Royal decides the battle.. Real Madrid overthrows Manchester City and continues the journey
Real Madrid achieved a well-deserved victory over its host, Manchester City, with a score of 2-1, in the confrontation that brought together the two teams on Wednesday evening at the Etihad Stadium, in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League competitions, for the royal team to confirm its superiority and reserve the ticket to qualify for the quarter-finals.
The first leg ended with Real Madrid winning 3-0, so that the Spanish team continued its superiority in the return match and set a date in the next round with the qualifier from Bayern Munich. And Atalanta.
The match witnessed a difficult start for the hosts, after Manchester City suffered a strong blow in the 20th minute, sending off its player Bernardo Silva with a red card, following a handball inside the penalty area, as a result of which the referee awarded a penalty kick for Real Madrid.
Vinicius Junior succeeded in converting the penalty kick into a goal for the Royal team in the 22nd minute, giving his team an early advantage in the match.
Manchester City responded before the end of the half. The first, where Erling Haaland was able to equalize in the 41st minute, after a cross ball inside the penalty area, which he took advantage of perfectly and put it past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
In the second half, City tried to return to the result despite the numerical disadvantage, and scored a goal in the 63rd minute, but the referee ruled it out for offside, before Rayyan Ait Nouri scored again in the 77th minute, but the goal was also canceled for the same reason.
From For his part, Real Madrid almost increased its lead when Federico Valverde scored a goal in the 81st minute, but the referee canceled it due to Vinicius being offside at the beginning of the attack. Vinicius also scored another goal in the 90+2 minute, but it was also not counted due to offside.
In the final moments, Vinicius Junior returned to have his decisive say, as he scored the second goal for Real Madrid in the 90+3 minute after a perfect cross from Aurelien Chouamini, giving his team a valuable victory and confirming its qualification to the quarter-finals of the European Championship.
