It ended in Manchester too - City "warmed up" against Copenhagen for the end of an exciting season, twice by 3.1 for an easy way to the quarter-finals.
The goals for the "citizens" were scored by Manuel Akandzi (5th minute), Julian Alvares (9) and Erling Haaland (45+3), while on the other side the scorer was Mohamed Eliyunusi (29).
End in Madrid - Real made it to the quarter-finals, after a much better game from Leipzig throughout the 90 minutes, 1:1, the first match 1:0 for the royal club.
After pressure from the visitors and several missed big chances, especially by Lujo Openda, he took the lead after a great action by Jude Bellingham and Vinicius in the 65th minute.
Leipzig equalized three minutes later when Vili Orban headed in the ball.
How badly Real played tonight is perhaps best expressed by the whistles from the "Bernabeu" during the game.
92' - What a chance for Leipzig, Dani Olmo hit the crossbar.
Leipzig continues with an excellent game, but is still out of luck - Orban had another good chance.
Openda will want to forget this evening, replaced by Jusuf Poulsen. On the other side, Luka Modrić entered instead of Kross.
Leipzig continues to threaten, but Openda does not have a good evening. After him, Šeško also tried.
68' - GOOOL, Leipzig is coming back, what a character this team has. He hit the stopwatch Willy Orban header after David Raum's cross.
65' - GOOOL, maybe Real doesn't play as expected tonight, but there is too much class in the team, and two masters created action for the lead.
Great pull from Jude Bellingham, even better finding Vinicius, who knocked in the goal: Real - Leipzig 1:0
63' - Real's best chance of the match. Carvajal found Rodrigo who shot well, but Peter Gulaci made an even better save.
And the second half in Madrid was better opened by Leipzig - again Openda threatened dangerously.
Carlo Ancelotti introduced Rodrigo instead of Kamavinga after the break.
45'+3 - GOOOL, the third for City. The scorer is Erling Haaland, the "citizens" go to halftime with 3:1 against Copenhagen. It is the Norwegian's 41st goal in the Champions League.
End of the first half in Madrid: Real - Leipzig 0:0, the whistles from the "Bernabeu" stadium are getting louder after the host didn't create a single chance during the first 45 minutes.
On the other hand, three great opportunities were missed by the striker of the team from the east of Germany, Luj Openda.
Barnabeu is restless... And for good reason - writes Madrid's Marka after Real's desperate performance in the first half.
42' - Two more chances for Leipzig, Ćavi Simmons tried first, and then Openda had another great chance.
Real Madrid didn't show practically anything for 35 minutes of the second leg, you can hear a few whistles from "Santiago Bernabeu".
29' - GOOOL, Copenhagen shows character - the Danish giant reduced through the Norwegian Mohamed Eliyunusi.
Look at the goals City opened Copenhagen with - they scored first Manuel Akandzi, and then Julian Alvarez.
Leipzig is dangerous in Madrid - Benjamim Šeško, like in the first match, lost a one-on-one duel with Andrij Lunjin in an action that might have been canceled by VAR due to offside.
A few minutes later, Luj Openda threatened twice from the counterattack, but on both occasions he shot weakly.
9' - GOOOL, again at the Etihad, again for City - Julián Alvarez scored after a big mistake by Copenhagen goalkeeper Camilo Grabara.
5' - GOOOL, somewhat expected first in Manchester - City lead against Copenhagen with Manuel Akandzi's goal after a corner.
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