Federico Valverde was the Real Madrid hero who wrote himself into this storied club’s folklore with a first-half, 22-minute hat-trick that decimated Manchester City and cast Pep Guardiola as a tactical novice.
Each of Valverde’s goals were a diagram of his supreme skill and City’s chump-like defending that leaves their hopes of a quarter-final berth near extinct. If Vinícius Júnior had netted a second-half penalty Real could all but celebrate progression yet if City score early in Tuesday’s return who knows.
Continue reading…Federico Valverde was the Real Madrid hero who wrote himself into this storied club’s folklore with a first-half, 22-minute hat-trick that decimated Manchester City and cast Pep Guardiola as a tactical novice.Each of Valverde’s goals were a diagram of his supreme skill and City’s chump-like defending that leaves their hopes of a quarter-final berth near extinct. If Vinícius Júnior had netted a second-half penalty Real could all but celebrate progression yet if City score early in Tuesday’s return who knows. Continue reading…