Barcelona vs Real Madrid at Berlin for the most coveted silverware of European club trophies. Majority of the neutral fans wanted it too. But the Old Lady from Turin is having none of it.
Barcelona did their part despite losing 3-2 at the Allianz Arena. Bayern Munich threatened to stage another amazing comeback when Mehdi Benati put the German side 1-0 ahead on the 7th minute.
But two goals in 15 minutes from Neymar kills off any hope the Germans had of overturning the tie.
Lewandowski and Mueller both scored in the second half but it was mere consolation.
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Trailing 2-1 from the first leg, Real Madrid went for it from the start and was rewarded when Chellini fell James in the box and Ronaldo buried the resulted penalty. Level on aggregrate but leading on away goal rule, Real Madrid was in the driving seat.
Instead of sitting back, the home side went for it and it took some fine goalkeeping from Buffon to prevented the home side from extending their lead.
Juventus turned the tie back in their favour in the 57th minute when old boy Morata equalised for the Italian side.
Tried as they might, Real Madrid could not find the goal to bring the match into the extra time.
When the final whistle goes, so too did Real Madrid's dream of becoming the first team to retain the Champions League title.
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