Madrid, May 10 (BNA): Kevin De Bruyne scored a stunning low strike to give Manchester City a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final on Tuesday on a glorious goalscoring night in the league. Spanish capital.
Reuters reports that the City midfielder slotted home from long range in the 67th minute after Vinicius Junior had opened the scoring in the first half with an equally impressive strike.
City dominated the match in the early stages, but it was Real who took the lead, with Vinicius scoring a stunning shot from the edge of the area that went into the top right corner with Real’s first shot on goal in the 36th minute.
The hosts regained the lead in the second half and controlled the ball, but it was City who scored after winning possession up the pitch and sending the ball to De Bruyne who worked with the outside of his boot to let the equalizer go up front. From the second stop next Wednesday.
It was a frantic encounter at a sold-out Santiago Bernabéu, with home fans spending the first half hour of the match on the edge of their seats as City started strongly.
Real suffered from relentless pressure from City and the visitors took control early on and maintained their dominance as the first half progressed.
Pep Guardiola’s side enjoyed an impressive 75% possession of the ball for much of the first half and by the halfway point of the opening period City had scored six tries, with four on goal, more than any Real Madrid.
But the hosts slowly began to gain a foothold in midfield and began to test City on the counter, with Vinicius moving into a more central position, pulling the markers away from the touchline and creating space for Eduardo Camavinga.
After Camavinga and Vinicius combined to make half of two chances, they pulled off a textbook counter-attack.
Camavinga broke through the left touchline and passed to Vinicius, who fired a missile from outside the area and volleyed into the corner of the net.
Real took the lead in the second half and almost scored early when Karim Benzema fired wide.
And the French striker seemed to be off the pace, making uncharacteristic mistakes and hitting several attempts on goal.
“The tie is still open… We played a good game. They had the ball early, yes, but there were no real chances… Too bad about the goal, we had more chances than they had,” Luka Modric told Movistar.
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