In the early morning of April 18, the highlight match of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals second leg between Man City vs Real Madrid took place extremely attractively.

With home field advantage, it was no surprise that Man City actively controlled the ball and attacked overwhelmingly from the beginning. However, Real Madrid showed how dangerous they were when they scored a goal to take the lead in the 12th minute.

Starting from a quick counterattack, the ball was circulated to Vinicius Jr. and the striker had a favorable cross for Rodrygo to finish from close range and put the ball on Ederson’s body. Rodrygo then quickly kicked the ball into Man City’s net.

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Rodrygo opened the scoring for Real Madrid (Photo: Getty).
Having taken a quick lead, the Etihad home team rallied strongly to find an equalizer. There were consecutive stormy attacks on Los Blancos’ goal. However, the first half did not have any more goals scored.

Entering the second half, it was still a one-sided match in favor of Man City. Meanwhile, Real Madrid proactively dropped their squad deep to preserve the score.

After a series of dangerous situations, The Cityzens achieved their goal when they equalized the score at 1-1 in the 76th minute. Substitute Doku made a cross from the right wing that caught Antonio Rudiger. broke the ball right into De Bruyne’s feet. The Belgian midfielder immediately kicked the roof of Real Madrid’s net.

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De Bruyne equalized for Man City (Photo: Getty).
The match became extremely tense in the final minutes, when both teams played very determinedly. However, no more goals appeared and the confrontation had to enter 30 minutes of extra time.

The tight match took place during extra time, the 1-1 score remained unchanged for 120 minutes, Man City and Real Madrid entered the fateful penalty shootout.

Even in the first penalty shootout, Luka Modric could not beat goalkeeper Ederson. However, Man City’s Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic missed their kicks, causing the home team to collapse on penalty kicks.

Winning against Man City, Real Madrid entered the semi-finals against Bayern Munich. The match is scheduled to take place at 2:00 a.m. on April 30 (Vietnam time).