Defeat at the Bernabéu
A goal by Ronaldo at the beginning and two more by the Portuguese in the final stretch won the match for Real Madrid. The Calderón will have the last word next Wednesday.
REAL MADRID 3 – 0 ATLÉTICO
Real Madrid: Keylor Navas; Carvajal (Nacho, 46’), Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Casemiro, Modric, Kroos, Isco (Asensio, 68’); Benzema (Lucas Vázquez, 77’) and Ronaldo.
Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Lucas, Savic, Godín, Filipe Luis; Koke, Gabi, Saúl (Nico Gaitán, 57’), Carrasco (Correa, 68’); Griezmann and Gameiro (Fernando Torres, 57’).
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England). Booked the home player Isco (48’); and the visiting Koke (26’), Saúl (53’) and Savic (83’).
GOALS:
1-0. 10’. Ronaldo, with a header after a cross from Casemiro.
2-0. 73’. Ronaldo, with a high finish.
3-0. 86’. Ronaldo, from a pass by Lucas Vázquez.
A thrilling match to start the first Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Atlético. The white team got ahead soon with Ronaldo's goal, but our players never lost their composure. Gameiro had the first red and white chance but Keylor prevented his play by coming out of his goal. The response was for Benzema with an intervention by Oblak and Godín shot a high a pass by Griezmann in a foul.
After the break, the match was more evenly-matched but without clear chances. The substitution in our team did not have the expected result and in the final stretch of the fixture, Ronaldo scored two more goals that complicate the knockout round, although the Calderón will have the last word.
