Highlights Champions League, Atletico Madrid vs Real S/F 2nd leg: Real Madrid through to the final with 4-2 agg win

92' | 2-1 | Full-time. The team fought until the very end and the supporters gave their all. PROUD!#AtletiRealMadrid #UCL #GoAtleti pic.twitter.com/DGxHOFMboq

— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) May 10, 2017

Atletico 2-1 (2-4 on agg.) Real Madrid FT:

Shots: 18-20
Pass accuracy: 70%-89%
Chances created: 10-14
Possession: 43%-57%

Superb game. pic.twitter.com/qtYl8UM6FE

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

Isco's game by numbers vs. Atletico Madrid:

87% pass accuracy
9 take-ons
3 shots
2 chances created
2 tackles won
1 goal

Isco, disco. 🕺🏻 pic.twitter.com/vOgpr46gHQ

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

FULL TIME: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid (Real Madrid enter final with 4-2 aggregate score)

Real must have had their hearts in their throats the way Atletico started the match. But that first goal from Real Madrid all but killed off any hopes of a comeback. 

Real would be grateful for those twin saves from Navas and Benzema’s twinkle-toed part in that goal for keeping the scoreline respectable despite enduring defeat.

Most European Cup/Champions League finals in history:

Real Madrid (15)
AC Milan (11)
Bayern Munich (10)
Juventus (9)
Barcelona (8) pic.twitter.com/el9mzW8aHP

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

Two added minutes

Atletico all but out of the competition now but it seems Griezmann didn’t receive that memo. He bursts into the Real Madrid box and takes a shot which is kept out by Navas.

90’ Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

It is starting to pour at the Vicente Calderon now and the Atletico spirits are well and truly dampened. Atletico started with such promise, two goals inside the first 20 minutes. But it petered out to nothing and Atletico players are just going through the motions now.

85’ Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

“I think the referee’s given up showing yellow cards,” points out the commentator just seconds before the ref shows one to new substitute Angel Correa for ~brushing past~ barging into Ronaldo, who goes down on cue and eats up a few seconds.

Karim Benzema's game by numbers vs. Atletico:

87% pass accuracy
7 take-ons
2 chances created
2 shots

Too hot to handle. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/r0khhvqLTA

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

80’ Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

Atletico showing some urgency now. Their forwards bomb into the Real box only to see the ball trickling past the post after Varane’s defensive intervention. Few minutes later, Griezmann runs into the box but is relieved off the ball.

70’ Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

Navas with twin saves to keep Atletico out. He first saves Carrasco’s shot by going down on the ground and then gets up in a flash to keep out Gameiro’s header from point-blank range. The whole complexion of the match would have changed had that gone in.

ASSET!

Luka Modric has completed 88% of his take-ons so far vs. Atletico Madrid:

9 attempted
8 completed
1 failed

They can barely get near him. pic.twitter.com/e2tb7VEFvE

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

60’ Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

Two-thirds of the match gone now and Real Madrid leading 4-2 on aggregate. Large parts of this match being contested in the midfield right now. But they’re largely ignoring venturing into attacking thirds, which sits well for Real Madrid. As things stand, they’re cruising into the final.

Here's the towering @saulniguez header that revived @Atleti ... #UCL pic.twitter.com/cQf2Yz4iGo

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 10, 2017

55’ Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

Both teams seem content to stroke the ball around in midfield before Real Madrid find themselves streaming ahead during a counter which has five players. It comes to a tame end when Isco shoots wide.

You don’t say, Rio!

Crucial goal for @realmadrid before HT..... 2-1!!!! #UCL

— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) May 10, 2017

50’ Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

Isco flings himself to the ground on the edge of the area after Griezmann’s elbow touched him. Ronaldo flashed his shot into the goal, albeit straight at Oblak. Atletico respond by having an attempt of their own when Filipe Luis flashes a cross into the box. It gets cleared but results into a freekick, which Griezmann can’t get on target.

Isco's first half by numbers vs. Atletico:

94% pass accuracy
5 take-ons
2 chances created
2 shots
1 goal

Dancing around the pitch. 🕺🏻 pic.twitter.com/z8AKhxzdfq

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

🙌 ¡VAMOS!
⚽️ 42' @isco_alarcon #RMUCL #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/gR01s0pw4E

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) May 10, 2017

Just in case this match is getting too much for your blood pressure, you should switch to the Arsenal-Southampton match, which is still 0-0 at half-time.

HALF-TIME: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

That’s the only reason you need to NEVER go easy on Real Madrid. When you have your hand on their throat, you don’t hesitate. Atletico did, and they’re now two goals down on aggregate with just 45 minutes to salvage their European dream. Isco scored that goal, but Karim Benzema was the artist behind that.

The next 45 minutes are going to be tense, to say the least.

45’ Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid

There’s no love lost between these two sides. At the stroke of half-time, Torres goes in full tilt at keeper Navas, who catches him in the folowthrough and injures himself. In the aftermath, Ronaldo and Torres whisper insults into each other’s ears for quite sometime before the referee intervenes.

