Real Madrid 3-1 Man City DEEP DIVE: ‘This was almost SUPERNATURAL!’ | ESPN FC
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens take an in-depth look at Real Madrid’s incredible comeback win vs. Manchester City in the semi-final of the Champions League. The guys discuss the mistakes made by Manchester City, the surreal power of the Bernabeu and the outstanding performances of some key players for Real Madrid.
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Let's take a min to understand this: They were supposed to play 180 mins, ManC were in the lead for 179 mins and here we are. I mean, hats off to real Madrid and all those youngsters. Even off field,This is just an inspirational story about self belief.
Its just crazy ain't it😂😂
Actually they were in lead for 180+ mins, we equalized in 90+1'.
@@mdadnankashif1546Makes it sound even more surreal.
That’s quite the analysis
Anything is possible with an incompetent foe.
Even more incredible is the thing that their comebacks are not just 1 goal.. its twice 2 goals within a minute or 3 goals in 20 minutes.
They got a spell!!!!
commentator mentioned this as well
3 goals in 5 minutes**
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Nice of Gab to give a shout-out to Nacho. He has been massive for us this season, against PSG 2nd leg and yesterday. Whenever he is called upon, he gives his all in the field.
And for a very long time now.
Nacho learned a lot from Ramos
Nacho and Vazquez are very underrated, but they are consummate team players that live and die for their club. Every great squad needs a few players like them.
@@DAAllan82 couldn’t have said it any better myself man, players like nacho and Vasquez bring a tear to my eye. They die for the badge
@@DAAllan82 1:50 I like this and yet who did Mahrez sub for
People will be coming back to watch every single one of Real Madrid's two-legged knockout ties in the Champions League this season for decades because each was a classic, and all of the best games of the European season have featured them so far
And if they win
yeah, they defeated PSG, Chelsea, ManCity... I mean, all of these could have been finals. I am not a particular fan of RealMadrid, but man, they met 3 of the potential winners in a row and they won...
If they win ucl
Real Madrid is very good at letting teams feel like they're in control. City, PSG, Chelsea. They must've all been thinking, "were doing so well, we're in control"
That's probably the crux of the matter tbf. They get lulled into a false sense of comfort and security and then real madrid bite
Hats off to Gab and Juls for giving Real Madrid the credit they deserve. The rest of the English media are all pundits who make it look like Real didn't deserve the match, like Real didn't even have 5 chances (with 3 of them being clear) before Mahrez's goal. Ancelotti and the boys did some amazing work, and the Italian's gameplan was superior to Guardiola's (We all thought he was crazy by taking off Modric, Casemiro and Kroos but he knew what he was doing) and Pep's team wasted time from the first minute, once again giving legitimacy to *that* playstile.
I don’t think they give Real Madrid the credit they deserve.
what 5 chances, real had 1 very big chance before the mahrez goal
Real don’t deserve credit Man City absolutely dominated them
@@Cynthia20043 forget about domination its goals that count plus games are at full time when the whistle has been blown.Remember manutd victory against Bayern 1999
@@Cynthia20043 you can shove the domination up Man City’s back
when real madrid scored, man city realized they were in Real’s world, and in Real’s world, everyone suffers the same fate
Except for Barcelona he always whipp Madrid at there own stadium
@@jojodawide3097 Eh Madrid beat Barca 5 times in the last 6 games. The last game Madrid didn't even play Benzema, Mendy and where experimenting with Modric in attack and had a completely different stating lineup. Try harder, Barca is a joke.
@@outlawfly664 4-0
@@Godplayzdice lost to frankfurt hahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣
@@jojodawide3097 always?? Lol good joke
I don't agree city were in control of the game. It was a fairly even game. Madrid didnt want a back in fourth game were they're taking loads of chances pushing players forward. Madrid had more chances up until the mahrez goal which I think should've been saved. It was on the near side of the keeper. The way the game is being analysed its as if city had the god given right to go through. Hopefully they can beat Liverpool next.
There was one common thing in all the KO matches once Real Madrid got ahead there was fear on the faces of opposition or nothing left in them to fightback and real give nothing or were not troubled .
This will be a big advantage even when Liverpool gets the lead. There are teams where you know you can keep the lead playing defensively clever but with Real Madrid you can never ever switch to that mode and feel secure. They will have heart palpitations everytime a RM player is near the box.
