real madrid beat atlético madrid in 2016 champions league final.
real madrid beat atlético madrid in 2016 champions league final.
who did real madrid beat in 2016 champions league final?
atlético madrid
the month started by a 5–2 victory over apoel in the second leg of champions league quarter-finals, giving an aggregate score 8–2 as "los blancos" advanced to the semi-finals against final hosts bayern munich. real madrid was resting some of their usual starters, but still managed to score five goals overall. cristiano ronaldo netted a brace and kaká, josé callejón and ángel di maría each scored one in the victory, while apoel's goals were scored by gustavo manduca and esteban solari, later scoring a penalty given to the cypriots after hamit altıntop's foul in the box. on 8 april, real madrid had a goalless draw against valencia in la liga, leading them only four points ahead of barcelona. three days later, on 11 april, real madrid beat atlético madrid in an away game 1–4. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat trick including two astonishing goals and assisted callejón to score the fourth goal to close the game. atlético's only goal was netted by radamel falcao. on 14 april, real madrid beat sporting de gijón home 3–1 with goals from higuaín, ronaldo and benzema. sporting's only goal was a penalty given to them after a handball from sergio ramos in the box, which was scored by miguel de las cuevas. on 17 april, real madrid lost to bayern munich away at the allianz arena 2–1 in first leg of the champions league semi-finals. franck ribéry and mario gómez scored for bayern, while mesut özil netted madrid's only goal. on 21 april, real madrid beat barcelona in "el clásico" in camp nou 1–2, extending their lead in la liga to seven points with only four matches left, which all but decided the domestic title. sami khedira opened the scoring from a corner kick in the 17th minute which broke the record for the most goals scored in a domestic league, with 107. alexis sánchez equalized in the second half in the 70th minute, but only a few minutes later, özil assisted and ronaldo scored the winning goal of the game by shooting the ball over víctor valdés into the net. this was the first victory for real madrid in la liga against their arch rivals in camp nou since 2007. on 25 april, in the second leg of the champions league against bayern munich, cristiano ronaldo initially put madrid up 2–0, but former madrid player arjen robben netted an away goal back for bayern with a penalty. the match ended 2–1 after extra time and as both sides were tied 3–3, it went to a shootout. during penalties, iker casillas made two saves but ronaldo, kaká and ramos failed to convert their spot kicks and madrid lost 3–1.
2011–12 real madrid cf season
on 4 march, real madrid extended their streak of wins in la liga to ten games by beating espanyol at home 5–0. cristiano ronaldo, sami khedira and kaká all scored in the impressive win, as did gonzalo higuaín, who scored twice. on 10 march, real madrid became the first team in the history of la liga to win ten consecutive away games after beating real betis 2–3 at the estadio benito villamarín. the home team started well after jorge molina scored early, but higuaín equalized just over ten minutes later. in the second half, madrid took the lead with a ronaldo goal, but betis equalized only a few minutes later with a strike from jefferson montero. ronaldo, however, scored his second of the night later on which turned out to be the winning goal and guaranteed the full three points for the whites. real madrid qualified to the quarter-finals of the champions league on 14 march by beating cska moscow at home by a score of 4–1, progressing 5–2 on aggregate. ronaldo netted a brace while higuaín and karim benzema both scored one in the victory, while the lone goal from cska was scored by zoran tošić. on 18 march, real madrid tied against málaga at the bernabéu 1–1 after an injury time free kick by santi cazorla. real madrid's only goal was scored by benzema. on 21 march, real madrid drew again 1–1, this time against villarreal, with ronaldo and marcos senna scoring the goals. after back-to-back draws, real madrid was on an advantage of just six points ahead of rivals barcelona. in the controversial game, mourinho was expelled from the match as was fitness trainer rui faria for the third time in his season. the referee gave sergio ramos a second yellow card for a tough challenge on nilmar and gave direct red to özil for sarcastically applauding his decision. pepe was also booked after the game for insulting the referee, which led to a two-game suspension for him. on 24 march, real madrid beat real sociedad 5–1, with two goals each from ronaldo and benzema and a single goal for higuaín. ronaldo averaged 1.01 goals by having 100 goals scored in la liga that day. on the following week, on 27 march, real madrid continued their good form in champions league by defeating opponent apoel in cyprus 0–3. benzema scored a header from a pass from kaká, who then scored the second one; benzema closed the game by scoring the third goal from an özil assist. on the last day of the month, real madrid beat osasuna away, 1–5. benzema scored a stupendous volley goal and ronaldo equally great 36-yard long range shot at goal. it was overall ronaldo's night, since he also scored another goal, a free kick that was deflected, and assisted two other goals. higuaín was the third player who got his name on the scoresheet, scoring twice. his last goal was the 100th goal for madrid in la liga this season.
2011–12 real madrid cf season