Late Champions League semi-final comeback was merely the latest escape act for the Spanish giants led by Carlo Ancelotti
David Alaba of Real Madrid gestures after he is brought a chair by team-mate Antonio Rüdiger following the Champions League semi-final, second leg against Bayern Munich at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Imagesreturned.
“Crouchy”, asked if this was the best moment of his life, up there with getting married and the birth of his two children, replied: “Well, if you could put this out at 3am when my wife is asleep ...” Two years ago, he had been to watch Madrid play the final against Liverpool in Paris. “This time I’ll experience it a bit closer up,” he said.
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti celebrates with Antonio Rüdiger and Vinícius Junior. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/PA Wire And then there are the referees, and by the end of this semi-final that was what occupied Bayern. The referee, Szymon Marciniak, had blown for an offside that probably wasn’t just before Matthijs de Ligt had swept the ball past Lunin on 113 minutes and Thomas Tuchel was furious, literally shouting in the press conference. The linesman had apologised for raising the flag too early on the equaliser they thought they had scored, but that was worthless now, the Bayern manager said.
Vinícius, in particular, was wonderful here, putting Joshua Kimmich through the spin cycle. “We had chances, control and the strength to not lose our heads when they scored,” Ancelotti said. This time they weren’t outshot or outplayed, even if they still needed an epic ending. In fact, for a while it seemed Bayern might be about to do what they do, if on a smaller scale.
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