Real Madrid have qualified for the Champions League final after beating Manchester City 3-1 in their 2021-22 Champions League semi-final second leg match at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday night. . The final match of the European Champions League will take place at the Stade de France in the French capital Paris at 10:00 sharp on Saturday, May 28, Mecca time.
The goals of the match were scored by Riyad Mahrez in the 73rd minute for City, while the Brazilian Rodrigo scored two goals and Karim Benzema scored in the 90th, 91st and 95th minutes respectively.
And the initial time between the two teams ended with Real Madrid leading 2-1, prompting both sides to resort to extra time, witnessed by Karim Benzema’s penalty goal.
Real Madrid have scheduled a meeting with Liverpool on May 28 at the Stade de France in the French capital Paris to host the second final between them after the famous meeting that brought them together in the 2018 season.
Riyad Mahrez has scored 24 goals in all competitions for Manchester City this season, according to Opta, a global network of football statistics and figures.
Only Mohamed Salah (30) has scored more goals for a Premier League team in 2021/22.
Karim Benzema has scored 10 goals in the Champions League play-offs this season, the most scored by a player in a single season with Cristiano Ronaldo in 2016-2017 and also for Real Madrid.
Phil Foden also made his 36th Champions League appearance this evening, with Cesc Fàbregas (42) and Kylian Mbappé (40) now the only players to have achieved more in the competition when he was 21 or younger.
Real Madrid’s squad was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Courtois
Defensive line: Mendy, Nacho, Militao, Carvajal.
Midfield: Kroos, Luka Modric, Casemiro.
Forwards: Vinicius, Benzema, Valverde.
Whereas Manchester City’s squad was as follows.
Goalkeeper: Ederson.
Defense: Canselu, Laporte, Diaz, Walker.
Midfield: Rodri, Bernardo, De Bruyne.
Forwards: Foden, Jesus, Riyad Mahrez.
