Former Italy World Cup winner and Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero labelled Tuesday night’s 3-3 draw between Real Madrid and Manchester City as ‘one of the best matches in the history of the Champions League’.
Viewers were treated to a spectacle on Wednesday night as Bernardo Silva opened the scoring after just 108 seconds. By the 13th minute, Madrid were already back in front at 2-1. City were led again at 3-2 after Josko Gvardiol’s strike in the 71st minute, only for Fede Valverde to draw the hosts level again eight minutes later.
Del Piero, who was working as a pundit alongside former Champions League-winning coach Fabio Capello on Tuesday night, claims that the quarter-final first leg at the Bernabeu was one of the best matches he has ever seen in the competition.
“It might have been one of the best matches in the history of the Champions League. Because of the level of play, because of the beauty of the goals,” Del Piero said, reported via TMW.
“When you get matches of this magnitude, we tend to prepare ourselves for a tight encounter, but instead, we saw two teams tackling each other head-on.”
Manchester City will host Real Madrid in the return leg at the Etihad Stadium in a fortnight’s time on Wednesday, April 17.