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| Road to Wembley, Barca just waiting for the winner between Manchester United vs Schalke 04 |
In this match, Mourinho, sent off last week, was not in attendance, and just instruct his players through an assistant coach, Aitor Karanka.
Madrid, which needed three goals began to return to the old pattern of 4-2-3-1 by placing Lassana Diarra and Xabi Alonso as a defensive midfielder. Kaka and Gonzalo Higuain also became the first team to take the place Mesut Oezil and Karim Benzema.
Control of game still dominated by the Catalan troops. Back to play Andres Iniesta make his team more organized performance.
Public Camp Nou finally cheered in the 54th minute. A breakthrough pass from Iniesta with a perfectly controlled by Pedro Rodriguez. Pedro then easily rattled Casillas nets in one on one.
Real were left with a mountain to climb - but try to climb it they duly did. Emmanuel Adebayor and Mesut Ozil came on for Higuain and the ineffective Kaka and they momentarily silenced the Camp Nou when Di Maria fired against Valdes's right-hand post and then kept his cool to set up Marcelo to fire home.
After balancing score, the players Madrid, increasingly eager to score two additional goals, for reaching a final ticket. However, all efforts are in vain as the referee blew the whistle ending match.
Although a draw in the second leg, Barcelona had to qualify for the Champions League final with a total aggregate of 3-1. Barcelona just waiting for the winner between Manchester United vs Schalke 04 who will play on Wednesday (05/04/2011).
Watch the video:Lineups:
Barcelona : Valdes; Alves, Mascherano, Pique, Puyol (Abidal 90); Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; Pedro (Afellay 90+2), Messi, Villa (Keita 74).
Real Madrid : Casillas; Arbeloa, Carvalho, Albiol, Marcelo; Lass, Xabi Alonso; Di Maria, Kaka (Oezil 60), C. Ronaldo; Higuain (Adebayor 55).
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