Chinanews.com, August 16th. The last quarter-finals of the Champions League ended early on the 16th Beijing time. Lyon unexpectedly defeated the Premier League giants Manchester City 3:1 and won the semi-final tickets. The latter stopped for three consecutive years. The quarterfinals of the Champions League. At this point, the Champions League semi-final list is produced, and the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 each have two seats.
The Champions League semi-finals are released. Image source: Champions League official micro
This year's Champions League has been full of surprises since the rematch. There are many upsets, big wins, crashes, and reversals in the quarter-finals. When Guardiola led the luxurious Manchester City club to face Ligue 1 powerhouse Lyon, the balance of victory seemed to be tilted towards Manchester City from before the game. However, the game process really made many predictions empty talk.
Lyon opened the scoring.
Manchester City only won 2 times against the French team in 7 European games. After the start of the game, the two sides also skipped the trial link and directly started the confrontation between you and me. Lyon took the lead in the 24th minute, Marsall made a long pass, and Ecamby took the ball against offside and rushed into the penalty area. Garcia went back and tried to make a tackle, but Cornette went unmarked to keep up with a dead corner and scored.
Manchester City equalized the score.
Easy side to fight again, Manchester City's attack is still deadlocked. It wasn't until the 69th minute that they finally equalized the score, Mahrez made a straight pass, Sterling followed up with a defensive player near the bottom line to deduct an inverted triangle cross, and De Bruyne followed up and scored. The good times didn't last long. Lyon took the lead again in the 79th minute. Laporte made a pass error and Avar instigated a counterattack. His direct pass was ingeniously missed by the offside Ecamby, and Dembele succeeded in a single shot.
Lyon surpassed the score again.
Six minutes later, Manchester City missed an excellent equalizer opportunity. Jesus made a strong break from the right side of the penalty area and then crossed to the earth. Sterling got a chance to hit the empty goal in the small penalty area, but the ball flew over the crossbar in a strange way. After the kick, Sterling knelt down for a long time and expressed his disbelief. The Guashuai on the sidelines couldn't believe his eyes, kneeling and covering his head and sighed.
Sterling faced an empty goal to get an excellent chance to tie the score twice, but failed to score.
Soon, the game came to the 87th minute, Lyon took advantage of Manchester City still immersed in the depression of wasting opportunities, in one fell swoop to seal the victory. Adelaide, who just came off the bench, passed the ball, and Awal's strange rubbing shot from the edge of the penalty zone bounced off the ground in front of Edson, causing the Manchester City goalkeeper to make a mistake. Dembele followed up with a supplementary shot into the net from close range and scored the game. Fixed frame at 3:1.
Lyon's third goal ended the suspense of the game.
After winning the game, Lyon won the last Champions League semi-final ticket and advanced to the semifinals. And Manchester City suffered three consecutive years of tragic drama that stopped the Champions League quarterfinals. The two semi-finals will be played in the early hours of the 19th and 20th Beijing time. At that time, Bayern Munich will face the winner of the game, Lyon, and Paris Saint-Germain will face the challenge of RB Leipzig. (Finish)