Madrid always like that in la liga they know u show any weaknes or once they found weaknes in ur game they’re gonna go after u like a vampire when his sees blood 🩸
Liverpool have had bigger and better CL comebacks than Real Madrid. Against true European royalty like Barcelona and AC Milan.
Who are PSG and City? European bottlers. Never achieved anything on the big stage. No big deal.
@@lyndoncmp5751 this man city>>>>>>> that Barcelona
@@greatwhite3614
True, I'vd seen a lot of comments on what if MCity had made it to the finals instead...they would most likely have the advantage against LFC.
Honestlty, Real fans were more anxious of facing MCity at the semi-finals than of the possibilty of facing LFC at the finals.
But hopefuly we will witness a great game either ways.
Make no mistake Camavinga is the absolute real deal. He’s being schooled the right way and is in the best football institution. Rodrygo is just out of this world. This Madrid under construction team is ahead of schedule and can do magic. The youth academy have great role models to look up. Their power is about never giving up and the ultimate belief and that’s a lesson for each of us. That’s the main point and they’ve been making good use of that so far. City showed complacency and somehow underestimate the best team in UCL. Pep as great as he is still make mistakes and he’s learning and it’s part of the game. This is the proof that strategy tactics doesn’t make it all. The history of Madrid their charisma their serial winning mentality makes the difference. Not only they showed it against city but also vs psg and Chelsea and if liverpool thinks of themselves as favorites they would make things harder for themselves believe it or not.
Amen
it was more of a luck than self belief, period.
Luck is part of success, believe it or not.
@@steadyturtle7002 I agree
@@steadyturtle7002 yes, to win you need that bit of luck. But overall City were a better team.
Real Madrid is CLASS! PASSION! DETERMINATION! Which other word can be used to describe this team that has hope when the odds are against them? Real Madrid FC, true (real) warriors of the football pitch!
This guys have a short memory, Real Madrid played against a peak Barca who were better at possession & creating chances, even better at taking chances than Man C. These pundits don't realize that the better team is the one who can do in few moments or minutes what the other team is trying to do in 90min or 180min.
Real Madrid don't mind Man C having possession or chances, what mattered was goals. Real Madrid would have won earlier if Benzema or Vinicius were in their usual form.
Exactly no one talks about how Madrid had plenty of chances and Benzema & Vini being way off this leg. RM could've scored at least two before Rodrigo came.
Like Mourinho said: "Manchester City can take the ball home, I'll take the 3 points (the win)"
If so , then how many goals city would have scored if they capitalise all the chances. More than 10 in 2 legs . Simple city played better but Madrid win the game
@@sumethanarulanantham9676 we are talking about the fact that people say that City dominated Real in the second leg, which is not correct. Real was the better team this leg.
You knowledge of Madrid is zero
City’s were the better team. I can admit that as a Real supporter. But…
What’s lost in the coverage of Madrid’s comebacks is the quality of the goals. Those were quality goals that Real scored. They methodically worked that first goal. That was intended by Camavinga. It ain’t like they bobbled into the net or deflected off a couple players.
This 2nd match feels weird because city started to be dangerous around that time, after they scored.
The rest of the match was not really favoring city. It was kinda both ways. Madrid was putting the ball in city's box a lot and was failing hard on the final pass or to get the shot. If those 2 goals had happened before city's goal nobody would say city was superior.
@@blackmage567 I agree. Outside of Silvia’s shot at goal on the first half, we kept them at bay until Mahrez goal.
They barely threatened, and both teams had moments of pressure without that final quality touch (I remember 2 Vinicius bad touches in the box). And even saying that, we had that other missed sitter by Vinicius at the start of the second half. We weren’t overrun last night (despite what everyone says), until the Mahrez goal when everyone pushed forward.
Absolutely on spot, and the other thing is as a Real supporter, and i know it's kinda crazy but at this point when Real Madrids players go for the goal i'm certain they will score. 3 of the greatest teams on the planet right now making a rookie mistake of thinking they got Real on their knees, and it just backfires epically.
