Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Sports service: One of the most sensitive games of the European football season was played in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Manchester City last night (Tuesday), which ended in a 1-1 draw.
While the Citizens started the better and threatened the Galaxy with a couple of long-range shots from De Bruyne and Rodrigo, Courtois' Champions League resilience continued and the Belgian keeper held off the visitors' attacks to take the initial pressure off Ancelotti's side.
In the continuation of the game, the Real players gradually mastered the conditions of the match and implemented their plans, and on one of these tactics in passing the ball from the left channel to Vinicius, the Brazilian superstar opened the goal of his compatriot Ederson with a spectacular shot so that the Santiago Bernabeu exploded.
At the beginning of the second half, as expected, it was City again, this time planning their attacks towards Courtois's goal to compensate for the lost goal, and Real, with its terrible triangle of attack, wanted to use counterattacks.
After several saves and saves by Courtois, finally the Belgian goalkeeper saw his goal open on a heavy and unstoppable shot by his compatriot Kevin De Bruyne, and it was the superstar of the Citizens' midfield who scored on Gundogan's back pass with a spectacular shot. He drew a draw.
In the following, both teams tried to control the game and use the created opportunities intelligently, but they did not use the few opportunities so that this game ended with a 1-1 result and all the equations of the promotion from this stage are unknown events. The return match will be at Etihad Stadium.