Local boy makes good. Not that they will be celebrating it in Madrid. Alvaro Morata didn’t celebrate his moment of glory, either. Maybe he wants to come back here and live one day.
Morata was the one they let go. The kid from the youth team who couldn’t quite cut it among the ranks of the beautiful people. He got as far as last year’s Champions League final, playing 10 minutes as a substitute for Karim Benzema, but no further. Real Madrid sold him to Juventus in the summer — and he returned to scold them in the most hurtful way possible. He knocked them out of the Champions League. At their place; 33 minutes short of the final.
There will be no el clasico in Berlin. Barcelona await but Juventus were worthy winners over two legs. They got a vital victory at home, and a vital goal away. Real Madrid are left ruing mistakes — some on the night, such as the chances missed by Gareth Bale, others in the planning department, such as not addressing the decline of goalkeeper Iker Casillas sooner. He had two chances to stop the equalising goal and failed both times.
Morata refuses to celebrate after scoring his second goal in as many games against the club the left last summer
Real Madrid: Casillas 7, Carvajal 6.5, Sergio Ramos 6, Varane 6, Marcelo 7.5, Rodriguez 6.5, Kroos 6, Isco 6.5, Bale 5.5, Benzema 6 (Hernandez 67mins, 6.5), Ronaldo 6
Subs not used: Navas, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Arbeloa, Jese, Illarramendi
Booked: Rodriguez, Isco
Goals: Ronaldo (pen) 23
Juventus: Buffon 7.5, Lichtsteiner 6.5, Bonucci 7.5, Chiellini 7, Evra 6.5, Pogba 7 (Pereyra 89), Pirlo 6.5 (Barzagli 79), Marchisio 7, Vidal 7, Tevez 7, Morata 7.5 (Llorente 84)
Subs not used: Storari, Coman, Padoin, Sturaro
Booked: Lichtsteiner, Tevez
Goals: Morata 57
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sigtuna)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/
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