Late Joselu double sinks Bayern Munich, sends Actual Madrid into Champions League remaining

Joselu scored two late objectives to ship Actual Madrid to the Champions League remaining with a 2-1 win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday night time, securing a 4-3 mixture victory.

The German facet had taken the lead within the second half via Alphonso Davies, however Joselu’s quickfire double on the loss of life means Actual Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund at Wembley within the remaining.

The primary half handed with either side having some promising openings, however it was Actual Madrid who seemed the most certainly to search out the opening aim of the night time.

Bayern’s shock lead

Rodrygo got here closest as he hit the publish after which noticed his rebound saved by Manuel Neuer, however the reality there have been two balls on the pitch on the time would have resulted in controversy had the Brazilian scored.

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That set the tone for the second half wherein Neuer grew to become the one participant retaining Bayern in with an opportunity. Actual Madrid utilized a lot of stress and seemed poised to take a deserved lead, with Vinicius Jr clearly having the beating of Joshua Kimmich.

Fully towards the run of play, it was the German facet who scored the opener with simply over 20 minutes to go. Davies, linked closely with a summer season transfer to Actual Madrid, reduce inside Antonio Rudiger onto his weaker proper foot and unleashed a robust shot into the highest nook, beautiful the Bernabeu.

Actual Madrid combat again

Actual Madrid nearly instantly had the ball within the web however Nacho Fernandez had fouled Kimmich within the field by seeming to push his face with two fingers, so the aim was chalked off.

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Carlo Ancelotti’s facet continued to use the stress and it lastly advised within the 87th minute as Neuer spilt a tame shot and Joselu nipped in to attain the equalizer.

The previous Stoke Metropolis striker was not performed there, as early within the 9 minutes of stoppage-time, he turned in an Antonio Rudiger cross and after a prolonged VAR examine, the aim was given and Actual Madrid have been forward.

Matthijs de Ligt thought he scored an equalizer on the loss of life however the assistant referee had flagged for an offside simply earlier than his shot hit the again of the web, with replays displaying that it was a particularly tight name.

With Harry Kane having already been taken off, Bayern had little to supply and noticed their dream of repeating the 2013 Champions League remaining fall away.

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