For the first leg of the first semifinal of the Champions League ,Manchester City and Real Madrid matched scoreless in a very loose game at the Etihad Stadium.
The first half was forgettable. Two unknown, inaccurate equipment, without connections, without territorial domain and unserifed the arches. The local had some individual bursts of Kevin De Bruyne and little else, his best men were Nicolas Otamendi and Vincent Kompany who controlled smoothly to a trio of attack without spark. On the visitor side, Casemiro annulled the opponent 's midfield, Sergio Ramos to Sergio Aguero , while both Tony Kross as Luka Modric tried to be who carried the baton but nobody accompanied and the field to the arch rival left them long. It was noted that low Cristiano Ronaldo at the last minute was a blow to assimilate.
The second half started the same, although with Real Madrid a little more advanced and City betting on the speed of Kelechi Iheanacho , Aguero and De Bruyne. But both Keylor Navas as Joe Hart did not see action until 70 minutes when it appeared the first play strake Merengue with Kross as shaft ended with a head zo of Jesse Rodriguez who hit the crossbar . That play gave him confidence to Madrid began to attack more willingly and with Gareth Bale who went on and better accompanied Kross and Modric .
So much so that the Welshman got a corner in the 78th minute almost concrete Casemiro head if it were not for Hart and reflexes. Three minutes later, and also corner, Pepe shook blank range Citizen goalkeeper who again responded dramatically to support his team in a match. At the end De Bruyne pushed and gave the only chance his team , which Navas pulled to a corner.
In conclusion, a forgettable game that both had too much respect and in which Real Madrid recently reacted to the last but not reached. There are 90 minutes in Madrid to improve and demonstrate why they deserve to be in the final of the most important tournament old continent at club level.
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