Griezmann’s away goal send Atletico to champions league final
Absolute cracking game at Allianz Arena saw Bayern Munich winning the second leg 2-1 but bowed out of the champions league on aggregate away goals. A frantic game of football, last-ditch defending, two penalty misses great possession play and in the end Atletico qualifying for the final.
German champions Bayern Munich hosted Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their 2016 champions league semifinal. Bayern who dominated the possession took the league through Xabi Alonsi when his freekick deflected off Atletico defended into the back of the net which was quickly followed by a penalty awarded to Bayern but Muller failed to convert and both teams went into the break 1-1 on aggregate. After the halftime Atletico took the lead tottally against the run of play when Antoine Griezmann scored when put through on goal by Torres to make it 1-1 on the night. Lewandowski got Bayern back in the game with a close range header with 15 minutes still to play.
Watch Highlights Below (English, 10 minutes)
Bayern Munich 1-1 Atletico Madrid Highlights
[Champions League semifinal, 2nd Leg ]
31′ 1 – 0 Xabi Alonso, deflected freekick finally broke Atletico’s resilient defense
34′ Thomas Mueller missed the penalty minutes later Bayern got themselves in the lead.
54′ 1 – 1 Antoine Griezmann scored on a typical Atletico counter attack after Bayern dominated the possesion.
74′ 2 – 1 Robert Lewandowski scored with a close range effort to bring Bayern back in the game.
84′ Fernando Torres missed penalty for Atletico but it did not matter in the end as Atletico hold on for a aggregate win
Pep Guardiola started with Ribery and Thomas Muller in the starting lineup at home and it was rewarded as Bayern Munich dominated the first half and took the lead through Alonso’s deflected freekick. But Muller missed the penalty to but Bayern up on aggregate and from than on Atletico looked a bit more in control.
Just after the break Bayern dealt a major blow when Griezmann was sent through on goal one v one agains Manuel Neuer and he made absolutely no mistake in scoring equalizer.
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