Led until the 89th minute, Real overturned everything again and ensured qualification for the final in extra time (3-1).On May 28, at the Stade de France, the Champions League final will pit Liverpool against Real Madrid. After the Reds, the Merengue secured the trip to Paris by emerging victorious from their double confrontation against Manchester City. A scenario that no one saw coming when the English opened the scoring fifteen minutes from time but that the biggest European club made possible at the cost of an exceptional burst of pride (3-1). A comeback party to remain in the annals.

Real never dies

Only Real could achieve such a performance. Stand up at the very end of the match to change the course of the game and validate your passage to the final. After Mahrez opened the scoring in favor of the Sky Blues, we were already starting to project ourselves on a new 100% English C1 final, but that was to forget the resources that this team possesses, as well as the weight of history. and the magic of Bernabeu.It was Rodrygo who restarted everything. At a time when Guardiola chose to bet everything on the defense, notably leaving De Bruyne and Mahrez, the Brazilian appeared at the near post to take over a serve from Benzema. It was 1-1, then 2-1 for the hosts barely a minute later. Reinvigorated by this equalizer, they pressed where it hurt to secure the second. A technique which PSG had already paid the price for this season. Rodrygo, again, rose in the air to take over a perfect cross from Carvajal.

Benzema bends the debates

At 2-1, it was time for extra time and you didn't have to be a guesser then to measure the moral state of the two camps. Contrasting dynamics which were confirmed with the return to the field of the 22 players. From the 95th minute, Benzema obtained a penalty, which he then undertook to transform successfully. An achievement by the French star to seal the fate of this epic confrontation, it seemed to be written.During the rest of the game, City pushed in the hope of picking up the score in turn. In vain, the English no longer had the weapons or the juice to hurt their hosts. At that time, they must have been dwelling on wasted chances at 0-0. And there were quite a few. Thibaut Courtois had to intervene against Bernardo Silva (20th) and Phil Foden (40th), while seeing attempts by Gabriel Jesus miss (23rd and 50th). Then, at 1-1, it was Jack Grealish who failed to score by stumbling over Courtois (86th).