Bale Cetak Gol Pembuka, Antar Madrid Tekuk Dortmund
Bale Hits Opener as They Rip Germans Apart
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Madrid (B2B) - Real Madrid sukses mengalahkan Borussia Dortmund 3-0 pada laga leg pertama perempatfinal Liga Champions di Santiago Bernabeu, Kamis dini hari ini.
Real Madrid yang berlaga di hadapan pendukung sendiri sudah menggedor pertahanan Dortmund sejak awal laga. Pada menit ketiga, Gareth Bale menggetarkan gawang Dortmund berkat umpan matang Daniel Carvajal dari sektor tengah.
Gol cepat tersebut membuat Real Madrid kian percaya diri. Menit ke-13 dan 17 sepakan keras Ronaldo nyaris membobol gawang Dortmund, sayang masih melebar, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Praktis Dortmund hanya memanfaatkan serangan balik dari Mikhitaryan dan Marco Reus namun tidak menciptakan peluang matang.
Dortmund harus kebobolan kedua kalinya pada menit 27. Isco melepaskan tembakan yang tidak terlalu keras namun tepat bersarang di pojok kanan gawang Dortmund. Skor 2-0 bertahan hingga jeda babak pertama
Babak kedua baru dimulai dua menit, Weidenfeller sudah berjibaku menyelamatkan gawangnya dari serangan Madrid yang dilancarkan Bale.
Selang satu menit kemudian, serangan balik Marco Reus hampir membuat tim tamu mencetak gol, sayang sontekan Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang melebar tipis di sisi gawang Casillas.
Petaka bagi Dortmund terjadi pada menit 57. Umpan cantik Modric dari tengah lapangan sukses dieksekusi Ronaldo menjadi gol ke-14-nya di Liga Champions musim ini.
Unggul tiga gol tidak membuat Madrid mengendurkan serangan. Gareth Bale dan Benzema beberapa kali membuat Roman Weidenfeller kerepotan untuk menepis sepakan mereka.
Sementara kubu Dortmund hanya mengandalkan serangan Marco Reus yang selalu kandas dihadang barisan pertahanan Madrid.
Menjelang akhir laga Alvaro Morata yang menggantikan Benzema beberapa kali merepotkan pertahanan anak asuh Klopp, namun tidak ada gol tambahan tercipta hingga laga usai. Madrid menang 3-0.
Livescore mencatat Madrid kuasai laga dengan 60 persen penguasaan bola dan 11 tembakan on target ke gawang, sementara Dortmund hanya mampu melepaskan dua tendangan.
Kemenangan ini membuat langkah Madrid menuju semifinal terbilang ringan karena Dortmund harus menang 4-0 pada leg kedua 9 April mendatang di Jerman jika ingin lolos.
Madrid - Real Madrid took a big step towards the semi-finals of the Champions League Wednesday night after defeating Borussia Dortmund 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final in the Santiago Bernabeu.
Goals from Gareth Bale, Isco and Cristiano Ronald helped Real Madrid forget the pain of their semi-final defeat to the German side last season, Xinhua reported.
Gareth Bale opened the scoring in just the third minute after accepting a pass from Dani Carvajal as the Borussia defense looked as if they were still in the dressing room. Bale was able to find space in the penalty area to poke the ball into the Borussia net.
On a cold and rainy night in Madrid, the home side adapted faster to the conditions and were clearly motivated, pinning their rivals back in their own half with their swift attacking football.
Meanwhile, despite the efforts of their coach Jurgen Klopp on the touchline, this was not the Borussia which had hit Madrid with waves of players on the counter-attack a year ago. Following a poor ball out from the visitors´ defense, Isco, who was in for Angel Di Maria, was able to find space to curl home neat shot from outside of the penalty area just before the half hour.
The game dropped in intensity after Real Madrid´s second goal, but the start of the second half saw both sides return to hostilities and Ronaldo added a third after Luka Modric had won the ball in the middle of the park to set him through on goal.
Ronaldo´s night would end prematurely as he went off injured with problems in his troublesome left knee with 10 minutes remaining, just a minute after Borussia should have had a penalty after Xabi Alonso brought down Milos Jolic only for the referee to wave play on.
Bale fired over for Madrid in the closing minutes, but by then his side were content with a score which means it would need a disaster in Germany next week to see them fail to make the last four.
