The Brazilian international showed no signs of disappointment from his side’s exit from the Champions League and stated that they had reason to be proud.
Real Madrid’s Marcelo has expressed that Los Blancos gave an outstanding performance against their opponents on Wednesday and claimed that he does not regret being eliminated from Europe because of the way his side performed.
The Spanish giants played host to German Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final on Wednesday.
The Santiago Bernabeu witnessed a thrilling encounter and audiences all over the world were immensely entertained as the two teams were able to put up a remarkable display of football. However, the night ended in distress for the home fans as the hosts suffered
a defeat as a result of a penalty shootout.
Bayern had been victorious in the first leg as they overcame Los Merengues with a score of 2-1. As the Madridistas returned with the advantage of an away goal, Wednesday’s game presented them with a perfect chance to book a place in the final.
However, as fate would have it, it was Jupp Heynckes’ men who emerged victorious over the two-legged tie.
As the midweek clash kicked, Madrid excelled at creating a few early chances. It took the Vikings only 6 minutes to break the dead lock as the visitors conceded a penalty early on in the game. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 made no mistake in converting the spot kick
into Real’s first goal.
Ten minutes later, Jose Mourinho’s men had doubled their advantage after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 scored from outside the box.
As the match reached the half-time whistle, the hosts conceded a penalty as well, which was successfully taken by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arjen-Robben-c6521.
From then on, both teams created a number of additional chances but none of the two could find the back of the net. The match ended in a draw even after extra time and penalties appeared to be the only way to decide the tie.
The Germans won the game on penalties, scoring three and conceding only one in the process.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554 maintained that there was nothing missing in the way Madrid played and that he feels proud with the way they performed.
"We gave an incredible performance in the opening minutes but we didn't manage to seal it in the end. It's sad, but we hold our heads up because we're having a great season. We fought, ran and did everything to win," the defender told reporters.
Real Madrid will return to La Liga action on Sunday as they play host to Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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