Anyone who saw it now realizes why it is so hard — and exasperating — to root against Real Madrid.
They were totally outplayed for the first 70 minutes. Dortmund completely shutdown their counterattack, which is by far where they are most dangerous, and gave them almost no chances. Dortmund hit a post, Courtois made 3 or 4 good saves for Madrid, and the Dortmund left wing missed on two great chances.
Then, Dortmuund botches a clearance on a Madrid corner and concedes another corner. Madrid scores off the corner and the match is effectively over. Dortmund has to get more offensive, the Madrid counter opens them up and they get a second goal.
More composed finishing by Dortmund’s left wing and it’s 2-0 at the half. If the shot that hit the post goes in, it’s 3-0 (although it might have been offside; it was very close). But, that is life against Real Madrid. Man City out chanced them in an earlier round something like 12-2 and lost on PKs. They beat PSG with two goals from a sub striker in the closing 8 minutes. Obviously, the Devil is much more involved with soccer than God is.