I disagree! They played better football? Yes. But our team spirit makes us a far better team.
as a madridista i really want to throw rotten apples on your d💥mb 💥ss logic. ALL GOALS ARE QUALITY YOU IDIOTA. The reason why Manchester City lost because they lacks true characters to play lin CL. Mancity is a very strong team but mentally weak. THIS REAL MADRID is not the strongest version of Real Madrid. But this Real Madrid can be deadly in every - lettle - chance - they - get. When it comes to CL, do not think that you just can hurt real madrid and thinking that you will be okay. You have to bury real madrid completely or they ALWAYS will get a chance to do something magical. And once real madrid scores a counter goal, YOU'RE DONE. REAL MADRID WILL TAKE OVER MENTALLY.
In these times when over coached teams like Liverpool and Man City are revered, let's also appreciate the Zidane's and Ancelotti's of the managerial world who trust their players, provide them enough freedom to run their magic and achieve successes like the UCL threepeat, all while being so calm and composed. Not to forget, these guys are not just great managers, but were legendary players as well in their heydays.
If we win with, this will even surpass the prior 4 UCL titles in significance. Ok, maybe not La Decima but this will be one of the sweetest CL wins ever given the Road taken with 4 heavy heavy teams in our way, the comebacks, the youngsters in the team, Ancelottis return and not having a Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale in our team.
Actually it will be 5 since Inter Milan the current Serie A Champions were there in the group stage!!
Not having Bale is a positive aspect for Madrid he would have been a distraction not an asset.
it is sad when a madrista's identity is entirely contingent on making fun of messi
If Madrid lose then it will be a record number of defeats for a CL finalist ever. 5 losses.
@@JorgePerez-gj2iq If you say so
Great point Jules on control. That actually explains it pretty well. When things are not going to plan, it does seem like city malfunctions and is a much less version of themselves.
Gab is one of the few people that perfectly understand what Madrid plans were, other than those dumb and bias people who think Madrid was outplayed in the whole game. Madrid played smart from the beginning.
Because you were in the dug out with Ancelotti and know what his plans were. Sit down you fool
Agreed
Bale is still in the team.
@@cold_servo_pie they had plans to stay in the game and not make silly mistakes. Do you think this was a fluke? They believed in themselves. Man city starting peeing they're pants when Rodrygo scored
Nonsense, having to score 2 goals in the last minute is not a legit gameplan . They were badly outplayed but city blew it
"Controlled the game for 89 minutes"????? What game were you watching?
89 mins was their first shot on target
Exactly what I mean... Madrid controlled the game as much as City did... Only thing missing was a shot on target, cuz Benzema and Vinicius probably didn't have their shooting boots on
@@marcomarin1196 that just means they didn't shoot the ball well. That doesn't mean they didn't control the game. They just didn't execute well in the final touch
Real madrid didnt controll a thing. Luck and gifts has sent them through against psg chelsea and city. They got outlayed 90% of the time in all those matches. Their luck will run out against liVARpoll
1-70 Madrid had control but not dominance over the game
70-89 City had control and Madrid weren't able to build-up play from the midfield using passes because no Kroos and Ascensio was not helpful. 90-91 Rodrygo happened and mainly Madrid turned to playing off the wings
This, one team dominated the other deal is BS. At the end of the day there can only be 1 winner. It came down to who wanted it more and that was Madrid. It’s that simple. No analytical thinking, just pure heart. It’s championship mindset 101.
Just what I wanted to comment,it's very tough for a club without ucl history to against giants of ucl, you will always lose against the mentality of Madrid, that's why we have not seen a new first time ucl winner for decades and we will not see a new winner in the near future
@@deathfromabove4605 exactly. Madrid is a mindset and all of their players share it, except for Hazard.....Thats another conversation.
Pep spends £300m on building his defence and they can't defend crossess if their life depends on it... pathetic.
Not fit to be EPL Champions
That's what was so confusing to me...as much money as they spent on Grealish..they could have gotten two great CBs or one world class one for 100 millions
It’s shameful that 173cm rodrygo got the better over a 190cm diaz aerially. Shambolic defence.
@@leeroyuckface6893 why do they need to get CBs? this was one bad game and they still have conceded the least goal in the league. They have 4 CBs, Dias Stones Laporte Ake, having another one would just make it difficult to make all of them happy.
Not sure why people blame Grealish both took amazing saves from Mendy and Courtois what else did you want him to do?
even i agree with you , and i'm thankful he didn't score
Love grealish, real unlucky not to scores. Very excited for the final ynwa
Camavinga turned into prime seadorf … bloke took on the entire midfield
I thought it was interesting that in the post match interview, Pep said that it was only normal that his players underperformed under such enormous pressure.
