Atletico, meanwhile, will head to the San Siro looking to make up for the 2014 Champions League final where they fell to a dramatic 4-1 extra-time defeat to Real Madrid.
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The breakthrough came in the 31st minute after Augusto Fernandez fouled David Alaba just outside the box, and Alonso scored from the free kick, his attempt taking a big deflection off of centre-back Jose Gimenez.
Diego Simeone’s side went into the match with a 1-0 advantage, knowing an away goal would leave the Germans needing three.
Bayern pushed everyone forward for the final few minutes, including a tense additional five minutes of stoppage time. We were up against the best team I have faced in my career.
Pep Guardiola: “We mustn’t think about how many goals we must score. We are still the best team in the world, but sometimes the best doesn’t always win”, Vidal said.
“It was a game to suffer a lot, we were up against a great team who dominated for much of the game”, Torres said.
In contrast, Bayern maintained their record of suffering a last-four exit in each of Guardiola’s three years in charge at the Allianz Arena. Bayern kept pressing but could not get the goal that would have taken them to the final. Atletico pulled off the enormous upset and moved on to the Champions League Finals.
Real Madrid host Manchester City (0-0) in the second semi-final on Thursday (NZT).
Griezmann tucked away Atletico’s first shot on target for the crucial away goal to cancel out Xabi Alonso’s first-half strike.
“Their penalty would have put them 2-0 ahead and made things very hard for us”.
Nonetheless, Cüneyt Çakır pointed to the spot but justice was done as Neuer saved Fernando Torres’ effort.
Jan Oblak denied Thomas Muller from the penalty spot just moments later, and Atletico were back level on the night and 2-1 up on aggregate just after the break through Antoine Griezmann’s neat finish, having been one-on-one with Manuel Neuer.
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“This is a new year and a new situation for us – we have our chance now and we will try our best”.
