In the early morning of April 10, Beijing time, in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Real Madrid faced Manchester City at the Bernabeu Stadium. Seat B opened with a free kick, Dias scored an own goal, Rodrygo scored a goal, Foden and Gvardiol hit the world wave in succession, Valverde volleyed the equalizer, and finally Real Madrid drew 3-3 with Manchester City, ending the away team's ten-game winning streak in the Champions League.
Real Madrid, ranked third in the world and worth €1.04 billion, are unbeaten in 13 games in all competitions, having last lost 4-2 to Atletico in the Copa del Rey round of 16 in January. Manchester City is ranked No. 1 in the world, with a total value of 1.27 billion euros, and has been unbeaten in 25 recent competitions, and the last time they lost was 0-1 to Villa in the 15th round of the Premier League in December last year, and they have won 3 and drawn 1 in the last 4 games, and they are in stable form. Both teams played the quality of the favourites to win the Champions League.
The two sides have met 10 times in 5 times in the Champions League, with Manchester City winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 3, scoring 17 goals and conceding 14 goals with a slight advantage. In the 12/13 season, Real Madrid won 1 and drew 1 in the two legs of the group, in the 15/16 season, Real Madrid won 1 and drew 1 in the semi-finals, and advanced with an aggregate score of 2-1, in the 19/20 season, Manchester City defeated Real Madrid twice to reach the quarterfinals, in the 21/22 season in the semi-finals, Real Madrid lost first and then won and then won, and advanced with an aggregate score of 6-5, and last season Manchester City eliminated Real Madrid in the semi-finals with 1 win and 1 draw, and finally won the championship.
Carlo Ancelotti reached the milestone of his 200th Champions League game in charge, becoming the first coach in football history to do so. Real Madrid sent a 4312 formation, with Rodrygo, Vinicius and Bellingham in attack, Valverde, Camavinga and Kroos in the midfield, Carvajal, Rudiger, Tchouameni and Mendy in the back. Lu Ningzhen guards the goal.
Manchester City responded with a 4231 formation, Haaland broke forward, the three behind him were Grealish, Foden, Bernardo, the two backs were Kovacic and Rodri, the back four were Gvardiol, Dias, Stones, Akanji, and Ortega served as the goalkeeper. De Bruyne was on standby due to gastrointestinal discomfort.
In the opening minute, Tchouameni tackled Grealish and was shown a yellow card. A free kick on the left side in front of the Manchester City penalty area, Seat B saw Lunin standing close to the far end, and shot a direct free kick into the near corner, the ball bounced off the ground in front of the goal and then refracted the goal, Manchester City got off to a dream start.
Haaland cut diagonally into the left side of the box in the sixth minute and his shot was blocked, and Grealish linked up with Haaland in the box and shot again was blocked.
In the 11th minute, Camavinga dribbled horizontally on the left side of the front field and directly attacked the goal, Ortega's vision was disturbed, and the ball flew directly into the far corner, and Real Madrid equalized 1-1.
In the 13th minute, Rodrygo took the ball directly to the penalty area with a single knife on the left side, and Ortega failed to save the ball, and Real Madrid overtook the score 2-1.
Valverde's long-range shot in the 18th minute was held by Ortega, and Rodrygo's furious shot in the 30th minute was confiscated. Two minutes later, Rodrigo's powerful shot from the left was saved. Haaland was awarded a foul on his header in the 44th minute.
Half-time statistics, Real Madrid had just 37% possession, 5 shots on target from 7 attempts, and Manchester City had 2 shots on target from 4 attempts. Real Madrid had too many ineffective passes, and Real Madrid played efficiently.
In the 47th minute, Grealish shot from inside the box. Vinicius volleyed high in the 55th minute. In the 65th minute, Foden fired a left-footed long-range shot to open the Real Madrid goal with a world wave, and Manchester City equalized 2-2.
In the 66th minute, Foden scored with a long-range shot from the top of the arc in the middle of the goal, and Manchester City equalized 2-2. In the 71st minute, Gvardiol received a return pass from his teammates in front of the arc, and scored directly with his feet, and Manchester City overtook the score 3-2.
In the 80th minute, Vinicius shifted a cross in the penalty area on the left side, Valverde volleyed the ball without stopping, and Real Madrid equalized 3-3.
At the end of the game, Real Madrid drew 3-3 with Manchester City. After the game, Real Madrid had 38% possession and 5 shots on target from 14 attempts, while Manchester City had 6 shots on target from 12 attempts, and both sides did a good job in goal conversion rate.