BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Bayern Munich was attempting tobecome the first team to advance to a Champions League final athome on Wednesday night as they took on Real Madrid in leg two oftheir semi-final tie. Bayern, winning leg one in Germany and were looking to make historyon the road in Madrid. It was set up to be an exceptional match andthis one, would not dissapoint. Real Madrid, would level on aggregate early on...as a cross byAngel Di Maria went off a hand of sliding defender David Alaba, andthe referee awarded a penalty. And only six minutes in, Ronaldo would be sent to the spot...and hewould not make a mistake. He sends the keeper the wrong way to makeit 1-0 Real, and 2-2 on aggregate. And just 8 minutes later it would be Ronaldo again, as he convertsthe Mesut Oezil feed. His 56th goal of the season giving Real the3-2 aggregate lead. But Bayern Munich would have a solid chnace to bring this one backon level terms after they were awarded a penalty kick after Pepepushed Mario Gomez in the 27th minute. And Arjen Robben would step up and convert to level the aggregatescore in the series 3-3, and also evened the away goals at 1-1. The score stayed that way through the second half and 30 minutes ofovertime, forcing a shootout, the first in the semifinals sinceLiverpool defeated Chelsea in 2007. In the shootout, Bayern got off to a good start as Alaba beat IkerCasillas with the first kick. And then Bayern s Manuel Neuer saved Ronaldo s shot. Coming in,Ronaldo had converted 26 of 27 penalty kicks for Real Madrid. Mario Gomez converted his kick for a 2-0 lead, and after Neuerstopped Kaka s shot the German side was in control. But a pair of stops by Casillas on Toni Kroos and Philip Lahm and aXabi Alonso conversion left it at 2-1. And after Sergio Ramos sent his shot high over the bar...BastianSchweinsteiger put his shot straight down the middle...as Bayernknocks off Real Madrid 3-1 on penalties to advance to the final ontheir home field on May 19th, where they will take on Chelsea, whoknocked off reigning champs Barcelona, for the UEFA ChampionsLeague crown. (Source: CNTV.cn). We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Biological Safety Cabinet , Medical Storage Cabinet for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Flammable Storage Cabinet.
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