Real Madrid 3-1 Man City DEEP DIVE: ‘This was almost SUPERNATURAL!’ | ESPN FC 

Let's take a min to understand this: They were supposed to play 180 mins, ManC were in the lead for 179 mins and here we are. I mean, hats off to real Madrid and all those youngsters. Even off field,This is just an inspirational story about self belief.

Even more incredible is the thing that their comebacks are not just 1 goal.. its twice 2 goals within a minute or 3 goals in 20 minutes.

Nice of Gab to give a shout-out to Nacho. He has been massive for us this season, against PSG 2nd leg and yesterday. Whenever he is called upon, he gives his all in the field.

when real madrid scored, man city realized they were in Real’s world, and in Real’s world, everyone suffers the same fate

People will be coming back to watch every single one of Real Madrid's two-legged knockout ties in the Champions League this season for decades because each was a classic, and all of the best games of the European season have featured them so far

Real Madrid is very good at letting teams feel like they're in control. City, PSG, Chelsea. They must've all been thinking, "were doing so well, we're in control"

Hats off to Gab and Juls for giving Real Madrid the credit they deserve. The rest of the English media are all pundits who make it look like Real didn't deserve the match, like Real didn't even have 5 chances (with 3 of them being clear) before Mahrez's goal. Ancelotti and the boys did some amazing work, and the Italian's gameplan was superior to Guardiola's (We all thought he was crazy by taking off Modric, Casemiro and Kroos but he knew what he was doing) and Pep's team wasted time from the first minute, once again giving legitimacy to *that* playstile.

There was one common thing in all the KO matches once Real Madrid got ahead there was fear on the faces of opposition or nothing left in them to fightback and real give nothing or were not troubled .

I don't agree city were in control of the game. It was a fairly even game. Madrid didnt want a back in fourth game were they're taking loads of chances pushing players forward. Madrid had more chances up until the mahrez goal which I think should've been saved. It was on the near side of the keeper. The way the game is being analysed its as if city had the god given right to go through. Hopefully they can beat Liverpool next.

Make no mistake Camavinga is the absolute real deal. He’s being schooled the right way and is in the best football institution. Rodrygo is just out of this world. This Madrid under construction team is ahead of schedule and can do magic. The youth academy have great role models to look up. Their power is about never giving up and the ultimate belief and that’s a lesson for each of us. That’s the main point and they’ve been making good use of that so far. City showed complacency and somehow underestimate the best team in UCL. Pep as great as he is still make mistakes and he’s learning and it’s part of the game. This is the proof that strategy tactics doesn’t make it all. The history of Madrid their charisma their serial winning mentality makes the difference. Not only they showed it against city but also vs psg and Chelsea and if liverpool thinks of themselves as favorites they would make things harder for themselves believe it or not.

Real Madrid is CLASS! PASSION! DETERMINATION! Which other word can be used to describe this team that has hope when the odds are against them? Real Madrid FC, true (real) warriors of the football pitch!

City’s were the better team. I can admit that as a Real supporter. But… What’s lost in the coverage of Madrid’s comebacks is the quality of the goals. Those were quality goals that Real scored. They methodically worked that first goal. That was intended by Camavinga. It ain’t like they bobbled into the net or deflected off a couple players.

In these times when over coached teams like Liverpool and Man City are revered, let's also appreciate the Zidane's and Ancelotti's of the managerial world who trust their players, provide them enough freedom to run their magic and achieve successes like the UCL threepeat, all while being so calm and composed. Not to forget, these guys are not just great managers, but were legendary players as well in their heydays.

Great point Jules on control. That actually explains it pretty well. When things are not going to plan, it does seem like city malfunctions and is a much less version of themselves.

If we win with, this will even surpass the prior 4 UCL titles in significance. Ok, maybe not La Decima but this will be one of the sweetest CL wins ever given the Road taken with 4 heavy heavy teams in our way, the comebacks, the youngsters in the team, Ancelottis return and not having a Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale in our team.

