Champions
league - semi-final, second leg
Juventus
3 - Real Madrid 1
Real Madrid are out
of the Champions League. Spain's last representative fell at the semi-final
stage to a Juventus side who were too good on the night. The Spaniards
found themselves behind early on when Trezeguet finished off after Del Piero
headed back Nedved's cross, a goal which cancelled out Madrid's 2-1 lead from
the first leg. And before the break the Italians went two up, Del Piero
controlling a long ball out of midfield and shimmying past Hierro and Salgado
before shooting low inside Casillas's near post. Del Bosque had left the
injured Ronaldo on the bench, but he had to bring him on early in the second
half to try and turn things around. It appeared to have done the trick when
Montero brought the Brazilian striker down in the area, but Buffon dived to
save Figo's penalty kick. Minutes later Nedved ran on to a long Zambrotta pass
to volley the ball into the net, and it seemed to be all over. Zidane pulled
one back though a minute from the end of normal time after a long ball from
Raúl, setting up a nail biting five minutes of injury time. But Juventus
held on to win through to an all Italian final against AC Milan in a
fortnight's time. (14.05.03) |