But it shouldn't be accepted as being normal, right? You're supposed to prepare yourselves for those moments. Maybe Patrice Evra was right. Pep has shown himself to be non-confrontational and has a history of not being able to handle big personalities that challenged him and has run some of them out of the clubs he's managed.
I think Pep is a great tactician but he needs to keep a dominant assistant (like Carlo had Zidane before) someone who can both be a friend and a task master/inspiration to the dressing room. Their dressing room lacks that edge. They got rattled single handedly by Harry Kane at home let's not forget that legendary performance!
I think pep is over rated Carlo has won titles in the top 5 leagues in Europe plus champions league. Pep only goes for big teams with money, a true test of his abilities as boss would be taking a bottom or mid table team and getting a title or top 4 finish.
But it is clear for all to see
It’s true, great team full of world class players but no big personalities
Pep is massively overrated, he made his name with a once-in-a-lifetime Barca squad who had already played together for 15+ years & were already dominating Spain.
Pep's post-Barca teams have had no back bone. He's never turned losers into winners once in his career.
Compare to Mourinho. He's a toxic animal but his teams fight to the death. He gives them that mentality. He brought that mentality to Madrid when they were like Man City in the 00s - full of stars & would still find a way to lose everything.
Ancelotti's won the league in all 4 major Euro leagues w 4 different teams, and he's won the CL 3x with 2 teams. That's a manager who can command a locker room. Pep is not that guy.
One of the best analysis I’ve heard so far about yesterday game. Thank you!
From the City perspective...it's the darkest time of the Pep Era
Brixit boys talk like City had 85% Ball possession with 50 shorts on target to Real Madrid's 15% ball possession with 0 shorts on goal.
But still won
My boy benzema is cold blooded at this stage in his career
One simple thing to realise about Real Madrid is that the manager and the players know that they can score goals. They aren't bothered about mounting waves upon waves of attacks because they can score in the blink of an eye. They don't need momentum.
Yes Real Madrid waited a bit too long but everyone making it seems as it was pure luck. Man City went 2-0, 3-1, 4-2 and 5-3 over the two legs, that's four two goal leads and lost 6-5. They went behind once in the tie and could not come up with a goal.
Put respect on Camavinga's name. Dude is the best thing I've seen come up in a while. So brave, crazy press resistant, physical marvel, great in defense, great passer, full of stamina and great runner. No other midfielder his age more complete.
Jude Bellinhgam is up there. It will be a very bright future for Real’s midfield if they do sign him too
Grealish didn’t lack composure, one was the amazing clearance & the other an incredible save…
Federico valverde was bae ...he ran all minutes..what a machine
Madrid were actually better than City for most of this game, Vinicius could have scored several goals but he waffled hard, including missing an open net, don’t know what these clown pundits are talking about.
Madrid's 1st shot on target was Rodrygo's goal in the 89th minute. What are you saying?
@@remarkable6111 doesn't mean they didn't create chances. That Vini's chance right after the start of the second half was even a better chance than the one Mahrez scored from.
Or Benzema a chance in the first 4 min. He Scores that chance 9 times out of 10. Idk how he missed that.
@@remarkable6111 off target was also a chance that the player did not take well .. comon now
All three matches…paris, Chelsea and city…were impacted by the young lads. Camavinga, Rodrygo and Valverde
There is no way that a team that struggled vs atleti was going to eliminate Real Madrid.
Don't go by that, remember football is very weird.
@@lamin1825 true
Such an amazing way to spend my afternoon yesterday watching this game, Hala Madrid!
Ten minutes later of winning the leg, Real Madrid players had a jersey where you could read “ let’s get the 14”. That’s their mentality, they’ve already start to play the final. Winner team.
Who is City’s leader? I think that’s what Pep’s team has been missing since Kompany left. Jules hit the nail on the head
Overreaction! How come City has dominated the PL over the last few years, made CL semi-finals and a final in that period without leaders? That team is littered with leaders!
