On Tuesday, we learned the first entrant into the 2015-16 Champions League Final, as Atletico Madrid was able to advance over Bayern Munich on away goals.
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Despite Fernando Torres having a penalty of his own saved at the end, the tie ended 2-2 with Atletico scoring the only away goal.
Bayern boss Pep Guardiola saw his team maintain their winning run at home in the Champions League thanks to goals from Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski – but was disappointed to exit at the semi-final stage again.
So get set, because in a few weeks, we will be crowning a new Champions League victor.
“They were better, but we scored an away goal, which was important”.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Bayern levelled the tie through former Liverpool midfielder Xavi Alonso but wasted a golden opportunity to press ahead as Thomas Muller’s penalty was repelled by Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
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. I am sorry for all the players.
Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rumenigge says the German side feel “cheated” after being dumped out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid will now face cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid, who earlier defeated Bayern Munich, in summit clash in Milan on May 28.
“The best does not always win in football, like today”. The way they fought and played: all credit to them. And that will only become more acute if his next club, Manchester City, progress further in this season’s competition. We played as we wanted to play but we came up one goal short. “They are not deserved finalists”. We tried our best, but I don’t have the feeling we let the fans down.
“Congratulations to Atletico. It was a good game, I’m sure everyone all over Europe will have enjoyed it”, Guardiola, who will take charge of Manchester City next season, told UEFA’s official site.
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Guardiola also said he had no regrets about his team selection to face Atletico, having recalled Muller, Franck Ribery and Jerome Boateng in making three changes from the side who lost the first leg.
