Real Madrid has one foot in semifinals

So long, as I said Mourinho, who did not live the Bernabeu this match, the event took it forward to the Madrid. An unexpected 4-0 at Tottenham and one foot in the semifinals is fortune collected in this quarter-final round in which the Spanish team did not play a perfect game, not least in good part, and questioned the feasibility of finishing a task that turned out very expensive with the expulsion of Crouch in minute fourteen, but who knew how to close with a great result after the second goal: it was then that itself was a great Madrid. Adebayor was erected in the figure, author of the first two goals.

Tottenham fateful lived twenty minutes. Five before the game when he injured in the warm Lennon. Four soon received the first goal and the already mentioned fourteen expulsion of Crouch. Redknapp was forced to change its approach after injury end English, since its low overturned what seemed at first an offensive bets with two ends, Sandro holding the midfield and Modric and Van der Vaart creating and coming, with Crouch up. Jenas was his replacement to form a double pivot little creative with Sandro, Bale went right and Modric on the left. A movement of parts that did not work.

By the time they reached Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo Marcelo. Brazilian Portuguese was good and thick and, beyond the final result is to question whether it was really necessary to force a player who will find yourself not just the pace in the last month. Adebayor was the replacement for the injured and Benzema completed his best game as Real Madrid. The Togolese opened the can with a header in which the British left behind finish without difficulty tallest player on the rival, and the header slipped without Modric and Gomes all parties to agree at the time of clearing. They were good minutes from Madrid where he was a constant push towards the penalty area.

Then came the expulsion of Crouch for a second yellow in two similar plays in the England international arrived at the wrong time in two innings to Ramos and Marcelo. Regulation is a fair hand removal, but the referee was a bit harsh in his decision. However, Crouch was not too smart to show a repeat offender. The London club was left without the player and headed their way all the high balls. No asparagus, Tottenham seemed a bow without an arrow. However he was not scared and made ​​things very difficult to miss Madrid and spark that seemed incapable of overcoming the wall rival.

Despite the problems of creation in the midfield, the England team did not lose face and squeezed shock Bale, who again left as a player more incisive. As they put things could not ask for more. With Özil gone, the white team proved unable to build soccer and Gomes had no chance to speak even though the area not Madrid often.

But everything changed on 57 minutes when Adebayor scored, also head and back quietly, the second of the night. Tottenham did not know how to react and stretched Madrid and clarified their ideas from the hand of a great Xabi Alonso, again omnipresent in the Real Madrid midfield. A little later came another chance to head African Gomes rightly cleared. It seemed as if she missed it there was no way to flush of grass. Mourinho asked his players would open the field for the center did not find any hole and thanked the team.

The jewel of the night come in 72 with a goal by Di Maria who came through the squad Gomes. The tie dye took clear and Madrid. Tottenham, with Bale and Modric suffering physical problems and Defoe, who entered the break by Van der Vaart, no balls, little more could be done to put the wind. There was time for Higuain and Kaka were playing some minutes, one trying to regain fitness after a back injury and another looking for her.

The match ended with the fourth goal, which rounded the result even more towards the second leg. Was done by Cristiano Ronaldo after a good cross from Kaka. Gomes failed, misplaced and without releasing the ball with his foot, as it could have done. Brazilian goalkeeper is good, but sometimes you have these things. Madrid logócrarrar a great result thanks to a good second time it ran over the Spurs, and if you check at least one goal at White Hart Lane would require the English team to score a minimum of six. There is no Pepe, punished. It has everything from expensive but are ninety minutes, and today the England team has experienced in football anything can happen.

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