Full-time: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid (2-4) The ref blows the final whistle as Real go through to the Champions League final for the second season running! 88' Isco now substituted by Alvaro Morata as Real now play a flat 4-4-2. 83' Atletico look to have thrown in the towel now... 78' Gameiro misses from point-blank range!!! The Frenchman could have easily scored two goals tonight!! 77' Vazquez replaces Casemiro as Zidane now plays with two outright wingers on the flanks. 76' Correa replaces Koke, with Benzema also making way for Asensio. 73' A great header from Benzema goes narrowly wide of the post following another excellent Marcelo cross! 70' Navas again denies Griezmann from a tight angle to prevent what could have been a late Atletico surge. 66' WHAT A DOUBLE SAVE!!! Navas brilliantly denies Carrasco before thwarting Gameiro on the rebound!!! 60' A rash foul from Gabi on Casemiro but the ref spares him a second booking. 57' Geminez and Torres both substituted as Thomas Partey and Gameiro come of the bench! 55' Isco receives the ball on the edge of the area but shots wide of the post. 50' Griezmann's attempt goes over the bar! 49' A free-kick for Atletico after Isco tripped Geminez nearly 26 yards out! 47' Real are in control early after the break as Kroos wins a foul from Griezman near the edge of the area down the left. The second half gets underway! The ref blows the half-time whistle following a two-minute stoppage-time. 45' Keeper Navas collides with Torres who attempts to press him. 44' Following some good work by Benzema down the left handside of the area, Isco scores on the rebound after Kroos's strike from inside the area was parried by keeper Oblak! 44' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Isco scores!!! 37' Gabi booked for remonstration against the Turkish ref. 33' An extremely harsh foul from Godin on Ronaldo earns him a yellow card in such a physical game. Ramos also goes into the book for dissent. 30' Atletico now playing their game, playing deep in an extremely organised shape in an attempt to hit Real on the counter. 25' A spell of pressure by Real as Atletico retreated back after scoring their second of the night. 19' A succession of corners for Real... 16' Griezmann scores from the spot!!! 15' PENALTY for Atletico following a foul from Varane on Ramos!! 12' Saul heads a corner kick towards the near post after beating his marker, Ronaldo, to the ball!! 12' GOOOAAALLLL!!!! Saul scores for Atletico!!! 10' Intense pressure from Atletico high up the pitch as they aim to overturn a three-goal deficit! 7' What a chance!! Oblak on the other end superbly denies a Casemiro header following a free kick! 7' Savic also booked following an illegitimate stop against Isco! 5' Koke strikes from a tight angle but keeper Navas keeps the ball away!! 4' Danilo goes into the referee's book following a foul on Filipe Luis. 1' An intense start from the hosts... The match gets underway! 20:30 Danilo will be deputizing for the injured Carvajal in the right-back slot for Real Madrid. 20:15 Atletico, on the other hand, will be continuing with their narrow 4-4-2 system. 20:00 Real Madrid seem to be continuing with their 4-3-1-2 format they used against Atletico in the first leg. Starting lineups: Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Gimenez, Godin, Savic, Filipe; Gabi, Saul, Koke, Carrasco; Griezmann, Torres. Real Madrid: Navas; Danilo, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Isco, Ronaldo, Benzema 19:30 Atletico Madrid captain Gabi is taking inspiration from Barcelona's record-breaking comeback from a four-goal deficit against Paris St Germain this season. 19:00 "Of course we can do it, look at Barcelona, and they had an even more difficult result," he said. "We're convinced we can do it, we're going to fight for it and if not we can at least go out with our heads held high." 18:30 Atletico were boosted on Sunday by the return of defender Jose Gimenez to training although they are still without right backs Juanfran and Sime Vrsaljko, who they missed badly in the first leg as they struggled to cause Real's defence any problems. 18:00 "Real Madrid have a special connection with Europe and the fans feel the same way. Playing in a Champions League game for Madrid gives you goosebumps," Vazquez said. 17:30 Every game against Atletico is difficult because they are a great team but we know how to beat them." 17:00 Real have won only one of their last eight league games against Atletico but have found the magic formula against their rivals in the Champions League, which winger Lucas Vazquez said was due to their history in the competition. 16:15 "It's very difficult to overturn this result but we will keep believing until the end because that's our mentality and we will be playing with our fans behind us," Atletico defender Stefan Savic said. 16:00 Atletico is trying to avoid losing to Madrid for the fourth straight season in the Champions League. It had heart-breaking losses in the finals in 2014 and 2016, and also was eliminated in the 2015 quarterfinals. 15:30 The Frenchman is on the cusp of a sixth Champions League final either on the pitch or in the dugout. 15:00 The scorer of a sensational volley against Bayer Leverkusen to win the 2002 Champions League for Real, Zidane joined an elite group to have won the Champions League as a player and a coach when he steered Los Blancos to a penalty shoot-out victory over Atletico last year. 14:30 The Portuguese player has shone in games against Real's neighbours this season, also scoring all three goals in their 3-0 win at Atletico in the league in November. 14:00 The prospect of going out to pile more misery on Atletico will be music to the ears of Ronaldo, who has scored eight times in the last three Champions League games and also hit a treble in the quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich. 13:30 "We'll see what happens then, but our aim wont change, the result changes nothing and we're going to try and score." 13:00 "We're going to approach the second leg just as any other game, to go out strong and give everything," Zidane told a news conference ahead of Wednesday's game at the Vicente Calderon. 12:45 Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick in a dominant first leg display put the 11-times European champions on the brink of a third final in four years. 12:00 Real Madrid will attack city rivals Atletico Madrid in their Champions League semi-final second leg and not sit back and defend their 3-0 lead as they chase a place in the final, coach Zinedine Zidane said on Tuesday. First leg result: Real Madrid 3-0 Atletico Madrid Venue: Estadio Vicente Calderón (Madrid) Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.)
