Guardiola’s City stages monarchy change, beating Madrid

Bernardo Silva finds the crack

The match started as expected. Madrid surfs in the local tsunami. Guardiola was looking for a knockout, but Carletto (in black) sat down to play chess. The aggression of Pep’s men made Madrid dangerously accrued in their territory. Grealish made a cross in the 12th minute while dribbling, but Courtois avoided Haaland’s said goal. Madrid hugged the Belgian, who made a phenomenal 20-minute save, one of those saves worthy of championships. Another Haaland headshot where he changes direction with his fingertips. Madrid expected City to slow their galloping advance, but The British repeatedly attacked the Camavinga side, Where they find a crack due to the end side not being strong. Until a filtered pass left Bernardo Silva alone against Courtois. The 23rd minute was advancing fast and Madrid had given 25 passes. Poetic justice.

Half an hour later, Madrid was tense. A pass to the back resulted in Vinicius’ first face-to-face encounter with Walker, seconds later Benzema nearly crowned a serve from Rodrygo, and at 34 minutes Kroos silenced Etihad with a whiplash that hit the crossbar. Madrid came to the game. But, Another defensive mistake by Whites allowed Bernardo to score the second goal at the worst moment when White started to grow. “If they’re going to flag us, let them do it right away,” said Ancelotti. Sooner or later he had 55 minutes to solve the most difficult task.

Remove Modric and Kroos

With the arrival of the second half, the tide turned. Madrid, who did not make substitutions, took the ball and City began to lose their place. Until protector He scolded De Bruyne for his laziness and turned to the Belgian coach. Alaba coached Ederson on a free kick in the first stage, where Madrid was more recognizable and the clock was the main contenders. The match was tied to a goal that Ancelotti missed and Guardiola feared. A goal that Modric would not score replaced Rudiger in a crucial change. The Ballon d’Or was replaced by the defender. The German’s departure pushed Alaba aside and released Camavinga, who went out into the middle to show his physical enthusiasm. Actually, Carletto gave the French the lines of the Croats.

Madrid has pushed and pushed an all-confident city to the bench. He seized the advantage that Guardiola worked to protect the revenue. If Modric’s change for Rudiger was a sign, Asensio’s change for Kroos was a confirmation of generational change. If Madrid had wanted to make it to the final in Istanbul, it would have been thanks to the roar of the youth, not the trade of veterans. Courtois and the crossbar avoided third on an ill-fated Haaland shot, but Militao scored a painful own goal from a poorly defended mid-point. Julián Álvarez rounded out the win. Fate kept a rough afterword for his white reign.

The afterword of a dynasty

Years will pass and it will be said that there are more complete teams with faster forwards and stronger defenses. But no one understood football as much as Real Madrid. A team that competes at all times, in all conditions and against all opponents. He suffered when the game required it and enjoyed every second he had the ball. They won by playing while others played to win. So they invented a legend and built a winning dynasty. As Modric and Kroos tamed the ball, five Champions League raisers, Benzema whispered goals and Courtois amassed miracles in goal.

But time passes inexorably for everyone and Madrid has grown. Aged at the rate Manchester City has matured, a massive team has come together in a checkbook smash and has been painstakingly formed by Guardiola. City and Real Madrid witnessed a change of guard in European football. Glory to City, glory to Madrid.