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Del Piero labels Real Madrid 3-3 Man City ‘one of the greatest games ever’
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Former Italy World Cup winner and Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero labelled Tuesday evening’s 3-3 draw between Real Madrid and Manchester Metropolis as ‘top-of-the-line matches within the historical past of the Champions League’.
Viewers have been handled to a spectacle on Wednesday evening as Bernardo Silva opened the scoring after simply 108 seconds. By the thirteenth minute, Madrid have been already again in entrance at 2-1. Metropolis have been led once more at 3-2 after Josko Gvardiol’s strike within the 71st minute, just for Fede Valverde to attract the hosts degree once more eight minutes later.
Del Piero, who was working as a pundit alongside former Champions League-winning coach Fabio Capello on Tuesday evening, claims that the quarter-final first leg on the Bernabeu was top-of-the-line matches he has ever seen within the competitors.
“It may need been top-of-the-line matches within the historical past of the Champions League. Due to the extent of play, due to the fantastic thing about the targets,” Del Piero stated, reported by way of TMW.
“Once you get matches of this magnitude, we have a tendency to organize ourselves for a decent encounter, however as a substitute, we noticed two groups tackling one another head-on.”
Manchester Metropolis will host Actual Madrid within the return leg on the Etihad Stadium in a fortnight’s time on Wednesday, April 17.
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