The home side of this game
Manchester City football club
The elite played 3241, with Ruben Dias, Walker, Akanji at the back, Rodri, Stones at the back, DeBruyne, Gündo?an, Grealish, B. Silva at the front, Haaland at the front.
Real Madrid soccer team
Instead, they will play 433, with Militao, Alaba, Carvajal, Camavinga in defense, Kroos, Modric, Valverde in midfield, and Vinicius, Benzema, Rodrygo in the forward line.
(Both teams start)
At the start of the game.
Manchester City football club
He's going for the full mount. He's going for the full mount, and he's going for the full mount.
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Real Madrid soccer team
Actually, I can see it's a stalemate, and then I'm going to attack with a counterattack.
Manchester City football club
The backline of the defense is weak, but
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The team was in great form and pressed from the start, and by two minutes Haaland had gotten his first header and nearly broke through.
Modric originally wanted to move up and join the offense, but after
Manchester City football club
He soon had to retreat under the onslaught of the
Manchester City football club
's B. Silva was in great shape, specializing in Camavinga's left wing, and
Manchester City football club
Constant pressure here, and Camavinga is having a hard time with the amount of
Manchester City football club
Manpower squeezed in here, he couldn't break possession to let the
Manchester City football club
You can control the ball in this area.
Manchester City football club
It seems to have been fully anticipated
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of pass routes that are almost always intercepted.
Real Madrid soccer team
With only 13 successful transmissions in the first 15 minutes, there was no way to play on the counterattack and no way to find the strikers up front to pass to, and by this time it was already clear that Valverde was not in good shape, and that there was a clear lack of mobility in the midfield
When Valverde was not active enough, even Kroos and Modric were pinned down, and later Modric stayed trapped in the back, while the
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The momentum increased, even DeBruyne came up the right side, creating a very strong right side pressure.
Real Madrid soccer team
It's going to get crushed from this side.
Haaland had already scored 3 headers in this period from aerials, and Militao obviously couldn't defend him. For some reason, Ancelotti lined up Militao instead of Rüdiger, who had completely killed Haaland in the previous match.
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chaos at the defense line
At the 22:00 mark B.Silva received the ball on the right, Stones and Walker both came over to support him, and finally created space for B.Silva, DeBruyne ripped through the defense with a forward pass, Kroos couldn't stop it, and B.Silva was able to break through with his left foot from 10 yards on the right side.
Manchester City football club
take a 1-0 lead
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It was after the 30:00 mark that some comebacks began, and Kroos nearly broke through with a long-range shot at the 34:00 mark that probably
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Best chance of the game.
Manchester City football club
Grealish continued to maintain strong possession and attack, and at the 36:00 mark, Grealish invaded from the left and passed to Gündo?an for him to shoot from inside the penalty area, the ball was cleared and then B.Silva came up from the right and scored with an easy header.
Manchester City football club
2-0 lead.
Real Madrid soccer team
The disorganization of the defense caused them to involuntarily retreat inside, leaving both flanks exposed for the
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It can be easily attacked.
At the start of the second half.
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Starting to have an attack, risking the
Manchester City football club
Playing counter risky presses did have some effect, but the
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The problem was that the midfield three were completely outclassed by
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The numerical superiority of the team was crushing, and there wasn't enough pullback support up front whenever the
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On offense.
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The defense is under extreme pressure.
