FLASH
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A match bordering on the unbelievable, that of the quarter-finals of the Champions League between Man City and Real Madrid. The citizens played football and gave a spectacle, but in the end it was the Madrid players, who this time under the guidance of the Italian Ancelotti played as a "Serie A" team and passed to the semi-finals.
Rodrigo scored the first goal in the 12th minute, while Kevin De Bryune equalized in the 76th. That's how regular time would end, at 1-1, while even after 30 minutes of overtime there were no changes. The statistics clearly spoke of the dominance of the English.
Man City had 64% ball possession compared to 36% for Real, 34-8 were the shots and 18-1 corners won during the 120 minutes of play. In the end, in the Russian roulette, it was Real who went further. After Modric missed the penalty, Bernardo Silva and Kovacic made mistakes in Guardiola's team to put the Spaniards ahead. Below you can find the interviews of the protagonists of this match:
Ancelotti: "We chose who would take the penalties. All the players wanted to shoot, Rudiger surprised me the most.
Did we stay on the defensive? That was the only way we could win against Man City, the only way. We defended in a spectacular way.
We started well and then defended, struggled, qualified. We thought we would play differently and when we went forward, we got back a lot and City were in control, as always.
I think we defended very well. Everyone thought that Real was dead, but you should know that Real never dies."
Rodri: "To be honest, I saw only one team on the field today."
Pep Guardiola: "I don't regret anything, I don't regret the stupid actions in this match. We played impressively in every minute of this match and unfortunately we did not win.
We created so many chances to win, but football is about scoring goals. Many thanks to my players, but unfortunately Real Madrid are in the semi-finals and we are not. Akanji, Haaland and De Bruyne asked me to leave the field, they could not go on any longer.
Real Madrid are closed behind in defence, in depth, it has happened before against us. We should have ended this match early, before penalties. It didn't happen, we had many chances and we didn't use them.
But in this competition, at this level, this is how it is played, with small details. In other sports we would have won with statistics, but in football, this happens. We played the way we played, in a fantastic way and we didn't succeed.
I want to congratulate Real, they resisted until the last second defending themselves. We did almost everything and in the end a loss like that hurts, but what a fantastic way to lose."
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