Real Madrid hosted Manchester City in a 433 match, with defenders Rüdiger, Tchouameni, Carvajal and Mendy, midfielders Kroos, Camavinga and Valverde, and strikers Bellingham, Rodrygo and Vinicius.
City lined up in 4231 with RubenDias, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol at the back, Rodri, Kovacic at the back, Foden at attacking midfielder, B.Silva, Grealish on the wings, and Haaland at the front.
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Real Madrid no longer had a center back.Tchouameni played part-time at center back and would initially miss the second round because of Grealish's charge. The result was a foul free kick around 28 yards B. Silva suddenly kicked a high-speed, low ball directly near the goalpost. Goalie Lunin took an extra step on the far post and was slow to shift. As a result the ball went straight in for a quick score.Lunin couldn't touch it but couldn't quite block it, resulting in a breakaway that favored the keeper's responsibility.
Real Madrid stayed even, while Manchester City favored the offense. With 11:00 to go in the game, Camavinga started a shot from around 26 yards. It turned out to be a high-speed breakaway refraction and keeper Ortega had no choice
After Real Madrid began to counterattack, Bellemain and Venis have been walking together to receive a long ball, may plan to spread out in the moment of receiving the ball to create a single shot, Real Madrid here is a good long ball, Manchester City began to prepare, gradually retreating, leaving Real Madrid midfield pressure space, so Venis this time to draw a shot, no longer playing the organization of the war to avoid Manchester City in the real Madrid personnel after the counterattack, this Reflex goal unexpectedly earned
Manchester City are trying to attack. I didn't expect Real Madrid to counterattack again. Just 2 minutes later, Vinicius sees a forward pass in the half. The City defenders were already pressing forward, and Rodrygo managed to get offside as soon as he accelerated, as he was starting from the center line and there was no offside issue. As a result, Rodrygo was pushed into the box in one breath. Ortega didn't have time to react after facing Akanji's defense, who went through his hips. It was a bit of a reflex indeed, but it wasn't Real Madrid's luck, it was Rodrygo's very audacious throwing motion.
Real Madrid went into a full defensive counterattack when they took the lead. City tried to beat Real Madrid through passing and control, but Real Madrid caught the key points in defense. The midfield three looked inward looking which severely limited Forde. Real Madrid also retreated up front to harass City's defenders, which made it difficult for City to pass and move the left and right flanks, and also made both B. Feeling that Silva and Grealish were not active enough
By contrast, as soon as Real Madrid launched their counter-attack, City made a special effort to rely on the speed of Vinicius and Rodrygo. They were too quick. Not only has City's Guardiola's tactics this season put defenders into the back, but he has also tended to find center backs with the ability to play as fullbacks, in which case the center backs have struggled to face the particularly fast Vinicius and others. The first half ended with Real Madrid leading 2-1
The second half started with a slight change for City. Forde would move slightly out of the central area to help push forward on the right side to avoid getting caught up in Real Madrid's defensive positions. Instead, Kovacic and Gvardiol would push forward into the central position. City planned to step up their right attack and get into Real Madrid's box, while Real Madrid would continue to respond with their initial defensive counterattacking form
