Real Madrid crash out of Champions League
Thursday, May 14, 2015 @ 10:59 AM
Barcelona will face Juventus in the Champions League final after the Italian side secured a 3-2 aggregate win over Real Madrid at the Bernabéu tonight.
Real Madrid blew the chance of setting up an all-Spanish final with a lack of precision in front of goal.
Real came into tonight's match with a 1-2 deficit from the first leg in Turin, but wasted no time in evening things up when Cristiano Ronaldo converted a 23rd-minute penalty to put Real ahead on away goals.
But Álvaro Morata, who moved from Madrid to Turin last summer, came back to haunt his former side with a 57th-minute strike to secure a 1-1 draw on the night and the all-important away goal that booked Juve's place in the final in Berlin on June 6th.
Despite having the majority of possession and looking the more dangerous side in attack, Real were unable to capitalise on any of their numerous chances on goal, a failure that would eventually prove costly to the Spanish side.
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