@@BillyPhilipRwoth I think what you’re referring to is their style of play; Pep’s style of play will win domestic leagues as it’s proven. Last time Pep won a UCL, Xavi and Iniesta were the clear vocal and playing leaders. This Man City team, since Kompany left, is littered with great technical and skillful players but not a true captain, no one with a bigger personality to be the coach on the field. Madrid has Benzema and Modrić, Liverpool has Henderson and Virgil.
I still am amazed how Casemiro went off with not even a blue card lol that guy has good impact .
UEFA refs for you. Corruption at its best
what blue card?
Amazing was seeing at minute 8 how Modric was taking a smack and City player was not getting a direct red card. Stop crying.
@@Daniel-nt5gh that wasnt a red. Both got yellow which was fair. Casemiro should have got atleast 1 yellow tbh for his tackles on De Bruyne and Foden
@@AshirwadSarmah the city player deserved a red and modric a yellow, city player hit modric first
IF CASEMIRO PLAYED 1ST LEG KDB WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD AN EASY STROLL IN THE PARK
COMPLETEY POCKETED KDB THIS GAME
Kdb will never win ucl,same with players like Bernardo,mahrez, cancelo, i feel sad for these talented players, and if you don't win ucl in this generation no one remembers you as footballers
@@deathfromabove4605 hmm UCL is important but I think people will remember Zlatan or the real Brazilian Ronaldo. So if KDB wins World Cup for example he will definitely be remembered.
@@lepari9986 Belgium is washed up and tired, they are never gonna win World Cup, there is no motivation for Belgian player after all those failures
@@deathfromabove4605 actually failures are known to increase motivation for many people. But my point wasn't to claim that they are gonna win it or what are their chances of it, just said it hypothetically.
But as Greece and Denmark (ok latter tournament had very few teams) have won Euros and Leicester PL then certainly Belgium winning isn't impossible.
@@lepari9986 kdb is cursed, he will never win a big trophy in his career nor any big individual trophy,no one will remember him after he retires in 4 years, just a wasted career for kdb, he should have joined real Madrid instead where he would have won 3-4 ucl trophies
THNK U for this analysis...
Jules, you could wear the front of the shirt, you know? Like you've done with your other shirts? 😏😏😏
Honestly, this semifinal tie with Real Madrid and Manchester City is one of the very best I've seen since watching the UCL.
I feel very very sorry for City though. But if you don't take your chances against Madrid, you will pay for it.
You haven’t watched a lot of football then
You need to show character in the big moments to win the Champions League which City has never had or shown unlike the actual European Elites from the PL like Liverpool, Chelsea & United. City are just an English version of PSG, good domestically but not quite good enough to dine at the European table.
Yes I thought the same.
And living rent free in pundits mind🤣🤣🤣
I agree with you brother but you forgot the kings of europe madrid no one comes closer to them in terms of european glory they are royalty respect you brother
Juls wearing that Karim jersey🔥😂😂😂
If all those teams(City,PSG,Chelsea )are better than Madrid then why are they knocked out? it's about time you'll recognise the kings of Europe!Madrid Madrid Madrid Hala Madrid!
Very fair analysis, guys! I love your podcasts as well.
Excellent analysis.
Why is nobody talking about handball from cancelo in the box.!!!!!!!!!!!
CITY tried to kill the game 4 times after being 2 goals up over 2 ties when all they had to do was keep the ball and make it difficult for RM. If CITY had outright striker then result would have been different in both legs imo.
Daddy shiek just another 1 billion pounds to buy strikers pleaseee 🥺
The whole striker issue doesn't matter when they played as poorly as they did in extra time.
And if Madrid had Mbappe, Rudiger and Tchouameni it wouldn’t have been close.
What ifs and future transfers don’t matter.
Talking of karma, a season prior to 2005’s Istanbul I recall his AC Milan being eliminated in the 2nd leg 4 - 0 by Deportivro La Coruna - after Milan won the first leg 4-1.
Fantastic analysis, Gentlemen.
Was waiting for the Kareem the dream🤣🤣🤣🤣
Pure MAGIA pure MISTICA. This is destined for Real to be crowned as King of Kings in Champions (again). You can't fight against that
That’s a great point that Patrice evra made about Guardiola, this is where you can make that rare likely comparison with Mourinho. Pep’s City are a very cerebral unemotional team. Thing is, you need to engage and feed off that heightened emotion in these intense knock out competitions.
