Atletico Madrid are through to this season’s UEFA Champions’ League final. Diego Simeone’s men defeated Bayern Munich on goals difference as the tie ended 2 – 2 on aggregates.
The Spanish side won the first leg 1 – 0 at home but lost 2 – 1 in the second leg. Atletico proceeded to the final on away goals rule.
FT: Bayern 2 – 1 Atletico (2 – 2) The Spanish team are into the final of the Champions League for the second time in three years.
Here’s David Hytner’s match report from the Allianz Arena:
Antoine Griezmann fires Atlético Madrid into final at Bayern’s expense
Hmmmm. Footage has emerged of Diego Simeone giving club delegate Pedro Pablo Matesanz a fairly vigorous shove on the touchline as he was preparing to hoist his board for a substitution.
That game had a bit of everything.
Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich lose their third consecutive Champions League semi-final against Spanish opposition. He’ll leave the club without having won the trophy, which has to be considered a failure.
Xabi Alonso opened the scoring for Bayern with a deflected free-kick, only to see his team-mate Th0omas Muller miss with a penalty a couple of minutes later. In the second half, Antoine Griezmann wrestled control of the tie back in Atletico’s favour, leaving Bayern Neuer needing two goals to win it. Robert Lewandowski got one of them before Fernando Torres missed from the spot, to leave Bayern over five minutes in which to grab the goal they needed. Their attempt was valiant, but they came up short. Atletico Madrd are through to the final in the San Siro on 28 May. To continue reading, follow the link below
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Peep! Peep! Peeeeeep! Atletico Madrid go through to their third Champions League final on away goals after a truly rivetting semi-final.
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| Atletico Madrid players celebrate their win. |
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