Karim Benzema’s Wonderful Panenka Gives Madrid Half Relief the tie finely balanced Ahead Of Second Leg
Manchester City have a goal advantage ahead of secong leg in Bernabeu next week, and yet it’s Real who look the happier as the teams leave the pitch. Silva, Laporte and Dias argue the toss over the penalty with the referee, while Foden appears a little down. Benzema allows himself a little smile, half contentment, half relief. He’ll be thankful City didn’t blow Real away during the first 30 minutes. Seven goals, and six of them peaches, with Vinicius Junior’s solo run from the halfway line, and Benzema’s Panenka the best of a bumper crop. What a night!
The summary of the match is as follows, Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring with a header from Riyad Mahrez cross in just the second minute.11 minutes after the first goal, De Bruyne then teed up team-mate Gabriel Jesus to double the home side’s lead.Karim Benzema then halved the deficit out of nowhere with a brilliant first-time finish before half-time.While Phil Foden restored his side’s two-goal lead with a close range header from Fernandinho’s brilliant cross. One of the outstanding performances in today’s Champions League Semi-Final was recorded when Vincius Jr responded for the visitors immediately after Foden’s goal for City, with a fine finish after a stunning individual run that ridiculed Fernandinho’s experience and put his ability in doubt. Bernardo Silva made it four for City before Benzema pulled one back with an outrageous Panenka penalty
