"Simon, it's almost time, let's go!"

Fourth official Kovac pushed open the door to the referee's lounge and saw an interesting scene.

As he walked forward, Mazignac pulled the card out of his pocket and held it up carefully.

The antics made the two assistant referees and the VAR referee on the scene laugh.

The referee also has to warm up and practice playing cards?

"Are you ready, Simon?"

Kovac reassured.

In the first half, the two sides played at a very fast pace, and the various physical confrontations were at a Premier League level.

In order to ensure the smoothness and fairness of the game, Marciniak was careful in enforcing the law and playing cards very carefully.

Tested by players from both sides, Marciniak was under a lot of pressure.

“Enjoy！”

Marciniak looked in the mirror and straightened his clothes.

Being able to officiate a high-level game, as a referee, will also enjoy it.

"Let's go!"

Players from both sides were already in their positions, and after a whistle from Marciniak, the second half began.

Manchester City kicked off, and the Real Madrid players immediately launched a frantic forward press.

Carlo Ancelotti admits that Real Madrid are inferior to Manchester City in terms of fitness and must be dealt with quickly.

Once it goes to extra time, the team is in danger of collapsing due to physical fitness.

Vinicius Jr. was responsible for disrupting the opposition defence with the ball, and the final kick was handed to the superb shooters Rossi and Benzema.

However, City's defence from outside the box was tight, with John Stones almost clinging to Rossi and not giving him any chance to get the ball.

Pep Guardiola believes that it is necessary to defend Rossi alone at the back.

The cooperation between the two players is a great test of the tacit understanding of the players.

Especially in the second half of the second half, as the physical fitness declined, resulting in a lack of concentration, it was very easy to be attacked by opportunists like Rossi.

If the defensive line is adjusted, the substitutes have just come on the field, and on the premise of not adapting to the rhythm of the game, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes in coordination.

It only takes one such mistake to be fatal enough.

In the 48th minute, Real Madrid kicked off at the back, Vinicius took the ball on the left side, cut inside and passed to the middle.

Rossi cut into the box to take Stones away, and Benzema flanked the shot and was disrupted by a sliding tackle by the opposition centre-back.

Three minutes later, Tchouameni made a tackle in midfield and distributed the ball down the left.

City's defence quickly retreated, but Rossi stood high and forced Stones to hesitate on the way back.

It wasn't until captain Gundogan volunteered to defend Rossi alone that Stones returned to the centre-back position.

Just as City were changing defences, Rossi suddenly started and pressed the penalty area from the ribs.

City rushed back to the defence, leaving unguarded outside the box.

Vinicius Jr. crosses the ball and Modric shoots from outside the box.

Gundogan looked frightened and immediately chased back and blocked.

The angle of the shot was interfered with and Modric's shot went wide of the post.

Kyodo got up with a sigh of relief and commanded his teammates to defend.

In the face of Rossi's ghostly move, even the captain of Manchester City is unable to guard against it.

Real Madrid's attack in the second half put Manchester City under great pressure.

Manchester City immediately picked up the speed and adopted a high-level pressing method to counter Real Madrid.

Just past halfway, Silva deflected the ball wide and fed it to Grealish on the wing.

Real Madrid are still concentrating on the middle and limiting Haaland.

The gaps on the flanks were made full use by Manchester City.

Grealish crosses back and Gundogan crosses horizontally into the box.

After Haaland, who was outflanked, stopped the ball with his right foot, followed up with a low left-footed shot that was held in Courtois's arms.

If the ball is stopped with the left foot and the shot is taken with the right foot, I am afraid that the score has been rewritten.

The young Haaland may have a shortcoming, which is the imbalance between his left and right feet.

This is also Real Madrid's defensive strategy.

When you can't stop Haaland, try to let him touch the ball with his left foot to reduce his threat.

From these details, you can see how Real Madrid, as a team with a lot of background and experience, plays key games.

The two sides are once again full in rhythm and intensity.

The midfield was fiercely contested.

In the 52nd minute, Grealish scrambles on Carvajal's upper and was shown a yellow card by the referee.

Marciniak's practice at half-time allowed him to play his cards with exceptional fluidity and consistency.

In the 54th minute, Manchester City made a series of kicks in front of the field and penetrated quickly.

Haaland's pressure made the Real Madrid defense very flat, and the periphery was exposed.

De Bruyne advanced with the ball and fired a long-range shot.

The ball arced into the far corner and was picked up by his good brother Courtois.

That wasn't the end of the story, Courtois counter-attacked with a hand-tossed ball.

Kroos sent the ball over the top from the back and hit behind the defence.

Vinicius resisted the interference of the Manchester City duo and poked the ball forward with his toes.

Rossi stepped forward and used visible speed to leave Dias behind.

The reason why Dias was half a beat slower in tempo was to create an offside position.

But judging by what happened just now, Rossi took a step before starting.

It is also impossible to determine whether it is in an offside position.

Dias could only raise his hand to signal to the linesman and chase back, pushing Rossi out and narrowing the angle of the shot.

Rossi took advantage of his quick start to get into the box first and then went to a physical confrontation with Dias.

After entering the penalty area, Dias's movements definitely relented.

Rossi took the opportunity to get past Dias before firing a right-footed shot into the far corner.

Goalkeeper Ederson blocked the near corner and, in horror, stretched his leg straight and blocked the shot as much as possible.

The ball wasn't fast, but it rolled into the net from the far corner with precision.

The Santiago Bernabeu stadium was boiling over as fans waved their scarves in joy.

Rossi, who scored the goal, did not celebrate, as the linesman raised the flag.

Offside?

This angered Real Madrid, who had just ignited.

They put pressure on the referee with boos and protests.

Marciniak called for VAR to step in and came to the screen on the sidelines.

After confirmation, Marciniak ran back to the pitch, framed with both hands, and pointed to the centre circle to signal that the goal was valid.

The Real Madrid fans continued to cheer.

Manchester City fans shouted angrily.

Real Madrid led 2-0 at home and turned the aggregate score to 3-3.

Manchester City's lead was reversed by Real Madrid in seemingly inadvertent moments again and again.

Actually, this is not unexpected.

Despite the difference in strength between the two teams on paper, Real Madrid can still rely on a partial advantage to score goals.

For both goals, Real Madrid relied on Rossi's super individual ability to score after creating a local advantage in the frontcourt.

This reminds Guardiola of Messi in the past.

If you change to another player in this position, you won't necessarily score goals.

Rodrigo, who was on the bench, suddenly sneezed.

When the Bernabeu sang passionately for the team to equalize the score, Manchester City spread the flames of attack to the back of Real Madrid step by step.

Manchester City played delicately down the right flank and pulled Real Madrid's defense in the middle to reveal gaps in the ribs.

And Pep Guardiola's team is best at finding gaps in the opponent's position when they change positions in the pass.

De Bruyne picked up the ball easily in the ribs and slotted straight into the box.

Silva, who was unmarked in the box, struck a right-footed shot into the top corner of the near post after stopping the ball.

In the face of such a close-range burst, Courtois did not have time to react and watched the ball go into the net.

2：1！

The overall score is 3:4!

Manchester City's goal was no surprise.

Tchouameni, who has returned from injury, has not reached his peak form.

In addition, before Manchester City's goal, Tchouameni was extinguishing fires everywhere, resulting in a serious decline in fitness, neglecting to mark De Bruyne.

Ancelotti adjusted quickly and immediately called Camavinga to his side.

Real Madrid's bench also has a backhand.

(End of chapter)