Real Madrid: Bunker City

ANDl Madrid must win or at least draw and take the lead on penalties in a stadium they have not yet conquered. It’s about Etihad The stadium, the City bunker, whose team has never fallen in a Champions League match since then. November 19, 2018 This was in the group stage match against Olympic. Lyon from Ferland mehndiwhich won 1-2 with goals Cornet And Fekir. That match was hosted by Daniele Orsatowho will also be the referee in charge of the clash between City and Madrid on Wednesday.

Since then the Manchester team has been playing 30 European Cup matches at home, with an impressive record of 28 wins and just two draws.. No one desecrates the Etihad any more than Madrid, who last season suffered one of those defeats that form part of the club’s dark chronicle. He 4-0 in favor of the team Guardiola He defeated the Whites in the semi-final and helped the English team reach their second European Cup final, in which they finally lifted the trophy.

This defeat was the third in a row for Madrid at the City pitch. In season 21-22also in the semi-finals, but then in the first match the locals won by a margin 4-3 in an impressive match that saw Madrid come back from a two-goal deficit three times: 2–0, 3–1 and 4–2. This was the prelude to another Madrid miracle in that Champions League. 3-1 in volcanic Bernabeu…with arbitration also from Orsato.

Madrid’s first defeat at City Stadium occurred on such an unusual day for an official match as August 7. It was 2020, the world was plunged into a terrible pandemic coronavirus. The return match was played six months ago, in February, and saw City win at the Bernabeu in one of the last games, which was played in front of a crowd in the stands. That Madrid between the wars, with Zidane back on the bench, played with Danger on the left flank of the attack. Lost 2-1although he had options until the minute 68When Gabriel Jesus took advantage of the second serious mistake Varan finally bring the British forward.

Before these three defeats in a row, Madrid visited the Etihad twice, after which they scored two draws, which the Whites considered positive. Their first game at this stadium was a 1:1 draw in the match Champions League group stage 12-13. In fact, this was the time Madrid came closest to winning on the City pitch. He took the lead in the 10th minute thanks to BenzemaBut omen draw with penalties in the final stretch. A draw did not prevent Madrid from confirming go to round 16 in Manchester, and this did not prevent City from being eliminated, in a group in which they were also Dortmund And Ajax.

In the 2015/16 season, Madrid and City met again, but this time semi-finals, thanks to the City’s growth both domestically and on the continent. It was a very close connection between the teams Zidane And Pellegrini, which started with a goalless draw at the Etihad. In response, he decided a goal baleopened the path to the final for Madrid Milan and conquest Eleventh in front of him Sports.