Yesterday Real Madrid and Manchester City met in the semifinal of the Champions League. The game was presented as expected, with the English team dominating the ball and Real Madrid betting on quick defense-attack transitions.
It was in this way that, at minute 36, Vinicius Junior, with a powerful shot from outside the area, beat Ederson and a better moment of Real Madrid was seen, this until minute 67, when after a lost ball by Eduardo Camavinga, the midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, with another mid-distance shot, put the final tie.
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After the match, the organization awarded the player of the match trophy to De Bruyne, which brought several criticisms stating that Vinicius’s match had been superior to that of any other footballer on the pitch, to these protests was added that of former Barcelona player Thierry Henry.
The former player in his new role as a commentator for English television disagreed with the MVP award. “I love Kevin (De Bruyne) but are you telling me that the trophy is not for Vinicius? It can’t be,” the commentator said. “Vinicius Junior played in his position and we all know what he could do, and he did it.”
With the 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabéu, everything remains to be seen next week when they meet again at the Etihad Stadium. In the second leg we will surely see the entry of Éder Militão who has already fulfilled his suspension date due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
