The injury time of the first half had been running since the English audience served in the stadium of Manchester a Spanish form of homage. Every ball contact their team celebrated with a drawn-out “Olé”. Delivery very good, the ball in the ranks of Manchester City, better than Real Madrid, which came at the end nothing out of it. 0: In semi-final first leg of the Champions League, the two teams 0 parted. A result which points rather to the Spaniards as finalists. Brings clarity on the return leg next Wednesday at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.
Then, perhaps even Cristiano Ronaldo play again. In Manchester he was missing because of an injury he had sustained last week in the league match against Villarreal. Without the scorers of this Champions League season Real searched in vain for a face-off station in the offensive. Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale were held by Manchester defenders at bay, they succeeded in the first half, almost nothing. Benzema had injured remain outside Madrid’s attacking efforts were even more clearly after halftime.
City was at the end to harmless
Reals coach Zinedine Zidane did not want to risk too much in the first game, he let the talented Isco and James Rodriguez on the bench and so his team earned up to 70 minutes not a significant scoring chance. Then intensified its efforts Real. First, the former Leverkusen Daniel Carvajal crossed into the box, substitute for Benzema Jesé rose high but his header landed just off the crossbar.
Shortly after, passed shot by Bale just wide. Especially over Luka Modric now running many attacks. Real pressed, Real urged, and should have decided the game ten minutes before the end. A corner followed by header extension, the ball landed at defender Pepe, who anschoss completely free on the six yard box Manchester’s goalkeeper Joe Hart.
City failed to Real this ronaldolosen day earlier hurt and a to gain better position. Manuel Pellegrini’s team played to despondent at the Counter lacked precision. Again and again ended the combinations on penalty box. Just as in the final minute when Pepe just barely got to the ball before Raheem Sterling.
In injury time a free kick by Kevin de Bruyne lowered just above the crossbar. It was the only dangerous action of Manchester in the game. Total City scored only four times on goal – negative record in this Champions League campaign. From the experiments presented not a single Reals goalkeeper Keylor Navas more problems. (Tsp)
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