(Real Madrid win 5-0 on aggregate)
First Half: Bale volleys over an open goal from long range. Goal! 0-1, Madrid take the lead as Ramos heads into the centre of goal from a Modric corner. Goal! 0-2, Ramos scores again with yet another header, this time from a Di Maria free kick into the far bottom corner following Pepe's flicked header. Ribery fires a low shot across goal wide of the far post. Ronaldo drags a low shot from long range wide of the far post. Goal! 0-3, Madrid break as Bale powers through the defence before squaring to Ronaldo who scores with a low shot under the keeper at the near side. Ronaldo sends a long range effort that bounces wide of an open goal. Robben fires a free kick over the near side.
Half Time: 0-3 (0-4).
Second Half: Alaba has an effort cleared over the ball by Ramos. Martinez heads over the bar. Robben curls a long range shot just wide of the far post. Coentrao has an effort parried away. Kroos fires a shot from the edge of the box just over the near top corner. Goal! 0-4, Ronaldo scores with a low free kick that goes under the wall and into the near side. Alaba has a free kick saved.
Full Time: 0-4 (0-5).
My Opinion:
My man of the match was Ramos. Real Madrid thump Bayern in Munich. Bayern knew they had to score to get back into the tie and pressed forward which came to no surprise. However, they went two goals behind on the night as Ramos pounced from two free kicks. It was poor defending that cost them the two goals which put them in a terrible situation. They now needed to score four goals to go through. This forced them to push more players forward which left them far too open at the back. As a result, Ronaldo and Bale profited and killed the game tie off before half time. That result may come as a huge shock to many fans but it just proved how important an away goal can be in the champions leauge. They failed to score at the Bernabeau and left themselves plenty to do in Munich. It didn't work this time but I'm sure they will be back next year with a strong challenge, especially after signing Lewandowski.
That was a counter attacking masterclass from Real Madrid who were just too good for Bayern tonight. They held the advantage from the first leg and capitalised on it with an outstanding first half. Ramos was incredible and scored two unexpected goals from set plays. The game just played fully into their hands as Ronaldo and Bale's pace was almost impossible to defend on the counter. The two combined for their third goal whilst Ronaldo scored a very clever free kick right at the death. It was the German's who dominated European football last year but there was a changing of the guard tonight as Bayern got blown away. I'm delighted to see Real in the final as it is just an absolute joy to watch both Ronaldo and Bale at work.
Best Goal: Ronaldo - Watch the Goal here
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