by Manchester City plunged out on Monday in the last 16, hours after the elimination of fluminensee on a day of the shock results through the Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal with a 4: 3 defeat against the Saudi Arabian side, Al Hilal, with a 4: 3 defeat against the Saudi Arabic side.
The second-placed Champions League were unloaded by the Brazilian side in Charlotte with 2-0 and Pep Guardiolas City followed them after Marcos Leonardo’s Klammer left the Premier League giants at the wrong end of a thriller with seven goals.
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Al Hilal, who recorded one of the greatest results in the history of football from the Middle East in Orlando on Friday.
City was the only team that won all three group games, including a Thrashing from Juventus, but was reversed in Florida against an Al Hilal team that was filled with players who once played for European teams.
Guardiola’s team was the defending champion after winning the trophy in his earlier format in 2024, but agreed with Al Hilal at the Camping World Stadium with the blow for the Blow-For-Blow.
The team of the former Inter -Trainer Simone Inzaghi showed their quality in the group phase when they kept the Spanish giants Real Madrid a tie, but only a few expected that they could shed the city’s charges for the trophy.
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“We knew that it was a difficult game against one of the best teams in the world – we wanted to show our ideas, our talents, our power,” Kalidou Koulibaly told Al Hilal to DAZN.
Bernardo Silva turned home from the city after nine minutes in a humid night on the east coast, but Leonardo founded at the beginning of the second half.
Barcelona’s former wing player, Malcom, fired the Saudi team forward after Joao Cancelo implemented him on the goal.
Erling Haaland went for City and had an effort that struggles late before the game in the extension.
Koulibaly nodded home from a corner after 94 minutes, but Phil Foden ended the level well 10 minutes later.
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The match was decided by Leonardo, who reacted well to Prod Home when Ederson saved Sergei Milinkovic-Savic’s header after 112 minutes, with City not coming back.
“Unfortunately we cannot continue the competition, so we have to learn and develop further,” Guardiola told reporters.
“Al Hilal run not only, they also have a lot of quality, we have created a lot with wings, but they are a complete team …
“I have a great, great opinion of Al Hilal, but I think we have a good game to be honest.”
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Elsewhere on Monday, the German Cano drove home early to give Fluminense against Inter Milan, and the Brazilian side survived a rush from the Serie A team to make progress.
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The replacement of Hercules achieved late to seal their victory, while a frustrated Inter -Inter -Inter -Inter -inside hit the woodwork twice through Lautaro Martinez and Federico Dimarco.
The Rio de Janeirro-Outfit became the second Brazilian side, which produced the last eight after Palmeiras had already sealed her quarter-finals.
“We knew that they would not be an easy opponent. They played the Champions League final less than a month ago, but we played very well,” said the 40-year-old ‘Grise’ Captain Thiago Silva, once of Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea.
It is the recent victory for a Brazilian team against the prestigious European opposition at the tournament in the USA, after Botafogo PSG defeated and defeated Flamengo Chelsea in the group phase.
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“This is a very important victory for our fans, for all of Brazil, for my country for South America,” said Jhon Arias, the lively Colombian winger, who was appointed man of the game.
Inter, who was 5-0 in the Champions League final of PSG, appointed Cristian Chivu to replace the departing Inzaghi before the tournament.
They convinced during the group phase, even though they had crossed their section, and an angry Martinez criticized some of his teammates after the game.
“I want to fight for the big trophies, (Sun), everyone who wants to stay with Inter, good, let’s fight, but everyone who doesn’t want to stay can go,” said Inters captain.
“We need players who want to be here. We wear an important shirt … we need a mentality on the highest level or please.”
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