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La Liga News: 4 May 2016: Atletico Progress To Champions League Final, Real Ready For City Test
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A goal from Antoine Griezmann sent Atletico Madrid to the
Champions League final for the second time in three seasons despite a 2-1
defeat at Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Atletico, which lost to city rival Real Madrid in the 2014 final, progressed on the away
goals rule with an aggregate score of 2-2 after winning the first leg of their
semifinal in Madrid 1-0.
Arturo Vidal claimed "ugly football" unfairly
prevailed as Bayern Munich were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico
Madrid on Tuesday. Trailing to Saul Niguez's stunning first-leg strike, Bayern
dominated the return fixture at the Allianz Arena where they had 72.5 per cent
possession and 33 attempts on goal.
Pep Guardiola said he had given his life to Bayern Munich over
the past three years and refused to accept the inability to deliver the
Champions League meant he had failed in his mission at the German club. For the
third season in succession, Guardiola lost at the semi-final stage of Europe’s
elite competition – on this occasion, to Diego Simeone’sAtlético Madrid. Bayern won 2-1 on the night but it was
not enough to avoid an away goals exit and Simeone paid tribute to them as the
best team he had ever faced.
If Manchester City are to reach the Champions League final for
the first time in their history, they’re going to have to beat a Real Madrid
side which have only lost twice at home this season in La Liga, and haven’t
conceded a single goal in their last five games at the Bernabeu. To make things
even more difficult for Man City, it is expected that goal-scoring
phenomenon Cristiano Ronaldo will return from injury to
start. Man City are going to have to score. Mission Improbable.
Manuel Pellegrini has told his Manchester City players not to
obsess too much about Cristiano Ronaldo now the three-times world player of the
year has been confirmed fit for Wednesday’s second leg of the Champions League
semi-final. Ronaldo has recovered from the thigh injury that ruled him out of
the first leg at the Etihad Stadium and Pellegrini admitted that would make it even
harder for City to overcome the 10-times European Cup winners and reach their
first final.
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