Final results: Real Madrid-Manchester City 3-1
REAL MADRID
Courtois 7,5 – Wonderful save on Bernardo Silva, leaving the result 0-0. He can’t do anything about Mahrez, but he’s definitely busier than Ederson. Miraculous in the final on Grealish, then also on Foden in the first overtime.
Carvajal 6.5 – Another player than the wobbly and shaky Etihad. He pierced Cancelo’s band at the beginning of the second half, hitting almost perfectly for Vinicius who eats the advantage.
Eder Militao 6 – A few burrs too many, especially in the leaning exits. He does not perform disasters, but not even miracles. In extra time he also wastes time with cunning (from 115 ‘Vallejo sv).
Nacho 7,5 – Almost flawless in the first half, contrary to what Alaba did in the first leg. Very fast and difficult to jump, clearly the best of the defense.
Mendy 6,5 – On his side Mahrez is not the one of the first leg, so much so that he is bet little compared to a week ago. The problem is that when Gabriel Jesus goes to the outside, he goes to defend losing the measures with the opponent. Avoid Manchester City doubling up and that changes pretty much everything.
Kroos 5,5 – Of government and manner, looking for the right geometries to get out of the pressing of the Manchester City midfielders. He doesn’t show up much (from 68 ‘ Rodrygo 8,5 – Twenty minutes of long sleep, then the bird of prey goal of the area and the header. Real Madrid ends in history for him too)
Casemiro 6.5 – He was not there on the first leg and his absence was felt. He holds up as long as Real Madrid does (from 73 ‘ Asensio 6,5 – He has the great merit of touching the 2-1 ball for Rodrygo)
Modric 6 – It begins with a rustic duel with Laporte, even if he is the one who gets hit. He runs as fast as De Bruyne and, at his age, it is far from obvious. Compared to usual, however, he does not turn on the light (from 74 ‘ Camavinga 7,5 – Come in and change the game, with speed and quality. The opening of the 1-1 starts from his foot, but that’s not the only good thing in the game)
Valverde 6.5 – The tactical move to give more consistency to the half court actually looks like a weakening of the attack. He only shows up on one occasion, finding Benzema between the lines. But then it becomes precious to balance when the whole midfield comes out.
Benzema 7,5 – Much more present in the construction than in the opponent’s penalty area, where it could hurt. The only time he manages to kick is Ederson good, even if he starts from an offside position. This was until the ninetieth, when he corrected Camavinga’s opening in the 1-1 assist. In extra time he burns Ruben Dias, for the first time in the match, and takes the penalty which he then transforms. Absolute champion (from 104 ‘Ceballos sv)
Vinicius Jr 6.5 – Always very fast, almost impregnable, but not very concrete. He shoots on the fly but does not take the door in the first half, he has the goal for the advantage on his feet, wasting it without finding the door. When he snatches it is difficult to stop him (from 115 ‘Lucas Vazquez sv).
Carlo Ancelotti 8 – For ninety minutes he seems to have lost the long-distance challenge with Guardiola, because twenty minutes earlier he had four strikers and swerved dangerously. Then Rodrygo draws two pearls and the whole world changes.
MANCHESTER CITY
Ederson 5,5 – He wastes time immediately and Orsato scolds him, making him understand that he will not tolerate further. He adventurous exit that risks giving the ball to Vinicius, he is almost never committed and on Rodrygo’s goal he arrives clearly late.
Joao Cancelo 6 – He starts from the left because otherwise he would have to face Vinicius, he only loses a duel with Carvajal, then he manages with great patience. He goes close to scoring with a right winger.
Ruben Dias 5 – He gets angry about Laporte’s wrong position, he is the defensive leader of the team, but he only misses once, when Benzema strikes him in overtime.
Laporte 5 – Quarrel with Modric in which he does everything: he provokes, hits and falls. He hits hard but also has a great job, he ends up as a center forward because he is emptied.
Walker 6,5 – He has to deal with Vinicius and it’s not easy, given what happened in the first leg between Stones and Fernandinho. He is replaced due to the exacerbation of the ankle problem, as long as he is on the field he holds off (from 73 ‘ Zinchenko 5 – It would be the deputy to mark Rodrygo. He seeks the penalty with a rather awkward dive).
De Bruyne 5.5 – It takes a quarter of an hour to get up to temperature, with a shot from distance. Trace the passage for Bernardo Silva in the first big chance of the City (from 73 ‘ Gundogan 6 – He enters and starts the 1-0 opportunity, verticalizing with intelligence. But then he disappears like the whole team).
Rodri 5.5 – Needle of the balance of the midfield, he has the task of giving balance in the midst of the many attacking midfielders. Shipwrecked from the ninetieth onwards (from 100 ‘Sterling sv).
Bernardo Silva 7.5 – Courtois tells him no from a good position, when he shoots at the near post instead of looking for the diagonal. He is by far the best.
Mahrez 6,5 – Genius and recklessness on the way out, neither on the way back. He does not try to puncture the opponent, preferring to avoid losing the ball. He is perhaps the worst in the field until Bernardo Silva gives him a ball too good not to send him to the intersection (from 84 ‘ Fernandinho 5 – A nightmare birthday).
Gabriel Jesus 6 – Try to give weight and consistency to his game with the blow in the middle of the first half, finding only the support of the goal (from 79 ‘ Grealish 6 – He comes in and has a lot of fun jumping everyone, going close to 2-0 twice. But then everyone’s missed stamps are felt).
Foot 5.5 – A stone in the shoe for the defense, because technically it is difficult to frame. When he has to drag he disappears like everyone else.
Josep Guardiola 5 – Between the round trip he deserves to pass the shift without problems. Ten minutes from the end he takes away the center forward (the only one he has), then puts Fernandinho for Mahrez, as if he were an Italian coach. It ends without attackers and with inertia against loses.
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