Madrid, asking for time, and City, thinking of the Premier

Watch a game of Champions League of real Madrid It’s like watching a movie knowing the ending. Whether due to competitiveness, trading or other refereeing errors that benefit their interests, the white team usually gets their way even when it seems unlikely. Proof of this is what happened this Wednesday at Santiago Bernabeuwhere is he Leipzig He is so superior that he cannot defeat the whites. No matter how you say it in German, in the visiting locker room of the white fiefdom someone heard last night that ‘we played like never before and lost like never before’. As usual when the rival is real Madridand as always, there is a referee controversy that ends up in the whites’ favor.

This time, there were two actions that could drastically change the outcome of the tie. The first, three weeks ago at Leipzigwhen the Bosnian entered Infant Beljo (referee) and the Dutch Pol van Boekel (VAR) decides to disallow a goal sex at minute 2 when estimating that Henrichsin positional offside, is bothered Luna. It was 1-0 but the game ended 0-1. And the second occurred in the 54th minute of this Wednesday’s match. Viniciuswho although disappointed the Real Madrid fans, suffered one of its short circuits and after a hard tackle deserved to be given a yellow in Orban He pushed the Hungarian violently, inviting the referee to show him the red card. It is not sporting behavior that deserves expulsion, but the Italians David Massa and Massimiliano Errati, referee and VAR, decided to leave things yellow. Just 10 minutes later, the Brazilian himself opened the scoring, scoring a crucial goal at the end in the white classification. Small details that make a difference.

Be that as it may, and despite all the above, the Leipzig He put in his body the fear of Real Madrid fans so whistles can be heard in a Santiago Bernabeu where the ghost of Ajax of 2019. The visitor’s tie came just three minutes after the goal of Vini and in the total party the Leipzig He fired no more and no less than 20 shots. Added to those from the first leg, the German team made no more and no less than a total of 34 to score a single goal valid for the referees. And with it is not enough to eliminate one real Madrid which, although asking for time and not accumulating more merit than the rival, is in the quarterfinals. This is not the first time that this film has been shown in the cinema of the Champions League, the one where the white team is more comfortable than the other team.

For his part, the City of Manchester didn’t give options Copenhagen in the other round of 16 tie was resolved yesterday. In fact, Pep Guardiola He spun around thinking about the duel against Liverpool where half will be played premier Next week.