Playoff duel in the premier class: Dreierpack Mbappé: Real is thrown City from Champions League

Manchester City and Pep Guardiola left the Champions League prematurely and received a lesson from football superstar Kylian Mbappé. The English champion lost the playoff second leg at Real Madrid in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu 1: 3 (0: 2) and has to say goodbye a week after the 2: 3 home defeat from the most important club competition in Europe.

Mbappé made clear conditions early with his two goals (4th minute/33.) And hit a third time after the break (61.). The Frenchman’s leadership after an outstanding long ball by Raul Asencio was pure world class.

Guardiola, who won the Henkelpott with the Cityzens in 2023, sank early in his seat and revealed his whole disappointment. Even before the second leg, he had estimated his team’s chances at one percent. Nico’s late goal (90.+2) was nothing more than an honor goal for the guests from England.

You experience the most difficult season with the Catalan Starcoach. During the defeat in Madrid Saß Sahing Haaland on the bench due to knee problems for 90 minutes and was represented by newcomer Omar Marmoush (before Eintracht Frankfurt). After eight minutes, another guarantee had to get off the field in defense lawyer John Stones. Midfield strategist Rodri has been missing for months.

While the royal is a possible round of round of 16 of Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester only has a realistic title chance – namely in the FA Cup. In the Premier League, FC Liverpool, which City is welcomed on Sunday (5.30 p.m.), is rushed unexpiously. In contrast, thanks to Mbappé, who has been making it to more than 500 goal participations across the club and competition since Wednesday, Real underpowered his status as a title contender.

In addition to defending champion Real and previous year’s finalist Borussia Dortmund, who had played 0-0 against Sporting Lisbon in the early evening, Paris Saint-Germain made the leap into the round of the last 16th PSG clearly won 7-0 (2: 0) and confirmed with it The 3-0 first leg victory against the national rival Stade Brest. The draw of the round of 16 will take place on Friday (12 p.m.) in Nyon.