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Manchester City vs Real Madrid Champions League
The English champions For the fourth straight season, Manchester City will face the European powerhouse Real Madrid in the Champions League.
The first leg of the play-off round matchup between the two teams is scheduled for Tuesday in Manchester, which is earlier than anticipated.
AFP Sports examines five club ties from the previous ten years that have made the match a contemporary classic in European football.
Real Madrid 1-0 Man City (aggregate) in the 2015–16 semifinals
A deflected Gareth Bale cross ended Manchester City’s hopes of making it to their first Champions League final under manager Manuel Pellegrini.
Welsh winger Bale’s cross struck City defender Fernando and soared beyond Joe Hart following a boring, goalless first leg tie in Manchester.
As Cristiano Ronaldo’s Los Blancos advanced to a record 14th final, City protested that Madrid defender Lucas Vazquez should have been sent out late on for a brutal foul on Raheem Sterling but provided far too little.
In a rematch of the 2014 final, the Spanish powerhouses, led by Zinedine Zidane, defeated rivals Atletico Madrid in Milan to win their eleventh European Cup.
Real Madrid 4-2 Man City in the 2019–20 Last 16
Man City defeated Madrid 2-1 in both legs of their last-16 match, which were played six months apart, under Pep Guardiola’s leadership.
After Isco broke the tie, Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne scored goals as the Premier League team overcame a deficit to defeat Los Blancos at the Santiago Bernabeu in February 2020.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the second leg was rescheduled until August and performed in a private setting.
Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the second leg was rescheduled until August and performed in a private setting.
In addition to Karim Benzema’s equalizer, Sterling and the outstanding Jesus also scored.
Guardiola’s team advanced to Lisbon’s one-game last eight format, but they suffered a shocking 3-1 quarterfinal loss to Lyon.
2021–22 Semifinals: Man City 6–5 Real Madrid
Despite dominating the opening 180 minutes of the match, Madrid pulled off one of the greatest Champions League comebacks ever to surprise City.
After leading by two goals twice in the first leg, City was left to regret allowing the visitors to leave the Etihad merely 4-3 down.
In the Bernabeu, Riyad Mahrez’s goal 17 minutes from time seemed to have completed the victory.
However, the essence of Madrid’s march to the 14th European Cup was their ability to bounce back.
Before Benzema’s penalty took Carlo Ancelotti’s team to Paris, where they defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the final, Rodrygo scored twice in stoppage time to force extra time.
Real Madrid 5-1 Man City in the 2022–2023 semifinals
After learning their lesson, the city was merciless this time around as they attempted to eventually take over Europe.
The Bernabeu first leg finished 1-1 as De Bruyne’s blazing goal negated Vinicius Junior’s opening goal.
At home, City was unstoppable after a double from Bernardo Silva gave Guardiola’s team the upper hand, but late goals from Julian Alvarez and Manuel Akanji added insult to injury for the Spanish.
In the Istanbul final, City defeated Inter Milan 1-0 to finish their Champions League quest.
Real Madrid defeats Manchester City 4-4 in the 2023–24 quarterfinals (Madrid wins 4-3 on penalties).
Madrid withstood a City assault before winning on penalties, exacting retribution for their humiliation at the Etihad a year earlier.
The match was tantalizingly close to a second leg after a thrilling 3-3 match at the Bernabeu.
The visitors had something to defend in Manchester after Rodrygo’s early goal, and they did so until De Bruyne equalized in the 76th minute.
Despite having 33 shots on target and over 70 percent of the possession, Madrid’s Champions League survival instincts took over as they won another championship.
Before Madrid defeated Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to win the title again, Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva missed from the spot in what many considered to be a de facto final.
