C1: Manchester City corrects Real Madrid (4-0) with a brace from Bernardo Silva and will face Inter Milan in the final

The King of Europe has been ejected from his throne by a far more powerful machine. Manchester City blew up Real Madrid on Wednesday in the Champions League semi-final second leg (4-0). If the first round had been balanced (1-1), the Cityzens seriously raised the tone on their lawn and the Merengues could not follow. Bernardo Silva scored twice (23rd and 37th), Eder Militao scored against his side (76th) and Julian Alvarez (90th + 1) gave more scope to the demonstration of Pep Guardiola’s men, who join Inter finally.

In the midst of a superb atmosphere, the Cityzens immediately took matters into their own hands and monopolized the ball in the half of the field of Madrid all withdrawn. Boosted, they completely suffocated their opponents. After long shots off target from Kyle Walker (4th) and Rodri (7th), the locals approached the cage of Thibaut Courtois who pushed back with a magnificent reflex the head at close range from Erling Haaland (13th) . The Belgian goalkeeper even performed a miracle by managing to divert a new head from the Norwegian giant when the whole public already believed in the goal (21st).

Real asphyxiated

Faced with total Mancunian control and the impotence of his own, the last Madrid rampart however bowed in stride on a shot at the near post from Bernardo Silva, served to the right of the zone of truth by Kevin de Bruyne (1- 0, 23rd). If Toni Kroos then found Ederson’s crossbar on the visitors’ first shot (35th), Real Madrid could not really raise their heads.

The very mobile and fleeing Bernardo Silva continued to make miseries to an Eduardo Camavinga who showed his current limits at left back. The Portuguese opportunist offered himself a double header from the penalty spot after a blocked shot from the still available Ilkay Gündogan (2-0, 37th). Manchester City reached the break with 72% possession and their opponents weren’t faring so badly just two goals down.

Triple in sight for City?

The Merengue reacted at the start of the second and finally showed some offensive qualities. David Alaba forced Ederson to work on a superb free kick (51st). Carlo Ancelotti, who was living his 191st C1 match as coach, decided to replace the very disappointing Luka Modric to launch Antonio Rüdiger and replace Camavinga in the midfield (63rd), then Marco Asensio in place of an equally overwhelmed Toni Kroos ( 70th).

The option could have paid off as Courtois still stood up to Haaland (73rd), but Karim Benzema and Vinicius remained harmless. Militão, he saw the ball bounce off him after an off-center free kick from de Bruyne grazed by Manuel Akanji’s head and then finished in the back of the net (3-0, 76th). During a short Mancunian release, Ederson resisted Benzema and Dani Ceballos (82nd) ​​while Courtois could do nothing against the incoming Alvarez (90th + 1).

On June 10 in Istanbul, the Cityzens will play their second Champions League final after the one lost in 2021 to Chelsea (1-0). As they race to another Premier League crown and face neighbors United in the FA Cup final on June 3, they can definitely dream of a historic treble.