Competition Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City At first it was like a normal football match, but things changed at the last minute.
Man City’s 1-0 victory in the first leg made The Citizens and Los Colchoneros exert their maximum ability in the second leg. The advantage of one goal has not been able to guarantee the steps of Pep Guardiola’s men, while Joao Felix and his friends also still have a chance.
Man City was quite dominant in the first half. There were at least five chances created, while Atletico failed to play the best scheme in the first half. The new hosts aggressively attacked in the second half.
Entering the 88th minute Man City tried to counterattack from the left side. Phil Foden tries to catch the ball. Felipe did not want to give space and tried to quickly compete with Foden in hunting the round skin.
Felipe reached the ball first with a clean tackle. But shortly after the tackle Felipe’s foot hit Foden’s leg.
The England international then reacted in pain and rolled over. Seeing Foden in action at the end of the match, Stefan Savic then approached and dragged Foden off the field. Savic took the initiative so that the referee did not have to stop the match considering that Atletico were still chasing goals.
Savic’s actions received a strong response from the players and Man City officials. Atletico players and officials did not want to leave their colleagues disturbed by the opponent.
Savic was then surrounded by Man City players. The player who had strengthened the Manchester Blue was seen headbutting Raheem Sterling.
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The players and staff from both teams were not only focused on Savic and Sterling, some seemed busy confronting each other. There are also those who try to separate and calm like goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
Jack Grealish was also said to have enlivened the atmosphere by insulting Savic, which the 31-year-old player grabbed the Man City reserve.
The heat has been going on for a long time. The match officials then decided on nine minutes of added time.
After the players’ emotions subsided and there was no more crowd, the referee then issued a series of yellow cards to the players involved in the commotion.
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Felipe received a yellow card, previously the Brazilian defender had received a yellow card in the first half. Felipe did not believe the referee’s decision and had to be forced into the hallway by Atletico officials.
The match resumed and the score was a goalless draw to be the final result of the match. Man City advances to the semifinals against Real Madrid.
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