Real Madrid completes historic comeback to reach champions league final

Real Madrid has just completed a remarkable comeback against Manchester City to reach the Champions League final.

Real was far from the better team tonight. But the electric buzz from the fans in the Bernabéu, along with late goals from Rodrygo, propelled the La Liga champions to a 3-1 victory (6-5 on aggregate).

City came into this game with a 4-3 lead from the first leg, and they continued to dominate throughout.

A second-half goal from Riyad Mahrez extended City’s lead and silenced the home fans. It seemed as if Real were down and out of the game.

Jamie Buchli is a member of the men’s club soccer team at OSU and is a Real Madrid fan. He said he lost all hope when Manchester City took the lead.

“I was devastated to see them score the first goal, especially after we had the better chances in the game,” Buchli said. “But I didn’t lose all hope because this team knows how to fight till the end and make something special happen.”

Real was down 1-0 (5-3 on aggregate) with two minutes left to go in the match. In the 90th minute, Rodrygo tapped one in past Ederson to give Los Blancos a lifeline.

It only took one minute after his first goal for Rodrygo to rise in the air and head the ball past Ederson in the 91st minute. The game headed into extra time and Real continued to shock the football world.

Five minutes into extra time Real was gifted with a penalty after Ruben Días fouled Benzema inside the penalty box. Benzema converted the penalty in the 95th minute to give Real the lead on aggregate, minutes away from recording another comeback in the knockout stages.

After having just a 1% chance to advance to the final in the 89th minute, Real Madrid completed a historic Champions League comeback and is going to Paris.

Sam Shuster is a freshman at Oklahoma State and was shocked Real Madrid managed to overcome Manchester City.

“Going into this game I was confident because my team had the lead, and we outperformed Madrid for 89 minutes,” Shuster said. “I speak for all Man City fans when I say this was an unexpected and horrendous outcome, but a win is a win and Madrid deserves it.”

Real Madrid will face Liverpool in the final–a rematch of the 2018 Champions League final.

While Liverpool is looking to seek revenge after facing defeat four years ago, Real will seek to win its 14th Champions League title.