Real Madrid enters its sixth final of Champions in eleven seasons, largely thanks to a immense Joselu, who scored two goals in just three minutes to come back in the semifinals and eliminate Bayern Munich.
The whites had multiple opportunities to open the can in the Bernabeubut the mistake of Rodrygo and the stellar performance of Manuel Neuer They prevented Madrid from going ahead on the scoreboard. After Alphonso Davies’ goal, Carlo Ancelotti had to use his substitutions to turn the game around, and the key man turned out to be Joselu Mato.
The Spanish forward came onto the field in the 81st minute, and barely a few plays had passed when a cross-shot from VinÃcius surprised Neuer, who could not capture the ball, finally overtaken by Real Madrid’s ’14’, who sent the ball into the net. Joselu himself later explained that “The first goal is about being ready.”
Just three minutes later, The second play from a corner led to a cross from Rüdiger, finished off by the Madrid ‘killer’. Although the referee initially indicated offside, the review of the VAR validated the goal, certifying the Madrid comeback.
After the game, Joselu began to cry on the Bernabéu pitch, hugged by his teammates and coach. Once the celebration on the field was over, the Spaniard summed up the match, almost dreamlike for him: “One dreams of having nights like this. My dreams are not as beautiful as today“.
“We have seen it in many games this year, I think it is no longer luck or anything. The coach told us before the game. There are games that are won with the heart, I think the heart and the feeling of Madrid are above alland we have seen it on a night like this,” he declared.
“Two goals in a Champions League semi-final, which give you a place in the final, I don’t think everyone can say that. In the end, happy, very happy, excited especially when the referee blew the final whistle. Nights like today’s, I think they don’t enter into one’s dreams.so happy,” he summarized.
“You become a footballer to also live what I have experienced in my past. In the end I think that work has led me to be here and live moments like today. Surely there would be many people who would doubt at the beginning of the season; but hey, I have had the work, the insistence, the trust of the coachthe coaching staff and all my teammates,” he said.
“It has been seen that we have an incredible group, that the work pays off and I think that with everything that has happened at the beginning of the season, with the injuries we have had and all that, In the end, being League champions and playing in a Champions League final are big words.“said Joselu.
