Schalke v Manchester City: Champions League last 16, first leg – live! | Soccer

79 minGuardiola is now on the sidelines, applauding his 10 guys. But Schalke is playing with them for a moment, keeping the ball and chasing City. And visitors do not do it very effectively.

76 min: Sané is warming up. The city badly needs him. That is, they need to diversify their approach. It's too common and even at a rate, and Schalke is not willing to give more gift goals.

74 min: In the middle of the panic shame of the local crowd, De Bruyne hits his shot through the wall, via a pair of deviations. The ball overflows for a corner.

73 min: Sané booked for knocking over Bernardo Silva, giving City a free-kick on the edge of the box, a little to the left. De Bruyne believes him …

72 minWalkers walk to the right and a center on the far flank.

71 min: UEFA statistics show us that City has already made 458 pbades, so that's all.

City substitution: Kompany on, David Silva off. Guardiola thinks he can not play with just Fernandinho in central defense, so sacrifice an attacker. It's just staying in the tie at this point.

68 min: He takes a second yellow for a reckless trip on Burgstaller, halfway, while Schalke threatened to launch a counter-attack. Oh City!

67 min: City has the ball but can not do anything with it. De Bruyne tries to give a boost to the midfield but Aguero does not anticipate his pbad.

63 min: De Bruyne made a nice pbad in the direction of Sterling, but Caligiuri did well to beat him and nodded.

62 min: It's amazing that Guardiola has not yet introduced Sané and placed Sterling on the left. Bernardo Silva has been on the right up until now and has not done much, and City could do it with more width and thrust.

61 minThe game resumes, both players are fit enough to continue.

59 min: A break in the game while Serdar and McKennie receive treatment due to difficulties with De Bruyne and Laporte.

58 min: Sterling crosses the bottom of the let. Bernado Silva falls into the box and looks up for a penalty kick. But Sané was just too strong for him.

56 min: Gundogan shoots in the right foot. The ball returns to him and he tries a left foot, which flies away.

55 minAs previously mentioned, the City match at St James's Park was repeated earlier this season, when they were beaten by Newcastle. Similarly, Schalke is well organized and resolute, and City lacks ideas and sparks. There is still a lot of time and a lot of arsenal on the City bench. So no excuses.

52 min: Aguero recovers a Walker pbad, pbades one, then shoots at a distance of 20 meters. Guardiola looks at an image of despair as he collapses into the dugout

51 min: Wonderful interaction between David Silva and Aguero at the edge of the box! Aguero takes too long to shoot and is stripped of the surface by an excellent sliding tackle from Nastasic.

50 min: Another City attack takes place as five opponents surround Sterling on the left of the box.

49 min: Uth rushes between Fernandinho and Walker and finds himself almost at the end of a recovery ball on the right side. Fernandinho's struggles continue.

47 min: City came out strong in the second half. De Bruyne unleashes a very big curling player at 20 meters, but he has to settle for a corner after putting a penalty in defense of the defender and whistled.

"Here is my opinion on the Var", announces Matt Kelcher. "Football is the most popular sport in the world. To a large extent, this is due to rarity goals compared to results in sports such as basketball or rugby. This means that when a goal is scored, the level of excitement is unlike anything. It's no exaggeration to say that when my team scores, it's one of the most exciting moments of my week. VAR puts this at risk because it means that fans can never be really sure of having scored (or earned a penalty, I know it at my expense as a Sheffield Wednesday admirer at Stamford Bridge the month latest). Is it really worth risking what makes football so exciting and unique just to have "some" more marginal calls? And the other thing is he's not even sure they're getting more calls. In the end, it is always the humans who make the decisions and there are many examples where they are still wrong after several opinions. In another news, BT has just announced that the referee wanted to examine the images of this handball incident himself … but could not do so because the screen at the edge of the field did not work. D'oh!

Fernandinho was heavily responsible for the second penalty, but the first one was more controversial: the shot definitely hit Otamendi's arm and the official seemed to have decided that, since the ball had traveled about 10 meters before hitting him, he should have able to go out. the way. But the ball traveled so fast that it's not necessarily right. It falls into the category "sees it seen", but it is not those who are supposed to be overthrown by Var.

"Is City the anti-real Madrid?", Asks London Crockett. "Only able to focus on the national cup while watching the Champions League boil?"

"Fabinho is undoubtedly a better central defender than his compatriot Fernandinho," said Harry Palmer, who has a clear idea of ​​this week's testimony. Meanwhile, I think Leroy Sané must come first. Remove one of the Silvas and paste Sané on the left and Sterling on the right.

What an extraordinary half. For about the first half hour, it seemed that City was going to win at the canter, but then they found themselves sloppy and Schalke punished them. Both penalties were justified – although the one against Otamendi was severe – and City now looks a little upset. Do they have the moxie to elevate their game, introduce something new or better in their game?

45 + 4 min: City tries to zigzag, but most of the time they cross the field once they reach the last third. They do not pbad with enough speed and imagination to unlock the emboldened hosts.

45 + 2 min: Schalke has all his players behind the ball as City tries to get back into the game. The match in Newcastle now has its nuances: Can City avoid a similar result?

45 min: There will be at least five minutes added, mainly because of the Var stop.

Bentalebed goes from the opposite side to his first. Ederson plunges completely in the right direction. But the spotkick is struck enough and placed to continue to spin despite the goalkeeper's free-kick. City were on Easy Street, now they are really bothered! How will they react?

Fernandinho booked Sané's free kick as a freekick headed for the area. No problem with this decision and he will miss the second leg too.

42 min: Uth has booked for a late tackle at Gundogan. The yellow card of Otamendi, by the way, means that he will miss the return match.

41 min: City is trying to find his rhythm. By the way, Madonna's Into The Groove was # 1 when Schalke's manager was born.

39 min: Nothing says "unexpected equalizer" like a thunderclap of Europop on the sound system of the stadium.

The former Spurs midfielder keeps his calm after an epic delay and sends Ederson the wrong way!

And a reservation in Otamendi, to start! After a delay of three minutes, Var returned his verdict. It was undoubtedly handball and obviously, the officials decided that Otamendi should have been able to come off.

35 min: After a long pause during which several reruns have probably been reviewed, the referee calls the two captains to explain to them … something. No one in the stands, nor those who watch television, know what is going on. This is a serious fault.

34 min: Var is viewed here: a 20-meter shot of Caligiuri clearly strikes Otamendi's arm into the surface. The defender's arm was at his side and he seemed to want to get out of the way, but the crowd was demanding a penalty …