The English side remains in the middle of a tight title race in the Premier League. Madrid, which won the Copa del Rey title this past weekend, is virtually out of contention in the Spanish league and can fully focus on the semifinal against City. City played in its first Champions League final two seasons ago, losing to Chelsea. Madrid is making its 11th semifinal appearance in 13 seasons and is trying to win its sixth title in 10 years.

Vinícius, Rodrygo and Karim Benzema combined for all of Madrid’s goals that time. Haaland had not yet joined City when it lost 6-5 on aggregate to Madrid in last year’s semifinals. It’s still 50-50 and we will go into the second match with confidence.” They had more possession but didn’t create a lot of chances. “It was a shame that we conceded that goal,” Madrid midfielder Luka Modric said. The Brazil forward picked up a pass by Eduardo Camavinga and used one touch to set up his right-footed shot from outside the area.

Vinícius created problems for the City defense and opened the scoring in with a shot into the top corner in the 36th minute for his seventh Champions League goal this season.

The Norwegian came into the match having scored 12 of City’s 26 goals in the Champions League this season and was five short of Cristiano Ronaldo’s single-season record of 17 for Madrid in 2013-14. Haaland wasted a few chances early but wasn’t much of a threat throughout the game at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. “There’s everything to play for next week.”Ĭity controlled possession but couldn’t translate it into significant scoring opportunities. It’s a good draw,” Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said. The first leg of the other semifinal between Italian rivals Inter Milan and AC Milan is on Wednesday. “They scored when we were better and we equalized when they were better. “It was an even match,” City coach Pep Guardiola said.

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