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Every football fan knows the feeling when you’re looking forward to a match, which ends in a very disappoint game. Especially in the Champions League people are looking forward to matches for week. Ever the draw gave us Real Madrid versus Manchester City, the football community wanted the match to start immediately. With weeks of anticipation matches like this can only disappoint. Fortunately for us both teams had their own idea about this match. It was a very spectacular game between two sides playing attractive football.
Goals from the start
After two minutes Manchester City got a free kick outside of the penalty box. Just before Real Madrid already entered City’s penalty box. After some deliberation, Bernardo Silva quickly took the free kick which surprised Real Madrid’s goalkeeper in the short corner. This brilliant free kick gave Manchester City a flying start. Almost every team in the World would feel down for a few minutes after conceding early against Manchester City. Real Madrid is one of few teams that never gets bothered by what happens on the pitch. Within 12 minutes after City’s goal, Camavinga and Rodrygo both scored to give Real Madrid a 2-1 lead. After Rodrygo’s goal, the dust settled a bit and both teams started settling in a bit more. Real Madrid defended really well to bring the 2-1 lead back to the dressing room at halftime.
Comeback after comeback
Just like the first half ended, the second half started with Man City in possession, but nothing notable happened. It was until the 66th minute when Phil Foden scored with a wonderful strike. A few minutes later Josko Gvardiol copied Phil Foden with another great strike to bring Man City ahead again. Fede Valverde saw this and decided to show his striking capabilities by scoring the 3-3 in the 79th minute. This was the final goal of the match, leaving everything open for the second leg in Manchester. Both teams showed they are worthy to play another Champions League final this year, but max 1 can still get there after next week.
