Mourinho: "Madrid tidak Layak Menang, tapi Itulah Sepak Bola"
Mourinho: "We didn`t Deserve to Win, but Football is Like This"
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
Manchester (B2B) - Pelatih Real Jose Mourinho mengakui timya beruntung dapat lolos, dengan berkata kepada ITV, "Terlepas dari keputusan (terhadap Nani), tim terbaik kalah. Kami tidak layak menang, namun sepak bola memang seperti ini."
Real dapat memimpikan gelar Eropa kesepuluh mereka setelah melakukan penyegaran di musim kompetisi dalam beberapa pekan terakhir. Kekalahan United berarti bahwa penampilan ke-1.000 Ryan Giggs di sepak bola senior berakhir dengan mengecewakan, seperti dilansir Mail Online.
Pelatih United Alex Ferguson memberikan kejutan besar dengan membangku cadangkan Wayne Rooney, namun Giggs dimasukkan dalam tim pertama ketika ia menjadi pemain lapangan Inggris Raya ketiga yang memainkan 1.000 pertandingan.
Gelombang tepuk tangan terhadap Ronaldo terdengar gegap gempita saat pertandingan dimulai, dan pemain Real bernomor punggung tujuh itu mendapati dirinya menjadi lawan langsung dari Giggs, yang memulai pertandingan ini dengan ditempatkan di sisi kanan.
Giggs membangunkan pendukung tuan rumah melalui lajunya di sektor sayap pada menit ke-20, dan dari tendangan penjuru yang ia menangi, United terlihat akan mencetak gol pembuka.
Nemanja Vidic menyambar tendangan penjuru Giggs dengan tandukannya yang membentur tiang gawang kanan, dan kiper Diego Lopez bereaksi dengan tepat untuk mengamankan upaya Danny Welbeck menyambar bola pantul.
Madrid kemudian menikmati penguasaan pertandingan, di mana Rio Ferdinand menahan tendangan Ronaldo dan kiper David de Gea menggagalkan upaya Gonzalo Higuain, sebelum Sergio Ramos mencetak gol yang dibatalkan akibat pelanggaran terhadap Robin van Persie.
Namun angin serangan segera berubah arah, dengan Lopez bertindak brilian untuk mengamankan tembakan dari Welbeck setelah ia membiarkan upaya van Persie gagal menembus gawangnya.
Meskipun mendominasi babak pertama perihal peluang mencetak gol, United tidak memiliki bukti apapun terhadap upaya mereka, namun hal hal itu berubah tiga menit babak kedua bergulir.
Setelah tembakan Welbeck dan van Persie dibendung, Nani memungut bola di sisi kiri dan mengirim umpan silang mendatar ke kotak penalti Real yang secara tidak sengaja dimasukkan Ramos ke gawangnya sendiri.
Setelah tembakan Welbeck dan van Persie diblok, Nani memungut bola di sisi kiri dan mengirim umpan silang mendatar ke kotak penalti Real yang secara tidak sengaja dimasukkan Ramos ke gawangnya sendiri.
Manchester - Madrid manager Jose Mourinho conceded his side had been fortunate to go through, telling ITV: "Independent of the (Nani) decision, the best team lost. We didn't deserve to win, but football is like this."
The Spanish champions can now dream of a 10th European title after reinvigorating their season in recent weeks, but United's defeat meant that Ryan Giggs' 1,000th appearance in senior football ended in disappointment.
Ferguson had sprung a major surprise by naming Wayne Rooney on the substitutes' bench, but Giggs was included in the starting XI as he became only the third British outield player to play in 1,000 games.
A wave of applause for Ronaldo rippled around the ground at kick-off and the Madrid number seven unexpectedly found himself in direct opposition to Giggs, who started the match in an unfamiliar role on the right flank.
Giggs roused the home fans with a determined run down the wing in the 20th minute and from the corner he won, United came within a hair's breadth of taking the lead.
Nemanja Vidic met Giggs' inswinging corner with a typically emphatic header that came back off the right-hand post and goalkeeper Diego Lopez reacted well to smother Danny Welbeck's instinctive follow-up.
Madrid then enjoyed a brief spell in the ascendancy, with Rio Ferdinand blocking from Ronaldo and goalkeeper David de Gea thwarting Gonzalo Higuain before Ramos had a goal ruled out for a foul on Robin van Persie.
The action soon swang the other way, however, with Lopez doing brilliantly to divert a shot from Welbeck over the bar after he had allowed a stinging effort from van Persie to get away from him.
Despite shading the first half in terms of opportunities, United had nothing to show for their efforts, but that changed within three minutes of the second period.
After Welbeck and van Persie had both seen shots blocked, Nani picked up the ball wide on the left and played a low cross into the Madrid six-yard box that Ramos inadvertently poked into his own net.