41’ GOAL (Isco)

Isco tapped in that goal, but it was Karim Benzema who really created it from scratch. He took on three defenders on the touchline, hoodwinked them before passing to Toni Kroos. Kroos’s shot is somehow kept out by Oblak but Isco bounces the ball off the ground over the sprawled Oblak.

35’ Atletico Madrid 2-0 Real Madrid

Real Madrid finally starting to breathe ease in this match after Atletico seem to have eased off. Isco tried a tame shot which trickles into the goalkeeper Oblak’s hands. He then shows some flair by skipping past three players but ends up nowhere.

35’ Atletico Madrid 2-0 Real Madrid

Atletico have responded to going up by taking their foot off the pedal. The last few minutes have been an anti-climax of sorts. Casemiro took a shot but that was blocked, he responds by bringing down Griezmann in the middle of the park.The most notable thing to happen in teh last few minutes was Ronaldo getting totalled by Diego Godin.

How good were Atletico Madrid in the starting few minutes? THIS GOOD: 

Atletico Madrid had 8 shots in the opening 20 minutes against Real Madrid:

4 off target
3 on target
2 goals
1 blocked

Incredible start. pic.twitter.com/MBVLZuEpth

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

20’: Atletico Madrid 2-0 Real Madrid

The game is now settling down into a slower tempo after a high-flying first few minutes where two goals were scored.

Well, it’s that kind of a night, Rio!

People crying n all sorts here at the Vicente Calderón Stadium... unreal scenes! PRESS PRESS PRESS PRESS!!!!!!!!! #ATLRMA #Atletico

— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) May 10, 2017

16’ GOAL! (Antoine Griezmann) 

Griezmann doubles Atletico’s lead with an unconvincing penalty. But still they all count. Atletico one goal behind aggregate now.

15th PENALTY! 

Fernando Torres is brought down in the box by Varane.

12’ GOAL! (Saul) 

Saul attacks the ball from a corner kick to turn it into the near post. Ronaldo was marking him, but could do nothing. Lopez gets a hand to it, but it goes in. Atletico’s comeback firmly on track.

Yellow! Now #AtleticoMadrid's #Savic goes into the book for an elbow in the 7th minute. #atmvrma https://t.co/4C9eYckkRf

— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) May 10, 2017

Yellow! #RealMadrid's #Danilo picks up a yellow for a high boot in the 4th minute itself. #atmvrma https://t.co/4C9eYckkRf

— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) May 10, 2017

Here’s Gareth Bale with some words of inspiration from the sidelines. 

Let's finish the job tonight. Come on boys!! #HalaMadrid

— Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) May 10, 2017

Unstoppable force, meet unmovable object!

Atletico Madrid: 18 clean sheets in their last 21 UCL home games.

Real Madrid: Scored in 60 consecutive games across all competitions.

🤜 🤛 pic.twitter.com/ALXzFscwiO

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

🎶 The Chaaaampiooons! 🎶
The last time the #UCL anthem will be heard at the Vicente Calderón... soak it up! pic.twitter.com/0W5z5ec7ip

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 10, 2017

.@Cristiano is the 1st player to score back-to-back hat-tricks in the #UCL knockout rounds. No one has managed 3 in a row at any stage. pic.twitter.com/pMb6cajYAU

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 10, 2017

It is needless to say that Atletico Madrid need to score four goals to see them in the final of the Champions League but they have to stop Real from settling right from referee’s first whistle. Moreover, Simeone’s men will have the home advantage but they mustn’t bow down following a 3-0 loss in the first leg. Torres has been given the green light ahead of Kevin Gameiro and this is the final chance for Antoine Griezmann to step up his game. Koke-Saul-Gabi combination could possibly outnumber Zidane’s side but all eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo as he eyes a place in yet another final.

Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League:

Goals in the group stages (51)
Goals in the knockout stages (52)

Big game player. 💪 pic.twitter.com/Ta9REi8vJF

— Squawka (@Squawka) May 10, 2017

Looks MINT! 

The players' kit is ready and waiting in the home dressing room. #AccessAllAreas #UCL pic.twitter.com/2ud229xdVJ

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 10, 2017

Time to deliver! 

Saúl Ñíguez has scored 3 in his last 6 games. Atleti have never lost when Saúl has scored (W19 D2). #UCL pic.twitter.com/KIZhgrCles

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 10, 2017

The Line-ups:

Atletico XI: Oblak; Gimenez, Godin, Savic, Filipe; Gabi, Saul, Koke, Carrasco; Griezmann, Torres.

Real Madrid XI: Navas; Danilo, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Isco, Ronaldo, Benzema.

Hello and welcome to Firstpost’s live coverage of the semi-final of the Uefa Champions League second leg clash between Atletico Madrid and Real as the home side look to turn the result with a miraculous show at the Vicente Calderon. Will they do it? Well, let’s wait and watch. Until then, enjoy our coverage!