Real Madrid made an impossible comeback to beat Manchester City to book a ticket to Paris. They will face Liverpool in the final on 28th May. Pep Guardiola's men were leading all throughout the game, but Real were never out of it. With only added minutes left in the game, Real scored two goals in one minute to take the game to the extra time. In the extra time, Karim Benzema scored from the penalty spot to take the lead for the first time in the semi-finals. Read the full match report of Real Madrid vs Man City in our LIVE Blog.
Pep will surely be scratching his head for taking Riyad Mehraz off. They seemed to celebrate too early against the best team in the history of the tournament. Kevin de Bryune was not at his best as well in the match. For Real Madrid, it was Camavinga who came and made all the important changes for Madrid. Rodrygo was obviously the man who scored the all-important goals for Madrid.
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Stats to look from the match
- Pep Guardiola's all four eliminations in the Champions League semi-finals are all at the hands of Spanish opponents (Real Madrid in 2013/14, Barcelona in 2014/15 and Atlético Madrid in 2015/16 and Real Madrid in 2021-22)
- Carlo Ancelotti is now the first-ever football manager to play in 5 UCL finals.
- This is Real Madrid's 17th UCL Final, the most by any team in the history of the tournament.
- Benzema now has scored 43 goals in 43 goals this season, 15 in this season's UCL campaign.
- Rodrygo becomes the first player to score twice in the 90th minute of a Champions League knockout match
- Karim Benzema has now equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record of most goals in the knock-out stage in a season of UCL (10).
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