As we said in our reaction (you can always check that on our channel 😛) someday someone should make a movie if we go on to win the final. I've been a Madridista since I understand football but never I've seen a UCL season like this one. The self belief and confidence our players have are just off the chart!
On the game: The match wasn't dominated by man City like they did in the first leg. It was evenly balanced in fact both teams created same number of chances just ours weren't on target until 90th minute! But that's football and both of our forwards had a bad night so it's understandable. Rodrygo isnt your typical wingers, he has knack of goal scoring since day 1. Remember Galatasaray hattrick?
As a Madrid fan, I hate how we never get credit for our wins and the teams gets slaughtered for losing. How are you talking about the team that lost for most the video and disregarding Real Madrids fight. The ESPN bias against Los Blancos is mad!!
Seeing jules in a Real Madrid shirt wow I thought I’d never c the day hahaha he knows Real Madrid CF is the best team in the world
Not really. Chelsea are the best so far.
@@buridah328 r u joking? Pls tell me ur joking.
Julien is wrong. Camavinga has played in the ucl with Rennes before. He was a starter for them at 17. There was a reason every big club wanted him.
By the way grealish is 26 years old and will be 27 come the start of next season. He's far from being a young player.
Think they are being harsh on Grealish. He did well and was unlucky with the second chance, which in fact was a crazy save.
That benzema shirt 🤣🤣🤣😍🤙🏼
They always come back when they're behind by 2 goals. It's like when teams score that second goal, they turn on.
There're some people attributing everything to luck. You basically create your own luck. It's not like the goalkeeper scored on himself with no one around. The Mendy clearance was not luck the guy sprinted there by himself, the Courtois save, Rodrigo's goals etc. You basically create your own luck in football.
I don't think that Pep rated Real Madrid.He and his team paid for it. I just hope Klop and Liverpool don't underestimate Real.
That’s exactly what Real Madrid did to teams in this season UCL … 1st leg when the pen scored City eyes turned white just like Courtois mentioned
Not these two pundits specifically. I happen to really like Gab and his take on things. But the media elsewhere were talking about how Madrid were going to fold against the almighty Man City when they fail to realize that a lot of these players and staff faced prime Barca. A truly scary team. These teams dont come close to what MSN Barca, Scudetto winning Juve, Simeones liga winning Atleti, and Lewas Bayern Munich. THESE are the team Madrid faced who were insanely good. Liverpool and Man City are not these teams. Sorry.
All Ancelotti had to do is was give this face 🤨 to his players for them to go and score 3 goals. 😂😂😂
6-1 is supernatural then Arsenl 5-0 vs Inter after 3-0 deficit is supernatural.
Jules hahaha love the shirt bro 🤣🤣🤣
I agree with Patrice, if this team had more players like Eto’o they may have killed off the game but pep doesn’t want a Samuel Eto’o or Zlatan
I feel sorry for Pep
good stream gentlemen..👏🏾
I find that point you mentioned from Evra interesting. Hadn't crossed my mind really but I think there's some truth in that. Pep does play his teams with A TON of control, and he has clashed a fair bit w the huge personality players. When things go off schedule, him and his players have got the deer in the headlights look to them. They really don't have a viera/keane/gerrard/ronaldo type leader on-pitch who can ring the alarm bell to let teammates know to step it up in times of stress.
Listen.. this final is going to be extra special for us LFC fans. I'm torn bout whether we will come into it tired or fired up. And whether RM will be sluggish or rested. Either scenario is very possible
"I think Machester City is a better team".......then WIN! They always underdeliver especially under pressure. A better team finds a way to win no matter what. Another stupid statement.
Great analysis...all english pundits were missing the plot. Real and Ancelloti planned this game way better than time wasting City
The Microwave was the man!
This RM team has this survivability grit and determination that no one else has. Not even Liverpool but Liverpool is overall more talented. Man City for all they spent and all the talent just don’t have that.
Madrid played amazing after Ancelotti made the changes and left City on their knees. They hadn’t even had a shot on target until they scored in the dying minutes. Can’t wait for the dream final with two European super powers going head to head, but hopefully Liverpool will be too strong, but Madrid have shown this season that its not over until the fat lady sings.
Well it would be shameful if Madrid beats Liverpool in the final.
