However, despite repeated criticism of Atletico’s rough and defensive style, Barcelona daily Sport showed which side they are on with a front cover carrying a picture of Atletico coach Diego “El Cholo” Simeone celebrating his side’s semi-final win over Bayern Munich.
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“They were very lucky with their goal and we were very unlucky because it was a deflected cross that put the ball in the top corner”, he is quoted by Sky Sports.
“It was a close semi-final and we have come out the wrong side of it”.
Bale has suffered a sprained knee joint, while Navas picked up an ankle injury against Manchester City on Wednesday that has been diagnosed as Achilles tendinitis. I don’t think that we deserved to reach the final but it was a bit of luck that Real will play in the final. “We’re still in the fight, so the message is this – as long as there are minutes to play we have to believe in our chances”.
“I’m happy, not just for myself; it was a team effort”.
The move proved a sole highlight in a dour game, won 1-0, by the Spaniards, who progressed through to the final against cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid. We didn’t deserve to lose because both teams were very similar. We are facing Atletico again and I’m happy.
“Missing David Silva, Samir Nasri and Yaya Toure coming from an injury, we didn’t have creative players to make a difference”.
“This will help him out, Man City being where they are as they’ll learn a lot”, Parlour told talkSPORT.
Ronaldo added: “We’ve always had Zizou’s back, he’s humble, he knows how to listen and that’s always important”.
Real Madrid will go in search of their eleventh European Cup title, against Atlético de Madrid at the San Siro.
“The players are very well prepared and have a bad excitement”. The first of these meetings was also between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
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Two years ago Sergio Ramos headed in a 93rd-minute equaliser in Lisbon to crush Atletico’s hopes in Europe’s most prestigious club competition on their way to a 4-1 extra time victory.
