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Alessandro Del Piero evaluate Real Madrid have a good mentality despite losing to Manchester City. Karim Benzema have a role to lift the morale of other players.
Real Madrid lost 3-4 to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in the semifinal first leg Liga Champions, Wednesday (27/4/2022) early morning WIB. Despite losing, El Real showed a very good mentality by not panicking after being left behind quickly at the start of the match.
The Citizens were able to take a two-goal lead when the game had only been running for 11 minutes through Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus. Madrid could thin out in the 33rd minute through Karim Benzema to close the halftime with a score of 2-1.
After the break, Man City away from Phil Foden’s goal. El Real can cut behind from Vinicius Junior. The Citizens were again ahead by a two-goal difference after Bernardo Silva rattled Thibaut Courtois’ net. However, Madrid remained calm and then only narrowly lost after Benzema scored from the penalty spot.
Juventus Legend, Alessandro Del Piero, admits that the Los Blancos players have the mentality to not give up easily in this match. Such experienced players Karim Benzema, Luka Modricday Toni Kroos has a big role to lift the morale of Madrid’s players during difficult conditions.
This is reflected in what Benzema showed when Madrid missed two goals at the start of the match. Benzema immediately took the ball for a corner after his bait was blocked by a Man City player.
“I believe it depends on their mentality which is set at the club,” Del Piero was quoted as saying on Sky Sports.
“You saw what Benzema did. In certain situations (with Madrid 2-0 down), he collected the ball and rushed to take a corner… it was a signal to show that, despite everything, they are still in the game.”
“Real Madrid was a bit lucky too, but some things don’t happen by chance. When you have players with personalities like Benzema, Modric, Toni Kroos… these players know what to do and have the experience to stay calm in times of need. difficult,” he explained.
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