The earthquake shook all the newsrooms on the other side of the Pyrenees and across the Channel. After the stunning victory of Real Madrid against Manchester City (3-1), Wednesday evening, for a qualification in the final of the Champions League, the columns of the English and Spanish press linger in length on the Madrid feat, Thursday 5 april.
For the Spanish newspapers, it is a part of the merengue legend that was written in the capital. The Madrid daily brand thinks you have lived “the biggest night in the history of the Bernabéu”who experienced an improbable reversal of the situation when Rodrygo, author of a double in the last minutes, completely revived Carlo Ancelotti’s men.
A scenario to add in line with the last European outings of Real, accustomed to rising to the score this season. “[La nuit] against PSG was inexplicable, the one against Chelsea incredible, yesterday’s is simply the best for a stadium that has seen all the colors “continues Marca.
“Madrid comes from another world”title on its side ASpraising in passing the atmosphere that carried the people of Madrid throughout the match. “No one can resist the destructive power of the Bernabéu”, ensures the daily. Real Madrid suffered, gritted their teeth, without abdicating, then sublimated themselves to “kill City in added time” and “to rally Paris after a new historic match”.
¡Buenas noches!
Esta es nuestra #PortadAS de hoy, 5 de mayo
️El Madrid es de otro mundo pic.twitter.com/DPwc16l5FD— Diario AS (@diarioas) May 4, 2022
In England, the elimination of the championship leader is a shock. the Times returns to a “epic comeback”fed by “two minutes of madness” and Rodrygo’s double. An end to the match that the daily struggles to analyze: “Manchester City walked straight into a trap […] It came out of nowhere, it was extraordinary”.
A scenario that risks giving “headache” to Pep Guardiola, the coach of the Cityzens, who is still looking for a third coronation. “He won the Champions League twice in his first three seasons on the bench. He did not lift the trophy again in the eleven seasons that followed”recalls the Times.
For his part, the Guardian relies on the heavens to try to explain the inexplicable: “The football gods, with whom Real obviously made a deal, have tormented Manchester City.” Rather than ranting about the collapse of the English, the daily prefers to salute the performances of Benzema and Rodrygo, who “knocked out Manchester”. And remember that Madrid will have to face another English team in the final: Liverpool, who got the better of Villarreal in the first semi-final on Tuesday.