(Reuters) – Spanish media heaped reward on Real Madrid after the LaLiga winners pulled off a exceptional comeback win in opposition to Manchester City on Wednesday to advance to the Champions League closing.
Leading 1-0 with minutes to go, City appeared to be heading for Paris earlier than a late Rodrygo double and an extra-time penalty from Karim Benzema gave the hosts an unlikely 3-1 win on the night time and secured a 6-5 victory on combination.
“Real Madrid are out of this world,” Madrid-based AS stated of their headline, accompanied by an image of the squad celebrating in entrance of a piece of the house crowd.
Sport newspaper merely went with “Incredible” after Real as soon as once more rotated a first-leg deficit following their last-16 win in opposition to Paris St. Germain earlier within the competitors.
Marca hailed it because the “greatest night time within the historical past of the Bernabeu”.
“If PSG was already inexplicable, if Chelsea was already unbelievable, final night time in Chamartin was, merely, the very best night time of a stadium that has seen this staff in all colors and that may be a lot to say,” learn their lead story.
The Barcelona-based Mundo Deportivo described it as “Groundhog Day” whereas Catalan radio station RAC1 stated “this isn’t soccer, it is a paranormal phenomenon”.
Real will tackle Liverpool in a rematch of the 2018 Champions League closing on the Stade de France on May 28.
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; modifying by Clare Fallon)
