Real Madrid had the 81044-capacity stadium roaring on Wednesday night as the Benzema-led administration punched their tickets into the finals of the UEFA Champions League. Guardiola and his men were stunned by Los Blancos response and were eventually outsmarted in the quest for the grandes stage.
With a one-goal advantage from the first leg, it looked like City had it all. The Citizens further extended their lead on aggregate with Mahrez finding the back of the net in the 73rd minute to seemingly exterminate Madrid. However, the thirteen time champions fought hard, responding on the 90-minute mark through Rodrygo.
The Brazilian youngster levelled things for his club a minute later causing a 30-minute extra time. Karim Benzema, the most fantastic player for La Casablanca stepped up to a spot-kick, four minutes after game resumption and slotted it past Ederson to hurt Guardiola and the entire Cityverse.
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The Frenchman has now scored 15 times in this prestigious competition and is further narrowing his competition for the Ballon D’or prize. Celebrating the league last weekend and paving through to the UCL finals four days later is really an exquisite performance