Despite the local boom achieved by Real Madrid and culminating in winning the Spanish League title, it failed to skip Manchester City and lost at the Etihad Stadium 2-1 after losing the same result to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, to qualify for the quarter-finals of the continental championship that dreams of crowning its title.
Raheem Sterling scored early for City in the ninth minute from a mistake by Real Varane’s defender, Karim Benzema equalized for Real with a header in the 28th minute, and Gabriel Jess took advantage of another mistake by Varane and scored the second goal, announcing the progress of City, who won the two games 4-2.
GOAL! ⚽ @ManCity 1-1 @realmadriden
Thumping Benzema header! Real need one more goal to level the tie!
Live ➡️ https://t.co/hIN36z6LVC#beINUCL #UCL #ManchesterCityRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/HcwNNGtz0r
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) August 7, 2020
And left Juventus of the price of the final round of the tournament despite winning 2-1 at home on a trip to Lyon, who won the first leg at home in the 1-zero, and benefited from the preference base register away.
And left Juventus of the price of the final round of the tournament despite winning 2-1 at home on a trip to Lyon, who won the first leg at home in the 1-zero, and benefited from the preference base register away.
And from a controversial penalty kick, Memphis Depay scored the lead for Lyon in the 12th minute, and from a controversial penalty kick, Juventus also tied in the 43rd minute through Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored the second goal in the 60th minute with a missile shot.
GOAL! ⚽ @juventusfcen 0-1 @OL_English
Controversial penalty but how cool was Depay's Panenka? 😎#beINUCL #UCL #JuveOL pic.twitter.com/IsXiVAggfG
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) August 7, 2020
And in vain, Juventus tried to add the preference goal in light of the desperate defense of the underdog Lyon team, who finished seventh in the French League last season but succeeded in hijacking the pass for the European Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of the Italian champions.