Welcome to Sportstar’s live updates of the second leg of the UEFA Champions League 2021-22 semifinal clash between Real Madrid and Manchester City being played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain.

This is Neeladri Bhattacharjee bringing you buildup of this exciting fixture as well as minute-by-minute updates of the match as it happens.

35′ As match resumes after a bried treatment for Casemiro, Foden is ruled off-side and Real gets possessuin back and this time Benzema is down

32′ As City begins to regain possession, boos and jeers increase at the Santiago Bernabeu and Casemiro pulls Foden down, dragging his shirt and injures himself in the process

30′ Casemiro gets back possession of the ball and Real, after a back pass to Courtois looks to be settling on to build another attack from scratch. The last time Man City travelled to Madrid, it returned home with a goalless draw, in its favour on aggregate

28′ Kroos takes the free kick, which is cleared by the City defence, but Kyle Walker ooks to be down after a clash of heads and eventually gets back to his feet

27′ Shot! Kroos takes the free kick and the ball was travellig damgerously close to the net. However, after a deflection off Mahrez, it goes out for a corner kick.

26′ Free Kick! Vinicius tries to barge into the City box, but goes down after a sift touch off Rodri and Real gets a free kick

25′ Valverde steals the ball of De Bruyne as the midifield looks to be a hotbed of fantastioc duels between the present and the future of elite midfielders

24′ Four white shirts keep the City attack in checl at the moment, with Militao glued to Jesus

23′ Shot! Bernardo Silva cross the ball form the left for De ruyne, who receives it and serves it on a plate for Jesus and the Brazilian shoots. Unfortunately it flies off-target

20′ Save! Bernardo Silva gets the ball in the penalty box and shoots right on target. Courtois, as he has tonight, makes another brilliant reflex save. That certainly looked to be going in, if not for the Belgian.

18′ Shot! Benzema chests the ball down, but passes to Vinicius to shoot on the volley and he does, but the shot is off target

16′ Real tries to attack on the counter and Vinicius makes a run with the ball. Sprints into the City box, but his final pass to Benzema is intercepted and City stop that attack

14′ Save! Manchester City has calmed its nerves for the moment and is trying to build from the back, with small passes. Bernardo Silva pulling strings in the midfield as De Bruyne tries to make forward runs. De Bruyne gets on-on-one with Kroos and unches a shot that is saved by Courtois

10′ The free kick after Casemiro’s foul is taken by Mahrez and the ball falls right into the gloves of Courtois

7′ Foul! De Bruyne tries to make a run and is fouled by Casemiro. No cards involved in spite of vehement protests by the City players and another scuffle between Modric and Laporte ensues. This time the referee books both of them!

Double yellow card!

6′ Bernardo Silva to Cancelo, back to Silva and his cross is taken care of by a triangular defence of Real Madrid

5′ Hand ball! Manchester City breaks on the counter with Bernardo Silva making a run into the Madrid box, but the ball hits his arm and the referee gives a free kick to Real to end that attack

4′ Chance! Benzema gets a delicious cross in the box and heads it. However, the header is too high as it flies over the goal

3′ Cancelo, who has returned after a suspenesion, tries a run along the left flank, but his cross goes off a block by Militao for a corner kick. The corner kick supplies in by De Bruyne is finally headed by Dias, but a crowd of white shirts clears the ball away

2′ Kroos takes the free kick, which is cleared by the City defence and a raucous Santoago Bernabeu continues to cheer for its home team

1′ Free Kick! Early attempt to break in form the left flank by Vinicius Jr., but Mahrez fouls him as Real gets an early free kick

12-30 am: Kick-Off!

The players are out on the field after the Champions League anthem and have taken their positions. Man City starts in Navy blue, while Real Madrid starts in its signature white kit.

12-20 am: Warm-ups!

The players are out on the field and are warming up before kick-off! The stage cannot get bigger. Manchester City is on the brink of a consecutive Champions League final as the 13-time UCL champion eyes vengeance.

Stay tuned for the match as it happens right here!

12-10 am: Players to look out for:

Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City: It took just 93 second for the 30-year-old to establish how important he was for the team as he put City in front against Real Madrid in the first leg — the quickest City has ever scored in the competition’s history.

With four assists and two goals this season in UCL, Kevin De Bruyne has become the most crucial player for Pep Guardiola in the competition.

Karim Benzema, Real Madrid: The last time an English team travelled to Bernabeu, Benzema had scored a golden goal that had taken Real into the semifinals.

In fact, after his brace against City, he became the first player in Champions League history to score as many as five goals away from home in the knockout stages against clubs from a single nation in a season.

Perhaps, Pep will be aware of the damage the 34-year-old, irrespective of his age can have, with his team already conceding two off him in the first leg. With seven semifinal goals, he has more UCL semi-final goals (7) than Lionel Messi (6).

12-00 am: What have the managers said?

Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City

11-40 pm: TEAM FORM: Manchester City comes into the match with four wins from its last five matches in all competitions, including a loss to Liverpool in the FA Cup semifinals.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, returned to winning ways, beating Espanyol 4-0 after a loss to City in the semis, as it lifted the league title with 81 points from 34 matches in La Liga.

Man City’s last five matches:

• 1-0 Win vs Leeds United (Premier League)
• 4-3 Win vs Real Madrid (UEFA Champions League)
• 5-1 Win vs Watford (Premier League)
• 3-0 Win vs Brighton and Hove Albion (Premier League)
• 2-3 Loss vs Liverpool (FA Cup semifinal)

Real Madrid’s last five matches:

• 4-0 Win vs Espanyol (La Liga)
• 3-4 Loss vs Manchester City (UEFA Champions League)
• 3-1 Win vs Osasuna (La Liga)
• 3-2 Win vs Sevilla (La Liga)
• 2-3 Loss vs Chelsea (UEFA Champions League)

11-28 pm: HEAD-TO-HEAD: Manchester City and Real Madrid have met seven times in competitive fixtures in the past and City has won three and drawn two, while Real Madrid has won two matches.

• Manchester City 4-3 Real Madrid
• Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid
• Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City
• Real Madrid 1-0 Manchester City
• Manchester City 0-0 Real Madrid
• Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid
• Real Madrid 3-2 Manchester City

11-12 pm: Starting Lineup of Manchester City is out!

Ederson (GK), Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Kyle Walker, Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus

11-00 pm: Who can start for Guardiola’s side and what can one expect from the second leg? Sportstar provides an outlook of what to expect in Madrid tonight.

10-50 pm: Weather Update!

10-35 pm: One of the predicted lineups are out!

Real Madrid Starting XI: Thibaut Courtois (GK), Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Nacho, Ferland Mendy, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Luka Modric, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema(C), Vinicius Junior.

Here’s how we think Manchester City will lineup tonight.

Manchester City Predicted XI: Ederson (GK), Joao Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Ake, Gundogan, Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish

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