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MADRID: Real ’s Cristiano Ronaldo, center, and Bayern’s Xabi Alonso, bottom, vie for the ball during the Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. — AP Ronaldo hat-trick fires Real into semis

MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to However, knowing they needed at least two to progress, LEWANDOWSKI STRIKES box and Ramos turned into his own net. The balance of become the first man to reach 100 Champions League ’s men started on the front foot and were left The disturbances quickly died down and Bayern a topsy-turvy tie turned Madrid’s way again with five goals as Real Madrid overcame 10-man Bayern Munich to rue a huge opportunity just eight minutes in. soon gave the travelling 4,000 from Germany some- minutes remaining as just as in the first leg, Bayern were 4-2 after extra time in yesterday’s quarter-final second Marcelo made a miraculous block to deny Thiago thing to cheer when play resumed. Another -line reduced to 10 men when Vidal saw a second yellow leg to advance 6-3 on aggregate. Alcantara before former Real winger Arjen Robben clearance by Marcelo from Robben’s dinked effort tem- card for chopping down Asensio. The extra man proved The holders will be in Friday’s semi-final draw for a scuffed into the side-netting on his trusted left foot. porarily saved Madrid. decisive as Madrid settled the tie with a three-goal record seventh consecutive year. But they were Much like the first leg six days ago though, Madrid But the hosts didn’t escape moments later when burst in seven minutes either side of half-time in extra pushed all the way by Bayern, who overcame a 2-1 weathered the early storm and had plenty of chances to Viktor Kassai pointed to the spot as Robben went down time. Ronaldo took advantage at not being flagged for first-leg deficit to send the tie into extra time thanks go in front before half-time. Manuel Neuer’s fingertips under a challenge from . Lewandowski stayed offside as he controlled and fired low past Neuer to to Robert Lewandowski’s penalty and an own goal turned Dani Carvajal’s drive behind. Jerome Boateng cool under the pressure and converted from the spot become the first man to reach a Champions League from . then bailed out a rare mistake from his goalkeeper as he for his 39th goal of the season. century. Five minutes into the second period of extra However, after Arturo Vidal was sent off, Ronaldo hit cleared off the line from Ramos after Neuer had fum- Vidal was inches away from the second away goal time he had Marcelo to thank for a brilliant run and the century mark in Europe’s top club competition on bled a simple cross. The half-time whistle brought Bayern needed as he acrobatically volleyed over before unselfish pass that allowed the Portuguese the simplest 105 minutes before then completing his hat-trick. And some respite to proceedings on the field, although the Keylor Navas dived low to his right to deny Franck of finishes to complete his hat-trick. gave a night of high-class action the Bayern fans were involved in a minor clash with local Ribery. Ronaldo looked to have eased Madrid’s nerves And Asensio sealed victory in sensational style with finale it deserved with a sensational solo goal to rub salt police at the break. Security was tight at the Santiago when he steered Casemiro’s cross into the far corner 14 a stunning solo run and low right-footed finish as in Bayern wounds. The German champions had been Bernabeu in the wake of an attack on the Borussia minutes from time. many Bayern players sank to their knees knowing beaten on their previous four trips to Spain without Dortmund team bus ahead of their quarter-final first leg However, Real’s celebrations were very short-lived as Champions League glory had passed them by for even scoring a goal. with Monaco last week. just two minutes later the ball ricocheted around their another year.— AFP Vardy’s goal in vain as Atletico Madrid end Leicester fairytale LEICESTER: Jamie Vardy scored in vain as Leicester City’s and gold foil flags distributed by the club. Champions League fairytale came to a valiant end fol- But whereas Leicester had quickly taken charge of lowing a 1-1 quarter-final draw at home to Atletico their second-leg match against Sevilla in the previous Madrid yesterday. Seeking to overturn a 1-0 first-leg round, Atletico made it clear they would not be pushed deficit, Leicester fell further behind to Saul Niguez’s around like their compatriots. first-half header, before Vardy’s 61st-minute strike gave them hope. SHAKESPEARE SWITCH But despite heavy Leicester pressure and furious They defended with their customary tenacity, while noise inside the King Power Stadium, Atletico complet- two dangerous crosses from Yannick Carrasco-preferred ed a 2-1 aggregate win to reach the semi-finals for the up front to the fit-again Kevin Gameiro-demonstrated third time in four seasons. their threat on the counter. Leicester had hoped to become the competition’s It was just as Leicester were threatening to make first debutant semi-finalists since Villarreal in 2006, but inroads, Shinji Okazaki stabbing wide at the near post they were unable to engineer a repeat of their last-16 from Vardy’s cross, that the visitors tightened their triumph against Sevilla. grip on the tie. Their exit brings to an end a golden adventure Filipe Luis was given space to shape a cross into the sparked by last season’s stunning Premier League title box from the left and the unmarked Saul expertly guid- win. Having successfully staved off the threat of relega- ed a header past Kasper Schmeichel’s outstretched right tion under new manager Craig Shakespeare, the rest of hand and into the bottom-left corner. their season now holds nothing more than a return to Riyad Mahrez volleyed straight at Jan Oblak at the pre-title normality. other end after Marc Albrighton’s cross was headed It is the third time Atletico have eliminated Leicester away, but it was the voices of the away fans that rang from continental competition, after previous triumphs loudest as the half-time whistle sounded. in the 1961-62 European Cup Winners’ Cup and the The second half brought with it drastic changes for LEICESTER: Atletico Madrid’s Spanish midfielder Saul Niguez (2L) prepares to head the ball and score his team’s 1997-98 UEFA Cup. the hosts, with Ben Chilwell and Leonardo Ulloa replac- first goal during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg football match between Leicester City Beaten by city foes Real Madrid in the 2014 and 2016 ing Yohan Benalouane and Okazaki as Shakespeare and Club Atletico de Madrid at the King Power stadium in Leicester yesterday. — AFP finals, Diego Simeone’s side can continue to dream that switched to a bold 3-4-3 system. this will be the year they finally end their wait for Antoine Griezmann gave them a scare with an early Chilwell’s shot had been charged down by Stefan Savic. whipped a free-kick narrowly over the bar. Leicester European football’s biggest prize. dart into the box, but Atletico soon found themselves The final half-hour was one-way traffic, but Atletico captain Wes Morgan, passed fit to play after six games Leicester’s desire to make the most of the occasion on the back foot. repelled everything Leicester threw at them. out with a back problem, succumbed to injury late on, was clear from the start, pyrotechnic bursts greeting the After Chilwell had thrashed over, Leicester levelled, Ulloa and Vardy both had shots blocked, while symbolically hobbling off as Leicester’s European players as they emerged while fans twirled blue, white Vardy slamming in from inside the six-yard box after Vardy’s flick was caught by Oblak and Mahrez dream faded away.— AFP