Gab is one of the few people that perfectly understand what Madrid plans were, other than those dumb and bias people who think Madrid was outplayed in the whole game. Madrid played smart from the beginning.

This guys have a short memory, Real Madrid played against a peak Barca who were better at possession & creating chances, even better at taking chances than Man C. These pundits don't realize that the better team is the one who can do in few moments or minutes what the other team is trying to do in 90min or 180min. Real Madrid don't mind Man C having possession or chances, what mattered was goals. Real Madrid would have won earlier if Benzema or Vinicius were in their usual form.

Pep spends £300m on building his defence and they can't defend crossess if their life depends on it... pathetic. Not fit to be EPL Champions

This, one team dominated the other deal is BS. At the end of the day there can only be 1 winner. It came down to who wanted it more and that was Madrid. It’s that simple. No analytical thinking, just pure heart. It’s championship mindset 101.

"Controlled the game for 89 minutes"????? What game were you watching?

Not sure why people blame Grealish both took amazing saves from Mendy and Courtois what else did you want him to do?

Camavinga turned into prime seadorf … bloke took on the entire midfield

From the City perspective...it's the darkest time of the Pep Era

Brixit boys talk like City had 85% Ball possession with 50 shorts on target to Real Madrid's 15% ball possession with 0 shorts on goal.

Such an amazing way to spend my afternoon yesterday watching this game, Hala Madrid!

Grealish didn’t lack composure, one was the amazing clearance & the other an incredible save…

Federico valverde was bae ...he ran all minutes..what a machine

My boy benzema is cold blooded at this stage in his career

I thought it was interesting that in the post match interview, Pep said that it was only normal that his players underperformed under such enormous pressure. But it shouldn't be accepted as being normal, right? You're supposed to prepare yourselves for those moments. Maybe Patrice Evra was right. Pep has shown himself to be non-confrontational and has a history of not being able to handle big personalities that challenged him and has run some of them out of the clubs he's managed.

One of the best analysis I’ve heard so far about yesterday game. Thank you!

Yes Real Madrid waited a bit too long but everyone making it seems as it was pure luck. Man City went 2-0, 3-1, 4-2 and 5-3 over the two legs, that's four two goal leads and lost 6-5. They went behind once in the tie and could not come up with a goal.

Who is City’s leader? I think that’s what Pep’s team has been missing since Kompany left. Jules hit the nail on the head

IF CASEMIRO PLAYED 1ST LEG KDB WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD AN EASY STROLL IN THE PARK COMPLETEY POCKETED KDB THIS GAME

There is no way that a team that struggled vs atleti was going to eliminate Real Madrid.

Put respect on Camavinga's name. Dude is the best thing I've seen come up in a while. So brave, crazy press resistant, physical marvel, great in defense, great passer, full of stamina and great runner. No other midfielder his age more complete.

One simple thing to realise about Real Madrid is that the manager and the players know that they can score goals. They aren't bothered about mounting waves upon waves of attacks because they can score in the blink of an eye. They don't need momentum.

I still am amazed how Casemiro went off with not even a blue card lol that guy has good impact .

All three matches…paris, Chelsea and city…were impacted by the young lads. Camavinga, Rodrygo and Valverde

Jules, you could wear the front of the shirt, you know? Like you've done with your other shirts? 😏😏😏 Honestly, this semifinal tie with Real Madrid and Manchester City is one of the very best I've seen since watching the UCL. I feel very very sorry for City though. But if you don't take your chances against Madrid, you will pay for it.

Ten minutes later of winning the leg, Real Madrid players had a jersey where you could read “ let’s get the 14”. That’s their mentality, they’ve already start to play the final. Winner team.

THNK U for this analysis...

Juls wearing that Karim jersey🔥😂😂😂

Why is nobody talking about handball from cancelo in the box.!!!!!!!!!!!

Madrid were actually better than City for most of this game, Vinicius could have scored several goals but he waffled hard, including missing an open net, don’t know what these clown pundits are talking about.

Very fair analysis, guys! I love your podcasts as well.

