Real Madrid added a new epic night at the “Santiago Bernabéu” Stadium and qualified for the final of the Champions League after beating this Wednesday, in the second leg semi-final, Bayern Munich for 2-1.
In a vibrant match and when the classification seemed to belong to the Germans, the “Merengue” team brought out its hierarchy in this competition and managed to turn it around at the end with the help of an unexpected hero: Joselu, who scored the two goals.
The match began with great dominance by Madrid, which with good collective play generated several chances to open the scoring, but could not overcome the resistance of a huge Manuel NeuerGerman goalkeeper who had great interventions.
Despite having a more defensive posture, Bayern Munich also managed to make more than one dangerous play to the goal defended by Andriy Lunin, who responded in a great way every time he was requested.
As the minutes went by, the locals were losing offensive power and the visitors – for their part – managed to settle in better on the field, going into the break with a goalless draw.
JOSELU, THE UNEXPECTED HERO
The second half began with a similar tone to the first, with Real Madrid advancing its lines in search of the first goal and Bayern Munich sheltered behindtrying to generate danger through counterattacks.
It was in this way that the first goal of the game came for the Germans. At minute 68, full-back Alphonso Davies scored a great goal after nailing his shot into the corner and give, until that moment, the pass to the final to his team.
Real Madrid sought to reverse this result, which left them 2-3 down on the aggregate scoreboard, and four minutes later He scored a goal that was disallowed due to an offensive foul by Nacho.
As the minutes passed, the Spaniards continued to generate dangerous plays, but good interventions from Neuer and the incompetence of their forwards prevented them from reaching the tie.
It was in the 87th minute, when the game was already ending, that Real Madrid once again showed its characteristic work in the Champions League and achieved the long-awaited equality: A shot by Vinicius Jr could not be controlled well by the German goalkeeper and Joselu appeared on the rebound., he just had to push the ball.
The goal was a boost for the “Mrengues”, who Three minutes later the score was turned around by Joselu himself.who took advantage of a good center Antonio Rudiger to score the second and seal his team’s qualification for the final of the tournament.
The game ended after a controversial play at the end, when the Polish referee Szymon Marciniak annulled what could have been 2-2 for the Bavarians.
The judge whistled an offisede signaled by his assistant judge in the 12th minute of stoppage time in the second half, before a play was decided that ended with the conquest of Matthijs de Ligt.
With this result, Real Madrid went to the final of the Champions League and will face Borussia Dortmund, who did the same yesterday against PSG.
