Joselu’s brace in the final minutes changed the face of a match that seemed to be over, with Bayern Munich taking the lead at the Santiago Bernabeu thanks to Davies’ goal. Instead, two flashes from the attacker who came on 10 minutes from the 90th minute took Real Madrid to the Champions League final in London, where they will face Borussia Dortmund. Due to the amount of opportunities created, a different result would not have done justice to Carlo Ancelotti’s team, who had found insurmountable obstacles in Neuer and the post hit by Vinicius. But the German goalkeeper’s only mistake opens the door for Real.- THE NEWS
Driven by the deafening support, Los Blancos took the initiative.
Bayern wait low, but become aggressive as soon as the ball arrives in their own half. And the Germans build the first scoring opportunity with Gnabry fed by Musiala. The diagonal shot, however, is wide. In the 13th minute, Real was one step away from 1-0: Vinicus intervened on Carvajal’s low cross. The Brazilian’s razor hits the post. Then it’s Neuer’s cat-like reflex – blocking Rodrygo’s rebound – which saves Bayern. Which in the 28th minute responds with Kane, who does well to turn on the fly towards Lunin’s goal, equally ready to save for a corner. The points go to Real in the first half, but a goal is needed after the 2-2 draw in Monaco.
Vinicius’ repeated accelerations on the left are intoxicating, all that’s missing is someone to turn them into goals. Rodrygo comes very close as he touches the post 10′ into the second half.
Rodrygo again, this time on a free kick, calls Neuer to deflect. Vinicius is uncontainable and the German goalkeeper has to fly to put his right-footed shot into the corner.
Instead Lunin can do nothing, in the 23rd minute, on Davies’ conclusion. Real had the illusion of equalizing shortly after, on an own goal by De Ligt, but referee Marciniak went for an on-field review and disallowed it due to an attacking foul by Nacho. It seems over, but just a breath away from the abyss, Joselu takes advantage of Neuer’s initial uncertainty to score the equalizer and then turns everything around in injury time, with a goal that will cause discussion because it was initially canceled out for offside.
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