Real Madrid, which eliminated Manchester City 4-3 on penalties in England itself after having tied 1-1; and Bayern Munich, who defeated English Arsenal 1-0 in Germany with a goal from Joshua Kimmich, completed the Champions League semi-finalist table.
In this way, and on a date that UEFA will determine this Friday, Real Madrid-Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germain-Borussia Dortmund will compete for the two places heading to the grand final that will be played on Saturday, June 1, at Wembley Stadium in London.
The Spanish suffered to achieve their objective. They took the lead with a goal from Brazilian Rodrygo, 12 minutes into the first stage, and from there until the end of extra time they presented City with a closed defensive scheme, almost in their own area.
Josep Guardiola’s team, true to its style, tried to enter by playing everywhere. But he lacked clarity to overcome Madrid’s crowding in the last few meters.
Only the overflows of Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku on the left were able to unbalance a strong and disciplined defense that only broke in the 76th minute, with Kevin De Bruyne’s goal.
Julián Alvarez replaced Erling Haaland in the half hour of extra time in which City continued to dominate with less intensity, but could not break the tie. In the series of penalties, Bellingham, Lucas Vázquez, Nacho and Rudiger scored for Madrid, and goalkeeper Ederson saved it from Modric. Alvarez, Phil Foden and Ederson scored for City, but Andrej Lunin, Madrid’s goalkeeper, stopped Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic’s shots. For this reason, Real once again made history in England itself.
In its Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich dealt a hard blow to Arsenal, which last Sunday had lost 2-0 in the Premier League against Aston Villa.
The match was resolved in the 63rd minute, when after a rejection by goalkeeper David Raya, the Portuguese Raphael Guerreiro took an excellent cross for Kimmich to quickly enter at the far post, whose powerful header scored the only goal of the night for Munich. The overall series was 3-2 for the Germans.
2024-04-18 03:01:00
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