Hello friends, good vibes to all.
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Those of us who have been watching soccer for a few years know that there are certain teams that have a specific DNA that comes to the fore in very decisive circumstances and characteristics within a match, which is why I believe that one of the most outstanding “genetic signatures” is undoubtedly the one that Real Madrid carries impregnated in its shield. We have talked about this on countless occasions but it is always the whites, or in this case the orange ones, that give us reasons to continue commenting on how a team is able to come back, to turn a score around ALWAYS in the final stages of a game.
I try to remember if there will be another club with this particularity but no, at the moment I can't think of any more. But the most surprising thing is that this does not happen in the first rounds, most of the time it is in direct knockout matches like the one we experienced on Tuesday at the Etihad. The fact that this match was a playoff to decide who gets to the round of 16 tells us about the current situation of both clubs; knowing that one of the two will be out before the round of 16 is something quite surprising and surely something that no one was counting on despite the current context of these two teams.
The first 45 minutes were one in which City tried to control the tempo, possession and even scoring chances, Guardiola's team looked much more settled. This materialized in a great goal by Haaland in combination with Grealish and Gvardiol, leaving the young Asencio uncovered, who had to play as a central defender due to the absurd amount of losses of the Merengues in the defensive line. A 1-0 that represented a slight English dominance and a thick white game that in that first half did not find much to say. Everything changed in the second half, the roles were reversed and it was Madrid who took control of the ball. Genuinely I think it's something in the ego, in the pride that makes you have to come back in games like this and they did it not once but twice.
In less than 10 minutes they got the job done. The 2-2 was thanks to a couple of mistakes by the City goalkeeper, both when clearing and when making an impractical save with his chest, generating a rebound which Brahim took advantage of. The third was a false start by Ederson, yes, again, for Vinicius to assist Bellingham and thus the final 2-3; this goal was in the 92nd minute. You may misunderstand and think that because of the mistakes Madrid won, in part yes but the reality is that City disappeared from the field and the Merengues took over the game. I think this was a combination of the complicated moment of the citizens with the aura of Real Madrid.
The second leg is next Wednesday, as I said at the Bernabeu. Manchester City's chances for me are very low but not impossible, you have to take into account that the squad is still monstrous with players of the highest quality that at the moment they get back on track I feel they will be the fearsome team they were a little over a year ago. On the other hand, as irregular as Real Madrid's start to the season has been, the position they are in with respect to their opponents is much higher. I don't see them losing at home and even less in an instance like this where part of the future of the rest of the season could be marked. With injuries and not playing as they usually do, Madrid is always a Champions League team, it is the competition that best suits them.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos leemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡Hugs to all, see you next time!
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