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Leone on Saturday won Manchester City 3–1 to qualify for the Champions League semi-finals.
The French side made a perfect beginning, taking the lead to the Manchester City attacker and eventually taking the lead after 24 minutes for Maxwell Cornet’s inventor finish from outside the box.
In the second half, the English side crank the pressure, and the pressure eventually explained, as Kevin D Bruin cooled the house to score the house to score the house, before Moussa Deambale scored two goals to see Leon.
Lyon will face Bayern Munich in the semi-finals on Wednesday, after reaching the German side to the semi-finals on Friday, sent Barcelona 8–2 to 8–2.
For First Since 1990/91, and for the first time in the Champions League era, the semi -final stage will not feature any team from England, Spain or Italy. For the first time in the history of the Champions League, it will feature two teams representing France.
Belgian midfielder D Brune said that after one more heartbreaking from the competition, it is “not quite good.”
“It is definitely the same stuff. I think the first half was not quite good, ”he told BT Sport after the game. “I think we know that.
“We started slow, we did not have many options. I think the second half, we really played well. We came back 1-1, there were some opportunities and then obviously 2–1, and then 3–1 the game ended. It is a shame for us to go in that way.
“The game was open, but they were not really except two goal opportunities. Yes, we need to learn. This is not quite good. ,
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With his star players and a big name manager, Manchester City was highly favorite for defeating Lyon.
But the French side showed its flexibility in its second stage against Juventus in the last round, which managed to move forward despite Cristiano Ronaldo and the company being without football without the last five months.
And its predominance was put for testing from the kickoff. Manchester City was occupied by the first CT, but failed to create any golden opportunity.
And eventually Leon’s ability to retaliate scored the first goal of the game. A ball was played behind the protecting the city for Carl Toco Ekambi, eventually fell into Maxwell Cornet and out of his target with City Keeper Ederson, Cornet threaded a stunning curling shot in a nearby post.
The rest of the half of the first half would have planned Leon and manager Rudy Garcia. Manchester City dominated possession without creating a very clear opportunity, while Pep Guardiola’s team looked susceptible to the brake.
After the half-time break, the game opened and after an attacker replacement by Guardiola, the city began to create opportunities in the will.
And finally the pressure said, “Some good footwork by England’s international mercy sterling, he freed him to keep it back to eliminate D Brune.
It seemed that only one would be the winner. However, Leon’s super-friend Deambale thought differently, finished through the ball near the halfway and under the Ederson. A nervous video assistant referee check was followed but after a few minutes of waiting, the target was given.
Although the city was behind, it created better opportunities and fell for the best sterling. Some clever drabing and a cross of Gabriel Jesus left Sterling with an open goal at a distance of only five yards, but he sent the ball skyword and goal.
And Miss proved to be expensive. Just 59 seconds later, Leon scored again, Dembale rescued a poor from Ederson, on a poor savings to send French club in the final four for the first time in about 10 years.
The result means that during the time of Guardiola in the club, Manchester City has failed to move beyond the quarter -final stage of the Champions League.
Despite thinking that his side played well for the majority of the game, Guardiola gave inability to play without errors in the Champions League of Manchester City.
“One day we will break this difference of quarter -finals,” he told BT Sport after the game. “Except for the first 25 minutes, where we struggled to locate the spaces to attack them more liquidly, players, they play free.”
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“And the last 15 minutes of the first half were good. The second half was fine, we were there. I felt that we were better, but you would have to be perfect in this competition in a game and we were not. ,
2019-20 Champions League semi-finals Will see two French teams and two German teams Competition for a place in the final; For the first time since 2012-13, only two different nations have been represented at this level.
