2024-05-08 20:55:18
Real Madrid, invincible this season at home, qualified on Wednesday against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final. Carlo Ancelotti’s men will meet Borussia Dortmund on June 1 at Wembley, to try to win a fifteenth European crown and thus consolidate their overwhelming domination of this competition.
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The White House on the way to a new European title. Real Madrid qualified, Wednesday, May 8, for the final of the Champions League at the expense of Bayern Munich in their lair of the Bernabeu, at the end of a high-level meeting whose scenario ended in the last moments.
From the first minutes, Carlo Ancelotti’s men imposed their mastery of the midfield and Bayern struggled to exist. On a cross from Carvajal with first intention, Rodrygo is very close to opening the score. First alert on the Bavarian goal (5th). The German response came two minutes later when Serge Gnabry, well launched behind the Madrid defense, missed his delivery for Harry Kane.
Real, freshly titled champion of Spain, continues its business of asphyxiating the German environment. In its rare phases of possession, Bayern who are too approximate struggle to find solutions. On the contrary, Real are becoming more and more dangerous. Alerted in the heart of the area, Vinicius hits the post then Rodrygo fails against Neuer on the rebound (12th).
The equation becomes complicated for the Germans with the exit of the injured Gnabry (25th). Three minutes later, Harry Kane showed that Bayern did not come to play second fiddle in this clash of the titans and unleashed a classy volley at the entrance to the area deflected with the tip of the gloves by Andriy Lunin (28th).
But it was Real who tightened their grip on the match, helped by an inspired and technically correct Jude Bellingham. Fortunately, Bayern, who are seeking at all costs to save their season after being dispossessed of the German championship title by Bayer Leverkusen, can count on a monumental goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer once again keeps his team afloat by releasing a cross -vicious shot from Vinicius who was racing towards the goals.
A new Madrid magic trick
Returning from the locker room, the first hot situation is again for a twirling Vinicius. The Brazilian eliminates Kimmich on the left side but his retreating cross is pushed back at the last minute by the Bavarian central defense (46th). In the process, Bayern responded with a blocked shot fromAlphonso Davies which falls just above the Madrid crossbar, sending shivers through the entire Bernabeu stadium (48th).
Real continues to push with Rodrygo whose recovery brushes Neuer’s post after a new overflow from the inevitable Vinicius who puts the Bayern defense through an ordeal. If the meeting is pleasant, it still lacks that little grain of madness to capsize the stadium. But Manuel Neuer has no intention of giving this pleasure to the Bernabeu public. On a powerful free kick from Rodrygo, the German goalkeeper relaxes to his full length (55th) then comes out of a cuff for which he has the secret a new attempt from Vinicius (56th).
While Real Madrid maintained the pressure, it was Bayern who opened the scoring against the run of play, causing the amazement of the Spanish supporters. Launched in depth, Davies cuts back to the center and sends a superb curling shot into the goals of Andriy Lunin (67th, 0-1).
Real immediately responds from a corner but Nacho’s goal is canceled for a pusher in the face on Joshua Kimmich. A few minutes later, Harry Kane missed the break ball, the English international’s shot landing outside the Madrid goalkeeper’s small net (76th).
Joselu’s double in three minutes
Undefeated since April 2023 on its lawn, where it turned the situation around more than once in the final moments, the Merengue club has qualified at its stadium 23 times in the last 24 C1 knockout confrontations (since 1991) after drawing the first leg. The statistics did not lie.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men kept their cool during the last quarter of an hour and increased their attacks on the German goal with the hope of achieving the impossible. Entering the game, Spanish striker Joselu took advantage of a gross hand mistake from Neuer to slip the ball into the back of the net (88th, 1-1). Cruel irony for the man who saved his teammates on several occasions.
Then, the Madrid magic happens a second time. The same Joselu inherits a cross from the left side and capsizes the entire stadium by doubling the lead at the start of stoppage time (91st, 2-1).
Real Madrid holds its final. Carlo Ancelotti’s players will face another German club, Borussia Dortmund, in the final of the premier competition and will try to win the Champions League for the fifteenth time in the club’s history, on June 1 at Wembley. His last European coronation dates back to 2022: he was then won at the Stade de France against Liverpool (1-0).
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