Because Real Madrid is not even at full strength yet.
harsh truth: Pep is massively overrated & spineless who lucked out managing a barca dream team of a lifetime. He isn't a leader & this reflects in his squads. Madrid doesnt have the best squad but Ancelotti is a winner & their leaders - Benzema, Marcelo, Modric, etc. - have won 4 CL Titles. That mentality is engrained in the core of the squad. That's the difference. RM stays calm under pressure & MC falls apart the first sign of trouble. It's not a player issue, it's a leadership/experience issue.
there's a second penalty for Real Madrid that neither the reff or the VAR saw after Cancelo handled the ball in exrta time.
3:20 simply the best
Casemiro wasn't getting sent off, if he gets the 1st one, deservedly so, if you think he is gonna grab the jersey of a MC player in midfield, you are just fooling yourself.
Their entire run has been supernatural. Lets not forget they faced that hardest teams.. PSG, Chelsea, Man City .. they deserve to win the cup
title should have been "THIS IS SUPERNATURAL"
Man City have no personalities, no leaders. They are a great team, and when things go according to plan everyone does his part and they dominate. But when the going gets tough you need that guy on the pitch who can bring the team up, who can take the weight on his shoulders and give confidence to the other players.
the last match I remember that happening was Kompany vs Leicester, but he is long gone.
City needs a more physical player upfront, none of them are really bothering opponents defence from the stamina stand point . Then when you re begin on the score sheet, you re stuck with your short guys in front of a very dense defence
These are my two favorite ESPN pundits along with Ale Moreno. Of course Jules is a PSG fan but he’s not as biased as you might think. All the other pundits really need to humble themselves a little bit. And there’s no way better to achieve that than watching Real Madrid.
People need to give credit to Real Madrid they eliminated psg, Chelsea and city
To these fucks, Madrid didn’t win the other teams lost.
Evra’s opinion on the lack of personality in City is the deepest and most accurate I’ve seen featured here. Good job to Gabs for picking it up and crediting Evra
The pains in ESPN is brought to you by kind courtesy of Real Madrid
Nice Benzema shirt. Aside from this detail, this analysis is great. It was really a poor decision to become defensive against Madrid in the las minutes.
Jules should talk more, since he's obviously the smarter one.
It's like this Madrid team in the ucl even if you lock the door, they will pass through the keyhole.
Is Jules wearing that jersey backwards?
Not taking anything away from Pep what he has done at City he has once again in my opinion revolutionized the game, but he did over think it, why take Marhez off when he is your best dribbler in the team and like they said in this discussion, City never change their approach to a game ever!! Yet they did it in this game knowing that Madrid had to at some point throw men forward and try and get a goal. For me he has over thought it again, his side have been the best if not too two teams in Europe because of how they play. Barca fan but Madrid deserve this final and I believe they have the confidence to go on and win it and it is well deserved if they do!
Also no shoots on target ? Your talking about the the bad misses that usually would go in
God keeps blessing this team, "who can be against us if God is with us?" type of situation at this point.
Yes man it's a supernatural force for real Madrid in ucl in this generation as everyone says, they will keep on dominating ucl into the near future
why did city need to keep pressing and attacking instead of passing and having some "injuries" when touched to run down time. Reverse the situation and with 10 mins to go Real would have applied different tactics than City. Great comeback and game but I think just a little niave at that level of doing whatever to get over the line. Hard to take but I think just a little too complacent and naivety last 10 mins cost them place in final. Feel for players as hard one to take.
Good point Juls
PSG, Chealse and City suffered the entry of Rodrygo and Camavinga in the last quarter of an hour of play.
Liverpool collapsed, allow Villarreal to score 2 goals to even the aggregate score, then Liverpool stepped up a gear and scored 3 goals to win.
Cheaty collapsed, allow Madrid to score 2 goals to even the aggregate score, then gifted a penalty to Benzema and lost.
That's the mentality difference, and why I said before the match that Cheaty would crumble under pressure at Madrid.
Hypocrisy of these so called biased pundits-
If any madrid player makes an error and that leads to a goal (as seen from militao in 1st leg), then its not an error but its the dominance of the opponent. They wont highlight it as an error even if it is a big one.
But in the opposite case, even if there's minimal error by the opponent, they will highlight it seperately and will say madrid capitalized on the error. The opponent played badly, its not their day.
Or Carvajal TWICE literally 3/4 of shitty’s goals were stupid mistakes