Kevin de Bruyne levels Real Madrid’s legend record after brutal goal-scoring strike in the UCL semifinal
Kevin de Bruyne scored the 14th goal in the Champions League for Manchester City 11 of which came in the knock out rounds.
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Kevin De Bruyne has same 14 goals in Champions League as Zinedine Zidane. (credit: Twitter)
The match between Real Madrid V Manchester City has been a scintillating display of football. The Champions League Semi-Finals match was played in Santiago Bernabeu. The Belgian midfielder scored a brilliant goal from outside the box. With this, De Bruyne sits with Zinedine Zidane’s record of Champions League goals.
Zinedine Zidane has been a Los Blancos legend. The former player and former coach have both been perfect for Real Madrid. The French player scored 14 Champions League goals during his era. After today’s match De Bruyne equalizes with the result of Zinedine Zidane in terms of Champions League goals.
Vinicius Junior and Kevin De Bruyne both scored for their respective teams. Vinicius Junior takes a dramatic lead in the first half. The Brazilian forward scored a brilliant goal from a distance of 20 yards to break the deadlock. Things didn’t last long as the Manchester City midfielder did the same thing which Vinicius did. The Manchester City defender scored the goal from outside the box to equalize in the second half.
The nail-biting match ended in a 1-1 draw. There were a number of shots that were being taken by either side. The goalkeepers of each side were busy in keeping their post. Manchester City will again lock horns with Real Madrid in Etihad in the second leg of the Semi-Final.
Fans and Pep Guardiola hails Kevin De Bruyne’s screamer equalizing Champions League goal record with Zidane.
Fans were enthusiastic to react after the Belgian midfielder scored a goal from outside the box. The player has Kevin De Bruyne completes his scoring in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals for the third time consecutively. While one fan went on commenting “his brain is the best I have ever seen”. While another was emotional to comment, “kevin de Bruyne you haven’t just done miracles on me, you ARE the miracle!”. Some brought the reference of old Courtois’ infidelity reference and mocked saying ‘this is for taking away my girl’ . Some fan even went on to say about putting up his statue in Etihad.
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola was no less to praise his prodigal midfielder. In the post match conference, the Spaniard says how he looks up and trusts on Kevin De Bruyne. “He knows how important he is for us.” said the Netizen coach
Manchester City will now ahead to seal a victory in their home ground. The team led by Pep Guardiola will now sort out plans how the Belgian will come with the Norwegian player to score goals.
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