In the early morning of April 6, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals ushered in a focus battle, Atletico Madrid away to Manchester City. In the 67th minute of the second half, Guardiola replaced Foden and Jesus, and two minutes later Foden assisted De Bruyne's goal, which was a god substitution, and Guardiola roared and celebrated on the sidelines.
This season, Manchester City continued its strong performance, pushing Paris Saint-Germain to the top spot in the group stage, and then easily eliminated Portuguese Sport 5-0 on aggregate in the round of 16, advancing to the top 8 for five consecutive seasons, ranking first among all teams in the same period.
Atletico stumbled in the group stage, relying on the final round victory over Porto and Liverpool to help beat Milan, and then eliminated Manchester United 2-1 on aggregate in the round of 16, advancing to the quarterfinals for the second time in the past three seasons.
The two teams have never played each other in the Champions League before, so they are relatively unfamiliar. Atletico have played against liverpool and Manchester United two Premier League teams this season, and Manchester City have yet to meet a La Liga side.
After the opening, Manchester City used their home and strength advantages to control the game situation, and Atletico Continued their defensive counter-attack tactics. In the 12th minute, City drove a corner kick and Laporte nodded the ball off the post. In the 22nd minute, City fired a tactical corner kick and B-seater struck Gundogan in front of the penalty area, who fired a long-range shot high. In the 27th minute, Cancelo faked a fax buckle to knock Down Rodi and tried to find Mahrez to pass the ball to the bottom line.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0, Manchester City had 73% of the ball, completed 6 shots on goal, none of them were on target, and Atletico shot 0 times at half-
In the second half, de Bruyne's free-kick was blocked out of the goal. 67th minute. Sterling was again knocked to the ground in the penalty area and the referee refused to award a penalty. City immediately made a substitution adjustment, Foden and Jesus came off the bench, and Pep Guardiola made a substitution of 2 minutes to receive a miracle effect.
Foden took the ball outside the penalty area and faced a multi-person bag interception, still sending a straight ball, De Bruyne inserted into the box from a small angle to break the goal, helping Manchester City break the deadlock 1-0.
The substitution was 2 minutes away, and Guardiola deserved to be a world-class coach. More than 60,000 Manchester City fans were instantly thrown into a carnival, Guardiola will also roar and celebrate, and Manchester City does not want to be forced to draw.