Manchester City, without Julián Álvarez, and Real Madrid won on the road and advanced to the quarterfinals

So, Manchester City and real Madrid You can put in parentheses the Champions League and focus on the domestic championships for three weeks, with the second leg matches of the round of 16 in the Etihad and in the Santiago Bernabeu against clearly inferior rivals for whom coming back in two temples of football today is an entelechy.

Even more so for the Danish club, to which a goal in added time from Phil Foden left without what would have been a minimal, even honorable, defeat against Manchester Citythe main favorite to retain the title, which added its 21st game in a row without losing in the Champions League.

The local team was short of shooting, because due to the harsh Nordic winter they had not played for 2 months. The Belgian Kevin de Bruyne (10), the Portuguese Bernardo Silva (46) and Phil Foden (92) secured the victory for Manchester City. Copenhagen had provisionally tied via Magnus Mattsson (35).

Real Madrid, back on track

He also got his tie back on track real Madridafter winning by the minimum in Leipzig despite not being able to count on the injured Jude Bellingham. It was precisely his substitute Brahim Díaz who scored the goal for the team led by Carlo Ancelotti.

“It was difficult for us because it is like that, it is like that here. It was a very tough game, very competitive, but the team was in it. It could be done better, I think so, but there are many positive aspects,” declared the coach of the real Madrid. “It was a good match, a good result, but there are another 90 minutes in our stadium,” he added.

He Leipzig He saw how a headed goal by Benjamin Sesko did not open the scoring, when barely two minutes into the game, and real Madrid I suffered. In a controversial decision, the referee annulled the goal due to Benjamin Henrichs’ offside position that touched goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.

An initial scare for Real Madrid who took a while to get into the game, making it very difficult at the start due to the intense rival pressure. But as soon as I returned from halftime, Brahma He escaped from three rivals and took a cross shot into the top corner with which he made it 1-0 (48).

After a match full of intensity and speed, the real Madrid tried to lower the revs in the last few minutes, but the Leipzig He did not give up trying to surprise. Lunin He showed off again almost consecutively in the shots of Xavi Simons and sesko (81), which were the last clear chances for the Germans, condemned to try to come back at the Bernabéu against a real Madrid who at the moment walks with a firm step in search of his 15th Champions League.