Courtesy of this win, Real Madrid also secured a 1-0 aggregate win over Manchester City, after the first leg at the Etihad stadium ended in a 0-0 stalemate.
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After Vincent Kompany was forced off inside 10 minutes with an injury, Fernando’s own goal gave Real the advantage after Gareth Bale’s cross deflected off his foot, before Bale’s superb header came back off the crossbar in the second half. “It was very hard to play this game and we suffered but it is always important to score an away goal”. I don’t think they had a shot on target in the second leg.
A second all-Madrid final in three years in the Champions League is one thing, but Villarreal and Sevilla are favourites in their respective Europa League semi-finals to make it a Spanish clean sweep.
A single goal in 180 minutes of play and some change is enough for Real Madrid to reach the Final and go for a 11th title.
“It was a special season because we got to the semi-finals and that was important for our team”.
“We created more chances and were more intense”. It’s not the reason why didn’t win the game, we tried to create and we couldn’t, and that’s why we are not in the final.
Eliaquim Mangala says Manchester City can win next season’s Champions League and he wants “revenge” on Real Madrid.
“They couldn’t kill it off. We defended well when needed and we just didn’t have that little bit more”.
Manuel Pellegrini is not a happy man.
Despite a frantic finale, though, Madrid continued their record of not conceding a goal at home in the Champions League this season to progress to their 14th European Cup final.
Manchester City who saw the return of Toure to their starting lineup started the game positively.
“We must finish now with the domestic games and try to qualify for next year”. It’s the game that we had to kill off”, added the Portuguese attacker “One-nil is a close but sufficient result.
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Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has rejected Arturo Vidal’s opinion that his team played “ugly football” to beat Bayern Munich. That’s why Real Madrid couldn’t create any chances.