You need to show character in the big moments to win the Champions League which City has never had or shown unlike the actual European Elites from the PL like Liverpool, Chelsea & United. City are just an English version of PSG, good domestically but not quite good enough to dine at the European table.

Talking of karma, a season prior to 2005’s Istanbul I recall his AC Milan being eliminated in the 2nd leg 4 - 0 by Deportivro La Coruna - after Milan won the first leg 4-1.

Excellent analysis.

If all those teams(City,PSG,Chelsea )are better than Madrid then why are they knocked out? it's about time you'll recognise the kings of Europe!Madrid Madrid Madrid Hala Madrid!

CITY tried to kill the game 4 times after being 2 goals up over 2 ties when all they had to do was keep the ball and make it difficult for RM. If CITY had outright striker then result would have been different in both legs imo.

Fantastic analysis, Gentlemen.

That’s a great point that Patrice evra made about Guardiola, this is where you can make that rare likely comparison with Mourinho. Pep’s City are a very cerebral unemotional team. Thing is, you need to engage and feed off that heightened emotion in these intense knock out competitions.

As we said in our reaction (you can always check that on our channel 😛) someday someone should make a movie if we go on to win the final. I've been a Madridista since I understand football but never I've seen a UCL season like this one. The self belief and confidence our players have are just off the chart! On the game: The match wasn't dominated by man City like they did in the first leg. It was evenly balanced in fact both teams created same number of chances just ours weren't on target until 90th minute! But that's football and both of our forwards had a bad night so it's understandable. Rodrygo isnt your typical wingers, he has knack of goal scoring since day 1. Remember Galatasaray hattrick?

Their entire run has been supernatural. Lets not forget they faced that hardest teams.. PSG, Chelsea, Man City .. they deserve to win the cup

Was waiting for the Kareem the dream🤣🤣🤣🤣

Pure MAGIA pure MISTICA. This is destined for Real to be crowned as King of Kings in Champions (again). You can't fight against that

That benzema shirt 🤣🤣🤣😍🤙🏼

Think they are being harsh on Grealish. He did well and was unlucky with the second chance, which in fact was a crazy save.

Julien is wrong. Camavinga has played in the ucl with Rennes before. He was a starter for them at 17. There was a reason every big club wanted him.

That’s exactly what Real Madrid did to teams in this season UCL … 1st leg when the pen scored City eyes turned white just like Courtois mentioned

By the way grealish is 26 years old and will be 27 come the start of next season. He's far from being a young player.

Seeing jules in a Real Madrid shirt wow I thought I’d never c the day hahaha he knows Real Madrid CF is the best team in the world

They always come back when they're behind by 2 goals. It's like when teams score that second goal, they turn on. There're some people attributing everything to luck. You basically create your own luck. It's not like the goalkeeper scored on himself with no one around. The Mendy clearance was not luck the guy sprinted there by himself, the Courtois save, Rodrigo's goals etc. You basically create your own luck in football.

Jules hahaha love the shirt bro 🤣🤣🤣

As a Madrid fan, I hate how we never get credit for our wins and the teams gets slaughtered for losing. How are you talking about the team that lost for most the video and disregarding Real Madrids fight. The ESPN bias against Los Blancos is mad!!

3:20 simply the best

6-1 is supernatural then Arsenl 5-0 vs Inter after 3-0 deficit is supernatural.

Also no shoots on target ? Your talking about the the bad misses that usually would go in

The Microwave was the man!

"I think Machester City is a better team".......then WIN! They always underdeliver especially under pressure. A better team finds a way to win no matter what. Another stupid statement.

good stream gentlemen..👏🏾 I find that point you mentioned from Evra interesting. Hadn't crossed my mind really but I think there's some truth in that. Pep does play his teams with A TON of control, and he has clashed a fair bit w the huge personality players. When things go off schedule, him and his players have got the deer in the headlights look to them. They really don't have a viera/keane/gerrard/ronaldo type leader on-pitch who can ring the alarm bell to let teammates know to step it up in times of stress. Listen.. this final is going to be extra special for us LFC fans. I'm torn bout whether we will come into it tired or fired up. And whether RM will be sluggish or rested. Either scenario is very possible

It's like this Madrid team in the ucl even if you lock the door, they will pass through the keyhole.

