Manchester City fans had hoped that Jack Grealish, the most expensive English player in history, would help his team qualify for the Champions League final when he came on as a substitute against Real Madrid.
However, the former star of Aston Villa, who moved to the "Citizens" in a deal that exceeded 139 million dollars, the most expensive in the history of English football, missed two chances, one of which was enough to ensure his team qualified for the final.
Minutes after he entered as a substitute for Brazilian Gabriel Jesus in the 78th minute, he penetrated the royal defense and hit a ball that overtook goalkeeper Tibio Courtois, but Ferland Mendy, the royal back, took it out in a fairy way.
Then it was Courtois's turn to shine in a stand-off against Grelic and preserve his team's hopes of returning, which were achieved in the deadly minutes of the match.
It is noteworthy that the English international tweeted on April 23, 2014, "Hala Madrid", attached to his tweet with the flags of Spain, when the 18-year-old was watching the semi-final between Bayern Munich, who was coached at the time by Pep Guardiola, and Real Madrid under the leadership of Carlo Ancelotti.
After Real won yesterday, Wednesday, and qualified for the final, the tweet spread like wildfire, which forced Grelic to delete the tweet yesterday, 8 years after it was written.