Real Madrid's hopes of landing their 10th European Cup title (and manager Jose Mourinho's hopes of winning the CL title 3 times with 3 different teams) went up in smoke after losing 3-1 in penalties to Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu this morning. The match had finished 2-1 to Real in normal time, making them all square in a 3-3 aggregate score, hence the resulting penalty shoot-out to decide who goes through to the final in Munich, at Bayern's own stadium, the Allianz Arena. I didn't watch the match "live", so I don't want to comment too much on it personally and not going into the FULL details of the match, but judging from the highlights I watched, it seemed that Real Madrid were the better team in the whole 90 minutes of normal time. Winning 2-1 was not enough, it seemed, and "hero" of normal time, Cristiano Ronaldo, became "zero" after he missed his penalty in the shoot-out! Such was his (and his team's) luck! Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger became the 'hero' after he scored the penalty that effectively killed off Real's hopes of entering the final.
With so much going on in the match I wished I could have watched it "live", but it was too late for me. Having already watched the Chelsea - Barcelona game yesterday and lacking sleep I wasn't going to repeat that for the 2nd night in a row! Haha! But as for the final, THAT I will sacrifice sleep to watch! It will definitely be a cracker! ;)
So glad that it's gonna be Bayern Munich vs Chelsea. Glad that B. Munich will get to play in their own stadium... :)
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