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Real Madrid, the most winning team, won on penalties against defending champion Manchester City in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Munich also defeated Arsenal and joined for the first time in 4 years. The two teams clash without giving way to advance to the final.

The moment Real Madrid (Spain) players defeated Manchester City (England) in a penalty shootout on the 18th and confirmed their advancement to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League, they are running toward the team's final kicker, Antonio Rudiger.

Real Madrid (Spain, Real), the team with the most wins (14 times) in the UEFA Champions League, known as the 'War of Stars', defeated the defending champion Manchester City (England, Man City) of this competition and advanced to the semifinals for four consecutive seasons. It went up. Real will compete with Bayern Munich (Germany) to advance to the final.

Real drew 1-1 over 120 minutes until extra time in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League against Manchester City on the 18th. With the combined score of the first and second games being 4-4, the two teams went into a penalty shootout, and Real won 4-3 and advanced to the semifinals. With this victory, Real avenged their loss to Manchester City in the semifinals last season.

Real took the lead with Rodrygo's first goal in the 12th minute of the first half. Rodrygo, who also scored in the first leg of the quarterfinals that was tied 3-3 (on the 10th), lived up to the name of the ‘Man City Killer’ by recording 4 goals and 1 assist in 7 games against Manchester City until this day. Real was sent into overtime after conceding an equalizer to opposing midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in the 31st minute of the second half, but secured a ticket to the semifinals thanks to two saves by goalkeeper Andriy Lunin in the penalty shootout. “Our team is used to fighting in situations where there seems to be no way out,” Real coach Carlo Ancelotti said after the game. We always find a way. “I was confident we would win the penalty shootout,” he said.

For Manchester City, who had attempted to win the title for two consecutive seasons, it was disappointing that Erling Holland's header hit the opponent's goal post in the 19th minute of the first half. Even though Manchester City had a large lead on this day (64% to 36% in ball possession and 34-8 in number of shots), they ultimately gave up the game in a penalty shootout. Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said, “We did everything we could. But we didn't win. “This is what the world of competition is like,” he said. Manchester City, which is leading the English Premier League (EPL), was unable to achieve a 'treble' (triple crown) for two consecutive seasons due to the defeat on this day. Manchester City is in the semifinals of the English Football Association (FA) Cup this season.

Bayern Munich (Germany), the 'big name of the Bundesliga', also won 1-0 in the second leg of the quarterfinals against Arsenal (England) on this day and advanced to the semifinals with a total score of 3-2 in the first and second games. Munich held on to Jojua Kimmich's header in the 18th minute of the second half. It has been four years since Munich advanced to the Champions League semifinals in the 2019-2020 season, when they lifted the ‘Big Ears’ (Champions League championship trophy). Munich has won the Champions League a total of six times and ranks third all-time in this category. Munich defender Kim Min-jae came on as a substitute in the 31st minute of the second half of the game.

This season's Champions League semifinals included two teams from Germany's Bundesliga and one team each from Spain's La Liga and France's Ligue 1. It has been four years since the 2019-2020 season that the England team was missing from the semifinal bracket. Lee Kang-in's team, Paris Saint-Germain (France), who succeeded in advancing to the semifinals the day before, will compete with Dortmund (Germany) to advance to the finals.


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