City beats Real with goal against Militão and unprecedented search for Champions against Inter

In a duel to define the second finalist of the Europe Champions League of the 2022/23 season, Manchester City e Real Madrid faced each other this Wednesday, at the Etihad Stadium, in Manchester (ING), for the return of the semifinal. With goals from Bernardo Silva (twice), Éder Militão (own goal) and Julián Alvarez, the hosts thrashed 4-0 and advanced to the final.

Thus, as the first leg ended in a 1-1 draw, the English team managed to qualify by adding 5-1 on aggregate. Thus, the team coached by Pep Guardiola is still alive in the dream of winning the first Champions League title in its history – it was runner-up to Chelsea in 2020/21. Current champion and biggest winner, with 14 trophies, the merengue club said goodbye to the tournament.

Now, Manchester City face the International in the grand continental final, scheduled for June 10 (Saturday), at 4 pm (Brasília time), at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium, in Istanbul, Turkey. The Italians try to lift the “Ear” for the fourth time – they won in 1963/64, 1964/65 and 2009/10.

The match between Manchester City and Real Madrid

Pushed by the crowd that packed the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City started the game at a pace above Real Madrid and took danger in the sixth minute, in a pass from De Bruyne to Haaland, who dribbled Courtois, but touched no one in the middle of the area . In the next minute, Rodri made an individual move at the edge of the area and kicked across, but the ball went out over the bottom line.

At 12, Grealish crossed to Haaland, who headed in the small area, stopping in a great defense by Courtois. Eight minutes later, De Bruyne took a corner kick and the Norwegian striker went up again to test for the goal, but the Belgian goalkeeper performed another miracle.

After a lot of pressure, the hosts finally managed to open the scoring in the 22nd minute. De Bruyne found a beautiful pass between Kroos and Modric for Bernardo Silva, who dominated the free kick in the area and hit from the left to open the scoring in Manchester.

Real Madrid’s first big chance came in the 34th minute, with a long-range shot by Kroos, who had a slight deflection from Ederson before the ball exploded over the crossbar. Two minutes later, Grealish made a move down the left and passed to Gundogan, who tapped it home. The ball deflected off Militão and went up cleanly for Bernardo Silva to head into the open goal.

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Militão scored against in the second stage

On the way back from the break, Real Madrid tried to seek recovery and scared in the fifth minute. Alaba took a free kick with style and forced Ederson to make a good defense, palming for a corner. At 27, Haaland played for Gundogan and received back heel. Alone in the area, the Norwegian hit Courtois on the way out, but the goalkeeper avoided the goal once again.

In the 30th minute of the second half, De Bruyne took a free kick in the area, Akanji deflected it with a header and the ball hit the Brazilian Éder Militão before dying in the back of the net. Finally, Julián Alvarez gave the final numbers to the match at 45 minutes, after receiving a pass from Phil Foden and touching Courtois as he left, turning the English victory into a rout.