it required the meeting. The 'cityzens' dominated to his antojo and with a 1-0 saw clearly in Lisbon to play the 'final to eight'. Sterling even had in his boots the second in a pair of occasions, but did not have luck in the definition.

The merengues were not, but still like this a manoeuvre genial of Karim Benzema could mean the tie. The Frenchman controlled and turned magistralmente in the frontal of the area and topó with Ederson in a shot with to the that was missing him precision. It was the first warning of the ones of Zinedine Zidane and of his '9', that went to be much more hit in the second. A big played individual of Rodrygo finish with a big centre of the Brazilian that the forward took advantage of with a good head butt to surpass to the archer of the City.

It arrived to the rest with this 1-1 that left to the ones of Chamartín to a goal of the extention. But the ones of Manchester went in much better to the second time and had a very clear opportunity to go back to advance . Sterling went back to be the protagonist of the played after receiving a big balloon by left and remain one against one against Thibaut Courtois. The Belgian saved to the Madrid with a big unemployed that repeated minutes afterwards to the own British extreme.

Varane Went back to fail and the City sentenced to the Madrid

The ex guardameta of Chelsea had to save to his in a pair of occasions more with good shots of Of Bruyne or Gabriel Jesus, but could not avoid that another failure of bulto of Varane turned into the 2-1 and in the sentence of the whites. The French put nervous in front of the pressure of the Brazilian, yielded badly backwards of head and the own tip took advantage of his bad pass to define in front of the exit of Courtois. The 'cityzens' went back to advance in the 68 and left to the ones of Zidane with foot and half was.

The French technician, by the way, went probably the most signalled second of the madridistas in the crash after Varane. 'Zizou' Decided to leave that the meeting happened and from the 2-1 took a chamber of hour in taking decisions. The míster did not do changes until the 83, when the eliminatory practically already was sight for sentence. The City lived the end of these eighth with tranquility and finish winning by 2-1 and taking down of this form to the Madrid of Europe at first.

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