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Manchester City
Whites since the beginning of the meeting revenge rushed for the decisive attack and quickly they came from behind. In the 16th minute Ronaldo scored shot up close with a rather passive attitude of defense guests.
Only a few dozen seconds later, the same player increased to 2: 0. After a corner kick Toni Kroos Portuguese made a precise header.
Since that time, the hosts started to attack with slightly less momentum. By the end of the first half is not running ahead, and could even lose a goal. In the 38th minute a good opportunity for the visitors wasted Brazilian Bruno Henrique.
In the second half, while still falling rain, Real reached a definite advantage, but the hosts lacked effectiveness. Close happiness were: in the 66th minute when Sergio Ramos hit the head ball hit the post and then from the goal line. The hosts even suggested to the judge that was the goal, but the referee ordered the game.
The fate of the match and the whole competition He settled in the 77th minute hero Tuesday night. Ronaldo doing the free-kick. He kicked the ball so that it flew through the wall of the players from Wolfsburg and fell sharply past the post. This is the 16th Portuguese goal in the current edition of the Champions League and 93 in the entire history of his performances in the most prestigious competitions.
at the end of the meeting Wolves had to attack, which meant that Real had a chance to play on the counterattack. As a result, the hosts created another dangerous situations (such as Karim Benzema), but Swiss goalkeeper Diego Benaglio guests several times rescued his team.
Real for the first time since 2001/02 pare losses after losing the first match in the competition. Then the player Royal was still Zinedine Zidane, now coach of the team from Madrid.
“Now we have to find a new the challenge for this season, “- said VfL coach Dieter Hecking. His pupils ranks only eighth place in the Bundesliga table, with a large loss to the places guaranteeing part in UEFA competitions.
“It’s very difficult for us. After the first two goals from Ronaldo does not reacted badly, we were close to the sensation,” – said Diego Benaglio.
In Tuesday’s other hand Manchester City undertook Paris Saint-Germain. In a better situation before the second leg was an English band, which drew in Paris 2: 2. In 30 minutes into the second leg meeting their situation could further improve – after a foul German goalkeeper Kevin Trapp on Argentyńczyku Sergio Aguero penalty for the hosts. “Eleven” doing the same victim, but missed the target.
Result 0: 0 hosts still premiował . Both teams had their chances, but it proved to be the decisive 76th minute. Then the Belgian as Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne, former player of VfL Wolfsburg, made a precise shot from approx. 18 meters. The ball into the net right off the post.
result to the end has not changed. The Citizens won for the first time in the history of the semi-finals of the Champions League. In turn, the Parisians for the fourth time in a row were eliminated in the quarterfinals. In 2013, and 2015 years had to acknowledge the superiority of Barcelona, Chelsea in 2014.
On Wednesday scheduled match Benfica Lisbon with Bayern Munich Robert Lewandowski (German hosts won 1: 0) and Atletico Madrid clash with defending the trophy Barcelona. In the first meeting of the mountain were the proteges Luis Enrique, who won 2: 1. The second leg promises to be fascinating, however. Catalans do not impress such a form as a few weeks earlier – in the last three matches of the Spanish league have won just one point.
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