Rebecca Henriquez
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Real Madrid and Manchester City sealed their ticket to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League this Wednesday afternoon, by eliminating RB Leipzig and København, respectively.
During the celebration of the 122 years of history of the Madrid club, Carlo Ancelotti’s team sealed its ticket to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, by tying the German team 1-1 with Vinicius’ goal in the 65th minute. after the assistance of Jude Bellingham on the left wing of the German team’s goalkeeper.
Just 3 minutes later, Willy Orban equalized the score against Real Madrid with the goal that started with the center from the left wing of Lunin, the player of the red bulls sent a header to make it 1-1 and the visiting team maintained its hopes of beat the current leader of La Liga, in search of a ticket to the quarterfinals. However, Brahim Díaz’s goal in the first game gave the whites the advantage and at the end of the second half they reached another stage of the quarterfinals on aggregate (2-1).
Manchester City performs against Copenhagen
Manchester City was present in the quarterfinals with an exhibition excluded, by beating København 3-1, and finished the aggregate 6-2 with the leading role of Manuel Akanji, Julián Álvarez and Erling Haaland.
Pep Guardiola’s team is in search of the second Champions League and makes it increasingly evident by advancing without problems to the quarterfinals, in the second leg of the most important competition in Europe.
Akanji opened the scoring at 5’5 after Álvarez’s corner, the Swiss defender headed the first of the night and just 3 minutes later, the world champion appeared again and added the second to the Copenhagen net, this after a real great goal from outside the area.
The icing on the cake was provided by City’s star of the moment, the Norwegian Haaland, at the end of the first half (45+1′), after Rodri’s assist, the blue’s number 9 dribbled in front of Grabara and sent the 3-1 to meet in the next phase of the competition.
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