Pep Guardiola announced ingenious tactics against “Quilters”, only to end up having to rely on Kevin de Bruyne’s genius to win. Manchester City defeated Atletico Madrid with a minimum score of 1: 0 (0: 0) in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and gained an important advantage before the rematch in the Spanish capital.
The first half of “Etihads” went exactly as all football fans imagined, Guardiola’s technicians tied a net of additions around Athletic’s thugs who did not come to England to compete.
Rahim Sterling rushed from the left only a few times, De Bruyne’s sniper cross ran into red-and-white obstacles in the penalty area, and Cloud was ready for any attempt from a distance of the sky-blues.
She failed to orchestrate any liquid attack of the Citizens’ team in the first half, and Cholov’s rampart dared to threaten from the counter in rare moments, so a boring game of Victoria was seen for the most part, and the impression is that both teams went to the break without a drop. sweat.
It was only in the 55th minute that Kevin De Bruyne tested Jan Oblak more seriously. The Belgian sent an arrow into the right corner of the visitors with a low free-kick, but the Slovenian was ready and kept zero on the scoreboard.
The champion of England continued to shoot at Atletico’s goal, and in the 70th minute, De Bruyne finally broke the lock.
Phil Foden found the red-haired midfielder with a low ball, and he scored, without giving any chance to the phenomenal goalkeeper this time.
Regardless of the advantage of the English team, the situation on the field did not change, City was the team that was looking for an opponent’s goal, and Atletico played only in their own half, so the score on the scoreboard remained unchanged until the last whistle.
The rematch will be played on April 13, at the “Wanda Metropolitano” stadium.
