Bernardo Silva opens scoring for Mancity in the 23rd minute before making it two in the 37th minutes
By Aiwu Esele
Having dominated the match from the go, Manchester City got two quick deserved goals through Bernardo Silva brace in the 23rd and 37 th minutes.
But for Thibaut Courtois the 14-times winner of the Champions League Real would have been blown away.
Shortly before the combination from De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva for the two brilliant first half goals Real almost equalized when Toni Kroos smashed a shot from way out that dipped and cracked the crossbar. But from beginning minutes to the last City overwhelmed their opponents, who however had some moments of flashes of brilliance that caused no damage.
Teammates mob Silva after his brace for Mancity and Alvarez 4th in the 90+1 minutes
Twenty minutes to end of the game, the nerve went hay wire all around. Pep Guardiola slumped often in the technical stand any time City dropped a ball for Real. It all goes back to last season when in a similar encounter City led 5-3 in injury time at the end of the semi-final tie in Madrid and they managed to lose the game.
In the 76 minutes, it was all over for Real when Milito scored an own goal to make it 3-0. And Alvarez sealed Reals hopes in the 90+1 minutes with a stunning 4th goal.
Inter Milan, whose players would have watched the game would be happy in the outcome. Inter Milan Vice -president Javier Zanetti on Tuesday night after his side qualified for the final, beating local rival AC Milan 3-0 aggregate said that they wanted to avoid Real in the final. Inter here ManCity comes! They meet in Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium on Saturday, June 10, 2023
