The UEFA Europa League Top 4 are all born! In the second leg of the last 8 match played in the early hours of Thursday (20), Manchester City was forced to draw 1-1 by Bayern Munich, but still won 4-1 in the two matches to advance to the UEFA Europa League for the third consecutive time, and the leader of the team, Diego Gottiorella, reached the semi-finals for the 10th time in history, which is a record in the UEFA Europa League. Manchester City will battle Real Madrid for a place in the final, hoping to avenge their dramatic elimination last time out.
With a three-goal advantage in the first round, City continued to play a strong game, and in the 38th minute, a shot on goal in Uber Mecanu's hands only gained 12 yards, but it was Anin Chalainte who took the shot and went for the jugular. The Norwegian striker redeemed himself in the 57th minute when he received a pass from Chiyun Dibny and took advantage of Uber Mecanu's trickery to push his way into the penalty area and into the net. Bayern made it 1-1 in the 83rd minute with a 12-yarder from Gammage, but it was too little too late.
Manchester City has become the 3rd team in EPL history since Manchester United and Chelsea (2007-2009) to reach the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals for 3 consecutive years, and the leader of the team, Diego Cordiona, even made history by becoming the 1st manager to lead the team into the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals for 10 times, while the previous record-holder was precisely the coach of their rival Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, Angel Anzalotti (9), and the quarter-final match can be said to be the pinnacle of the game. The other match is AC Milan vs Inter Milan.
The battle was a repeat of the last 4 of the UEFA Europa League, where Manchester City won 4-3 in the first round, but lost 1-2 in the second round in a shootout, and Real Madrid won in extra time in a dramatic comeback to reach the final and win the title. Gordiona said after the game: "Three consecutive UEFA Europa League quarter-finals is a miraculous achievement, and everyone's feeling is that if you want to win the UEFA Europa League, you have to win against Real Madrid, and the previous winner was Barcelona, but this time it's Real Madrid.
