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Real Madrid
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4 – 1
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Atletico Madrid
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Champions League final 2014
The Royal Get rid of the curse of Title X, and was crowned
king of Europe after dashing the dreams of rival Atletico Madrid, and won over
it 4-1 in the final marathon for the Champions League, which was held between
them at the Stadium of Light in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, to deny Rokhiblancos
of presenting an exceptional season and winning Champions League for the first
time in its history.
European Derby Madrid came tactically in the first place, in
where artistic features and charming touches disappeared of the stars of the
two teams, and it was Atletico most dangerous and best in the first half of the
game, and the performance of Real came better in the second half and the original
time ended by the draw to each team to turn the two teams to extra time, Meringues were best in it at all and turn the
table on his rival, and scored for Atletico Diego Godin (d 36) and SR Ramos (d
90 +3) and Gareth Bale (d 110) and Marcelo (d 118) and Ronaldo (d 120) from the
penalty spot.
Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real entered the meeting, which is
looking for Title X for his team in the Champions League, and played in a
manner 4-3-3 and with the advance of the trio Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale... In
contrast, Simeone coach Atletico entered the match, which seeks to an exceptional
season for his team, and played in a way 4 -4-2 where ventured to push Costa
next to David Villa.
As the Habit of beginning of final meetings, the caution has
the last word on the performance of the two teams, Atletico strategy of pressure
did not differ in a "pincer" the Real Madrid players, and prevent
them from transferring the ball freely and narrow spaces, in return, the
central stadium of Real was careful in progress to help the strikers, for fear
of fluent Atletico counterattacks.
Simeone Lost his bet in pushing Costa, despite his injury,
and drained a change early, where he pushed Adrian Lopez instead of Costa in
the ninth minute, after he explained not being able to complete the meeting... and
Ronaldo Di Maria tried to find gaps in defenses Atletico, but good organization
and Tactical commitment did not enable them to access the goalkeeper Courtois.
Despite the presence in the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, but
their players have not forgotten that they are in Madridian Derby, so the nervous
performance and clashes between the players prevailed on the atmosphere of the
meeting, and referee of the meeting warned Raul Garcia of Atletico and Ramos of
the real, in an attempt to impose a commitment on the pitch, and it was Di
Maria best player in the two teams by his breakthroughs and skills.
Meringues players Tried to attack to break a tie of this half,
but Atletico dominated the central region, and almost Lopez header to increase
the problems of the real, but it raised the bar a little and players Atletico passed
the ball amid a state of disorientation of the Real, to end the half, the
progress of Atletico 1-0.
Ancelotti and Simeone Has not done any change to their formation
with the beginning of the second half, which its first minutes were similar with
the beginning of the game, in terms of caution on the part of both teams,
although Atletico relatively better in the first few minutes, amid the absence
of Real star who came attempts shy, and wide of the goal in the dying first,
with the exception of individual skills by Di Maria.
Ronaldo wait until the 54th minute to announce his presence by
a direct free kick, but the in-form goalkeeper Courtois changed its direction
to the corner difficulty.
Ancelotti Did not find in front of the Atletico pressure only
two changes in the 59th minute by pushing Marcello and Isco, instead of Sami
Khedira and Coentrao then engaged Murata instead of Benzema, while Simeone pushed
Jose Souza instead of Raul Garcia and the performance of the Real improved and
rushed to the attack in an attempt to modify the result, but the stars clashed
in the strongest defense in the league, and Isco shot passed just to the right.
Gareth Bale Remembered it the most expensive deal in the
world, and almost saves the Real in 73 minutes, but his shot went narrowly
wide, and it raised rear dual Cristiano crossbar... Real controlled on the attacking
center fiercely, even Ramos succeeded in an equalizer in the third minute of
injury time instead of a neat header wasted lived right corner Courtois to
resort both teams to extra-time.
Influenced physical state of Atletico players was clear with
the first period of extra time, which provided an opportunity for Real to take
control of the game, but without gravity on goal, the half ended goalless.
In extra time, the Royal attacked strongly to resolve things
before penalties kicks, and it already achieved to them what they wanted in the
110th minute when Di Maria launched on the right, and struck the ball hit Courtois
then reached to Gareth Bale, who deposited the goal with his head, scoring the
second goal to collapse Atletico completely, in 118 m, and after a shell hit
Marcelo inhabited Courtois nets scoring the third goal before the end.. and one
minute, the referee called a penalty shot into the net, Ronaldo scoring the
fourth goal for Real and his 17 in the tournament, to win Real the tenth title.