I agree with Patrice, if this team had more players like Eto’o they may have killed off the game but pep doesn’t want a Samuel Eto’o or Zlatan

I don't think that Pep rated Real Madrid.He and his team paid for it. I just hope Klop and Liverpool don't underestimate Real.

Great analysis...all english pundits were missing the plot. Real and Ancelloti planned this game way better than time wasting City

there's a second penalty for Real Madrid that neither the reff or the VAR saw after Cancelo handled the ball in exrta time.

I feel sorry for Pep

Is Jules wearing that jersey backwards?

Madrid played amazing after Ancelotti made the changes and left City on their knees. They hadn’t even had a shot on target until they scored in the dying minutes. Can’t wait for the dream final with two European super powers going head to head, but hopefully Liverpool will be too strong, but Madrid have shown this season that its not over until the fat lady sings.

All Ancelotti had to do is was give this face 🤨 to his players for them to go and score 3 goals. 😂😂😂

title should have been "THIS IS SUPERNATURAL"

Nice Benzema shirt. Aside from this detail, this analysis is great. It was really a poor decision to become defensive against Madrid in the las minutes.

City needs a more physical player upfront, none of them are really bothering opponents defence from the stamina stand point . Then when you re begin on the score sheet, you re stuck with your short guys in front of a very dense defence

Jules should talk more, since he's obviously the smarter one.

PSG, Chealse and City suffered the entry of Rodrygo and Camavinga in the last quarter of an hour of play.

This RM team has this survivability grit and determination that no one else has. Not even Liverpool but Liverpool is overall more talented. Man City for all they spent and all the talent just don’t have that.

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These are my two favorite ESPN pundits along with Ale Moreno. Of course Jules is a PSG fan but he’s not as biased as you might think. All the other pundits really need to humble themselves a little bit. And there’s no way better to achieve that than watching Real Madrid.

Evra’s opinion on the lack of personality in City is the deepest and most accurate I’ve seen featured here. Good job to Gabs for picking it up and crediting Evra

Not these two pundits specifically. I happen to really like Gab and his take on things. But the media elsewhere were talking about how Madrid were going to fold against the almighty Man City when they fail to realize that a lot of these players and staff faced prime Barca. A truly scary team. These teams dont come close to what MSN Barca, Scudetto winning Juve, Simeones liga winning Atleti, and Lewas Bayern Munich. THESE are the team Madrid faced who were insanely good. Liverpool and Man City are not these teams. Sorry.

Not taking anything away from Pep what he has done at City he has once again in my opinion revolutionized the game, but he did over think it, why take Marhez off when he is your best dribbler in the team and like they said in this discussion, City never change their approach to a game ever!! Yet they did it in this game knowing that Madrid had to at some point throw men forward and try and get a goal. For me he has over thought it again, his side have been the best if not too two teams in Europe because of how they play. Barca fan but Madrid deserve this final and I believe they have the confidence to go on and win it and it is well deserved if they do!

Rodrigo Goes, Camavinga & Asencio changed the game under the captaincy leadership of Benzema.

That benzema jersey on juls.....love it

unREAL, surREAL...well, it is just REAL!

Relish gets a good run because Danny tried anticipating the pass

Casemiro wasn't getting sent off, if he gets the 1st one, deservedly so, if you think he is gonna grab the jersey of a MC player in midfield, you are just fooling yourself.

God keeps blessing this team, "who can be against us if God is with us?" type of situation at this point.

Man City have no personalities, no leaders. They are a great team, and when things go according to plan everyone does his part and they dominate. But when the going gets tough you need that guy on the pitch who can bring the team up, who can take the weight on his shoulders and give confidence to the other players.

Man City did ‘t kill the tie off as they should have done and paid the price. It only takes a second to score and Ancelotti made some inspired substitutions.

Gab and Jules are my favorite from the fc crew. Love their perspective and takes