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Ronaldo’s new world record leads Real to semis; Atletico managed to outsmart Leicester

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The second legs of UEFA Champions League kicked off with the first two games featuring Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Leicester City and Atletico Madrid. While Real won the first leg 2-1 against Bayern in Munich’s Allianz Arena, Atletico won their first leg at home with a 1-0 aggregate. Let’s review how the second legs turned out.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich

Cristiano Ronaldo became the only player to score 100 goals in the UEFA Champions League and made it five goals in the tie as Real Madrid overcame ten-man Bayern Munich in the extra time to reach a record seventh successive semi-final.

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Having scored both the Madrid goals in last week’s first leg, Ronaldo equalised Robert Lewandowski’s penalty and after a Sergio Ramos own goal had forced extra time, he struck twice more in the additional 30 minutes to bring up his century. Substitute Marco Asensio slipped through Bayern defence to add a clinching fourth.

Aiming to become only the third team in UEFA Champions League history to win a tie having lost the first leg at home, Bayern began purposefully. Thiago Alcántara’s early shot was saved by sliding Marcelo; Arjen Robben dragged the rebound wide.

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That pretty much set the tone for an open first half, with the better chances falling on Madrid’s way. After Manuel Neuer had parried Dani Carvajal’s cross, Jérôme Boateng repelled Ramos’s rebound on the line. Ronaldo was then denied by Neuer at his near post.

Marcelo had to head Robben’s attempt off the line early in the second half before the first goal came in the 53rd minute. Casemiro was adjudged to have tripped Robben and Lewandowski calmly placed the spot kick past Keylor Navas.

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Casemiro made amends with 14 minutes left, centring for Ronaldo to nod in. Two minutes later, however, Bayern were back in front and the quarter-final was all square. When substitute Thomas Müller tried to chest a long ball towards Lewandowski, Ramos’s interception only sent it insideReal’s own post.

Both sides pressed for a winner, although Bayern’s attacking impetus was checked as Arturo Vidal collected a second yellow card six minutes from the end of normal time. Neuer made fine stops from Ronaldo and Asensio early in extra time, but Madrid would not be resisted.

In the closing seconds of the first period, Ramos picked up possession midway through the Bayern half and was afforded the time to pick out Ronaldo in space in the area; the finish was predictably unerring.

With Bayern depleted and committed to attacking, gaps opened up for Madrid and in the 110th minute, Marcelo drove through the heart of their defence before unselfishly presenting Ronaldo with a tap-in to complete his hat-trick and bring up 100 goals. Two minutes later, Asensio sealed the victory with a fine solo strike.

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Leicester City vs Atletico Madrid

Atlético Madrid survived a second-half onslaught from Leicester to reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the third time in four seasons.

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Home hopes appeared all but extinguished when Saúl Ñíguez’s fine header midway through the first half left the Foxes requiring to score three. But Jamie Vardy’s reply just after the hour rekindled the dream and for a time a sensational comeback was on the cards.

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With the waspish Vardy popping up everywhere, Leicester peppered the visitors’ goal. Diego Simeone was even more animated than usual, yet his Atlético players held out, a series of committed last-ditch blocks maintaining their two-goal cushion.

So Atlético advance, with more of a limp than a march. Leicester‘s incredible debut adventure comes to an end and true to form, they didn’t go down without a fight.

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