Though Real pushed for an away goal, Hecking’s men held out for a famous result against the favoured La Liga giants. “He doesn’t need it”, Hecking said of Madrid’s defender, who fell down clutching his face although he wasn’t touched by Arnold. He said “we didn’t start with the right amount of intensity” noting the players lack of focus and energy needed for a match of this importance.
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Madrid were angered Gareth Bale was denied a penalty at 0-0 while the spot kick awarded to Wolfsburg for a foul by Casemiro on Andre Schurrle also raised the ire of the visitors.
“Bruno Henrique was one of the key players tonight”. “We wanted to play here just like we did Saturday against Barcelona”.
The Chilean midfielder struck in the second minute, heading home from five meters after being picked out by Juan Bernat. The Brazilian praised his teammates for bouncing back against after a humbling loss to Bayer Leverkusen at the weekend.
Real needed only 90 seconds to put the ball in the net but Cristiano Ronaldo’s effort was ruled offside. “We have to have a look at it and analyse it. I’m not going to get wrapped up in whether it was a penalty or not”. “We talked a bit, not much, and with [head of PR Emilio] Butragueno too”, he told Cadena COPE.
Luis Suarez finally converted Barca’s relentless second-half pressure into a 2-1 lead as he struck twice in 12 minutes.
However, even more embarrassing than Madrid’s surprise defeat were the histrionics of full-back Marcelo, who produced an appalling dive after a nothing clash with Maximilian Arnold.
“We just spoke about our haircuts”, he said with a smile. It is 2-0 and we must accept that.
“What happened with Marcelo?”. I’m always positive. If we’re eliminated, it’s part of football.
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Join The Roar for live scores of this Champions League match from 4:30am (AEDT) and don’t forget to add your own comments. We were prolific in front of goal. “We will now try to get something out of this starting position”.
