Champions League
Spectacle in Madrid: City and Real play 3:3
Toni Kroos (M) and Real Madrid drew 3-3 with Manchester City. photo
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It already sounds like an endgame. And both teams show what they can do. Manchester City and Real Madrid are in a tough battle.
Defending champions Manchester City and record winners Real Madrid have already met in the first leg of the quarter-finals Champions League delivered a football spectacle.
At the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, the guests from the Premier League missed out on victory after taking the lead twice; in the end the score was 3:3 (1:2). This means that in the second leg on Wednesday next week it remains completely unclear who will advance to the semi-finals.
Manchester took the lead in the second minute through Bernardo Silva. But it only lasted ten minutes. With a double strike in the 12th and 14th minutes with an own goal from Rúben Dias and a goal from Rodrygo, the Royals were now ahead in the duel between highly decorated star coaches Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) and Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid). After the break, the guests hit back and scored two goals again within a short space of time.
First Phil Foden equalized (66th), before former RB Leipzig professional Joskos Gvardiol (71st) scored to make it 3-2 for Manchester. Federico Valverde then equalized for Real with a dream goal after Germany’s former world champion and national team returnee Toni Kroos was substituted for Luka Modric.