Atletico, which lost to city rival Real Madrid in the 2014 final, progressed on the away goals rule with an aggregate score of 2-2 after winning the first leg of their semifinal in Madrid 1-0.
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6 – Atletico Madrid’s defensive capabilities were perfectly illustrated by the fact that the goal Alonso scored was the first they had conceded in 632 minutes, in all competitions.
“It was a fantastic first half from Bayern”, said Simeone. It’s fantastic, and we play to win. But it is understood that two of those are Bayern and Barcelona, which Atletico eliminated in the quarter-final.
“Their penalty would have put them 2-0 ahead and made things very hard for us”.
“But I’m not here next season anyway so it’s not my problem, but Bayern’s”.
He, however, denied being disappointed, arguing that you can only be disappointed “when they haven’t played well”.
Former Bayern Munich striker Ivica Olic has branded Pep Guardiola’s tenure at the Allianz Arena “a failure” after they exited the Champions League at the semi-final stage for a third successive season.
However, Cerezo hit back as Atletico have now beaten defending European champions Barcelona and a Bayern side on the verge of their fourth Bundesliga title to reach the final.
So get set, because in a few weeks, we will be crowning a new Champions League victor. “Titles are numbers, statistics are statistics”.
“I wanted to reach the Champions League final. I hope Carlo can do it next season”.
“We haven’t managed it, we’re sad, but we have to prepare for the league game at Ingolstadt”.
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Ronaldo returns after missing three straight games because of a leg injury, including the first-leg draw. When you go home feeling you have not given all. They kept throwing shots at the goal but Atletico just kept holding on. We tried our best, but I do not have the feeling we let the fans down.
