MANCHESTER (ENGLAND) (ITALPRESS) – Manchester City will challenge Inter in the Champions League final. In the second leg of the semi-final, Guardiola’s men beat Real Madrid 4-0, deserving the ticket to Istanbul. The contest was decided by a brace from Bernardo Silva in the first half, followed by an own goal from Militao and a flash from Alvarez in the final. The English start better and shoot with Rodri in the 7th minute, who widens his right foot too much from a good position. Six minutes later, Gundogan and his companions devour the 1-0 when Grealish serves a kiss ball on the head of Haaland who goes up to the sky but finds a super Courtois on his way that saves everything. The duel was repeated in the 21st minute, with the Belgian who still had the upper hand by deflecting a gore sent by the Norwegian into the corner. The dominion of the citizens is rewarded in the 23rd minute. De Bruyne verticalizes in the area for Bernardo Silva who adjusts the ball on the left and stabs Courtois at the near post, deservedly giving him the lead. The reigning European champions come out of their shells in the 35th minute and immediately come close to equalizing with a long-range right-footed shot by Kroos that hits the crossbar right in the middle. After the scare, the home team took the lead and found the 2-0 in the 37th minute. Grealish serves Gundogan in the area who shoots with his left foot, with the ball splashing after a deflection by a defender and arriving on the head of Bernardo Silva, who scores the 2-0 with an almost empty net, signing his personal double. It is the result with which the two teams go into the break. In the 6th minute of the second half, Ederson gets his hands on a free-kick from Alaba and raises for a corner. The pace slows down and the blue half of Manchester benefits from it. In the 28th minute, another great intervention by Courtois was needed to deny Haaland the goal, unmarked in the area by a brilliant heel from Gundogan. However, the trio is in the air and arrives in the 31st minute. De Bruyne takes a free-kick from the left, finding a clumsy deflection from Militao, who slips in an innocent Courtois for the 3-0. In full recovery, the newcomer Alvarez signs the final 4-0 with a close touch making the most of a brilliant assist between Foden’s lines.
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