Visitanos en http://CanalFutbolista.COM Bayern Munich 0-4 Real Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos at the double as Spanish giants reach Champions League final with stunning victory Next, la decima. First, la decimation. Real Madrid did not just defeat Bayern Munich on Tuesday night in search of their 10th European crown, they laid waste to an ideal, a philosophy. Pep Guardiola, the Bayern coach, watched from the touchline as his theories were taken apart. Possession statistics were meaningless, tika-taka was bunk. Madrid, holding a goal first-leg lead, were a spectacular four clear on aggregate by half-time and Munich looked close to incompetent, trailing in their wake. They were overrun in midfield, hopeless in defence. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer looked a nervous wreck. Madrid had been the better team in the first game, too, but nobody expected them to emphasise their superiority quite like this. By the end, the fans were voicing their displeasure at the substitution of Thomas Muller. There is a feeling here that Guardiola has tinkered too much with the winning formula of Jupp Heynckes. It was hard to refute that a decisive element has been lost on Tuesday night's evidence. It was a continuation of the lesson of the week. There are many ways to win a football match, and beauty isn't all. Madrid won here with set-piece headers and ferocious pace on the counter attack. Sergio Ramos scored twice within 20 minutes; Cristiano Ronaldo broke the tournament scoring record with his 15th goal of the campaign. He celebrated with an extravagant mime of the number, palms outstretched, fingers splayed: 10, then five, he told his team-mates, 10, then five. He looked so happy. The big, red bowl by contrast, had never been quieter. 'Munich will be on fire,' predicted Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. It was, but not in a way any local would have imagined. It was blazing like a sacked citadel, falling down around Bavaria's ears. It was not just that Madrid were 3-0 ahead within 35 minutes, it was that Munich were flattered by this margin. They did not offer a first-half chance of note. From the start Madrid looked livelier on the break and Munich lacked penetration. The first game displayed similar qualities. Munich saw a lot of the ball but mustered few chances. Madrid had to be patient but struck back with greater purpose. In the ninth minute, when Neuer dashed from his line in his surrogate sweeper role and headed the ball straight to Gareth Bale, the standard was set. Bale made a hash of the opportunity, sending a long-range shot well over when a little chip might have humiliated the German goalkeeper, but Madrid's threat was obvious. From their next attack, they scored. Dante conceded the corner after another break and Luka Modric planted it straight on the head of centre half Sergio Ramos. He would have been rated more likely to get a booking and a final ban then a goal but he took it magnificently. Does Guardiola spend much time working on defensive set pieces? Not by the look of it. Within four minutes another had found the back of the net and Bayern's race was as good as run. Bale won the free-kick, which was curled in exquisitely by Angel Di Maria. Pepe threw himself at the ball, may have got a touch, but Ramos most certainly did, muscling in front of a gathering of red shirts to steer a stooping header past Neuer. Munich have rarely looked more toothless. And so it continued. Bayern pressed, gingerly, Real countered forcefully. Every Madrid attack had the look of goal. They were faster, more direct, a front three of Arjen Robbens, terrorising Bayern with their pace. Franck Ribery, who thought he should have been the world footballer of the year ahead of the mighty Ronaldo, may as well have been selling wieners in the stand. MATCH FACTS Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1): Neuer 4; Lahm 5, Boateng 5, Dante 5, Alaba 5; Kroos 5, Schweinsteiger 5; Robben 5, Mueller 5 (Pizarro 5, 71), Ribery 4.5 (Gotze 5, 71); Mandzukic 4 (Martinez 5, 46). Subs not used: Raeder, Van Buyten, Rafinha, Hojbjerg. Booked: Dante. Real Madrid (4-3-3): Casillas 7; Carvajal 7, Pepe 7.5, Ramos 9 (Varane 6, 74), Coentrao 7; Modric 7, Alonso 7, Di Maria 8 (Casemiro 84); Bale 7.5, Benzema 7.5 (Isco 5, 80), Ronaldo 8. Subs not used: Diego Lopez, Marcelo, Morata, Illarra. Booked: Alonso. Scorers: Ramos, 16, 20, Ronaldo 34, 88. MOM: Sergio Ramos. Referee: Pedro Proenca (Portugal) 8.5

• published: 29 Apr 2014
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