Chapter 412: Advancing to the Champions League Final Four (6th Update)

In the first half of the game, Jiang Chenxi took the lead for Liverpool again.

This is after Firmino's shot was saved, Jiang Chenxi carried Mangala, and with his back to the goal, he deftly knocked the football with his heel and scored the football.

“Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaal!”

"Fantastic goal! It's an artistic goal that makes people jump up and admire! Lineker exclaimed.

"Antelope hanging horns!" Zhan Jun also jumped excitedly and shouted, "One to zero!" The aggregate score is four to two! Liverpool are not just leading the scoreline now, they also got an away goal, which means Manchester City will have to score two more goals if they want to turn the game around, which will not be easy! ”

At the end of the first half, the score was still 1-0.

After taking the lead, Liverpool played very pragmatically, they defended on the counter-attack, did not give Manchester City too good opportunities at the defensive end, but the counter-attack was quite sharp, if it were not for Manchester City's goalkeeper Joe Hart's excellent performance, Liverpool might have scored another goal.

However, just being down 0-1 also gave some hope to the Manchester City players, after all, they only need to score two more goals to turn the game around, which is difficult, but there is hope.

It's just that less than five minutes into the second half, Manchester City suffered a heavy blow.

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Milner was 30 metres from goal and the ball was saved by Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, but it was just in time for Mangala to dodge and smash the ball into the net.

The Liverpool players were so excited that they rushed to Milner to congratulate him on his great performance, which, of course, did not count as Milner's, it was an own goal from Mangala.

"This own goal is a huge blow to the Manchester City team!" Zhan Jun said, "Now the score is 0-2, the aggregate score is 2-4, Manchester City wants to equalize the aggregate score, need to score three more goals, and there are still 40 minutes of the game, an average of more than 10 minutes of one goal, this is simply impossible!" ”

"This own goal is also very unfavorable for Mangala, it is not very popular with Manchester City fans, there have been rumors that Manchester City intends to sell Mangala, after such a play, the future of the central defender in Manchester City is worrying."

This goal is a very big psychological impact for Manchester City.

Many players are even a little discouraged in their hearts, and they want to score three goals in a row against Liverpool in the remaining game time? How is this possible.

And this frustration and discouragement were soon reflected on the court.

With two goals down, Manchester City wanted to attack, however, the play was chaotic, especially as the team's attacking core De Bruyne was in average form today, and he was firmly entangled by Milner.

In addition, Liverpool's two centre-back combinations also performed well in this game. Van Dijk made 13 one-on-one successes and 26 clearances, both of which were game-highs; Lovren made 8 one-on-one successes and 2 clearances. In addition, the two centre-backs had an astonishingly high pass completion rate: Van Dijk made 65 passes and 64 on target, with a pass completion rate of 98.6 per cent; Lovren made 63 passes and 61 on target, with a pass completion rate of 94.11%.

Sergio Aguero's Manchester City attacking group did not seem to have much to do against Liverpool's defence.

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Eighty-one minutes into the game, Jiang Chenxi was replaced by Mane.

There was not much time left in the game, and Manchester City had to score three goals on aggregate if they wanted to equalize, which was simply impossible, so Klopp also replaced Jiang Chenxi to rest, but also to avoid his injury.

In fact, it was also the case that Manchester City only won the first minute of stoppage time by David. Silva scored a consolation goal and nothing else.

In the end, Liverpool defeated Manchester City 2-1 away at the Etihad Stadium, and 3-2 at home in the first leg, beat Blue Moon Manchester City 5-3 on aggregate to advance to the last four of the 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League.

It was Liverpool's second Champions League semi-final after many years, and the night was a carnival for Liverpool, with the whole Liverpool and all the fans celebrating the team's victory.

However, there are also Liverpool fans who did not forget to laugh at former Liverpool players Suarez and Coutinho, especially Coutinho, who shouted: "Why do you want to go to Barcelona with the Champions League?" The irony is obvious.

Yes, at the same time that Liverpool eliminated Manchester City to reach the last four of the Champions League, the match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid also ended, with Barcelona eliminated and two former Liverpool players, Suarez and Philippe Coutinho, missing out on the semi-finals.

With a 2-1 defeat at Camp Nou in the first leg, Atletico Madrid are well aware of their situation and know they will have to score at least one goal at home if they are to progress to the last four.

In fact, the home side created three chances in the first 10 minutes. But after withstanding the onslaught of the opponent's opening game, Barcelona gradually took control of the game.

After that, both teams played as intensely as expected, but rarely created a good chance to score. Barcelona struggled to disrupt Atletico's attack, while Calderón's fans kept roaring.

The goal came inadvertently.

Saul burst into the box and Antoine Griezmann headed past Ter Stegen to give Atletico a 1-0 lead, while an away goal from the first leg meant Atletico would have to keep that scoreline to progress.

In this case, Barcelona needed to score, and Coutinho did it almost before half-time, but the Brazilian star's lob was blocked by Oblak, but it was almost the only real test the Atletico goalkeeper faced in the first half.

At the start of the second half, Barcelona wanted to press out to attack, but Atletico Madrid had been prepared for this, they put pressure on Barcelona's goal in advance, which kept Barcelona's defense busy, and Saul's header hit the crossbar, shocking the Barcelona people into a cold sweat.

Barcelona needed to react and they did. Messi fired high and Andres Iniesta's subsequent shot was a threat, but La Liga's best defence withstood Barca's counter-attack.

In the last 10 minutes of the game, almost all the game was played around the Atletico penalty area. But as before, Barcelona have never been able to find a way to break down the home defence. Moreover, Felipe crossed after a quick counter-attack, and Iniesta was fouled for handball in his own penalty area, and the penalty kick was taken.

Antoine Griezmann scored from the penalty spot, but Barcelona only needed one goal to send the score to extra-time. They almost did it in stoppage time, with Gabi handball in the box and Barca deserved a penalty. The referee awarded a free-kick, but slow motion showed that the foul had occurred in the box.

Messi's free-kick went over to end a frustrating night. Barcelona's dream of becoming the first team to defend the Champions League title has been dashed

Antoine Griezmann's two goals helped Atletico Madrid reach the semi-finals of the Champions League and ended Barca's dream of winning another treble.

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In addition to Liverpool and Atletico Madrid advancing to the semi-finals of the 2015/2016 Champions League.

Bayern Munich, the southern king of the Bundesliga, drew 2-2 away at Benfica at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon and advanced with an aggregate score of 3-2.

Bayern Munich eliminated Benfica to advance, which was a normal operation and did not cause too many waves.

What really caused a stir and a lot of attention was the match between Real Madrid at home and Paris Saint-Germain.

In the first leg between the two sides, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Real Madrid 2-0 at home, according to the law of history, this almost means that Paris Saint-Germain has entered the Champions League semi-finals with one foot, and even the Madrid media is more pessimistic that Real Madrid is difficult to turn around.

However, no one could have imagined that they would witness a great performance on this night at the Bernabeu.

PS: The 6th update is presented, thank you for your support.