Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich Champions League semis second leg saw a drama like no other, as Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has missed a chance on a Chelsea reunion, as Bayern shot down Real Madrid on penalties. Highlights Video Penalties

Madrid / NationalTurk – Real Madrid exits like Barcelona, in a more dramatical fashion. A teary-eyed Jose Mourinho misses out on Chelsea reunion at 2012 Champions League final as Real Madrid are shot down by a disciplined Bayern Munich who will face Chelsea at Champions League finals at their home turf Allianz Arena Munich on 19th May.

Real Madrid’s eccentric coach Mourinho misses out on the chance to face against his former club Chelsea, which he still loves, after being dramatically eliminated by old hand Jupp Heynckes’ disciplined Bayern squad on penalties at Santiago Bernabeu, where Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer stood like a giant at his goal in the penalty shootout concluding the Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich drama.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich : Drama unfold, brought Special One Mourinho on his knees

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich semi-final saw of the utmost drama in Madrid, the occasion may well still be a Special One yet stilling the real special one, who had teary eyes as he exited Santiago Bernabeu after Schweinsteiger netted the final penalty heralding the German giants advance to 2012 Champions League Finals.

Bastian Schweinsteiger sent his penalty kick slicing straight down the middle, and then ripped off his shirt with a roar of triumph.

No way Bayern Munich was going to miss the big party at its own house Allianz Arena Munich. Bayern Munich became the first team to advance to a Champions League final it is hosting last night, crushing Real Madrid 3-1 on penalty kicks when Bastian Schweinsteiger converted the final shot after Sergio Ramos skied his over the crossbar. Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal reacted after missing a penalty after extra time of Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich semifinal, second leg Champions League football match against Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.

On May 19 at Allianz Arena in Munich, Jose Mourinho and the Chelsea players that have idolised him at Stamford Bridge won’t face each other on the greatest stage in club football after his Real Madrid lost in a drama-packed game to Bayern Munich on penalties at Santiago Bernabeu. Be it flirting from afar or battling head-to-head, the Portuguese boss and Chelsea remain intrinsically linked, but this year they will continue as star-crossed lovers.

When Mourinho announced to his players that he would be leaving west London in September 2007 it never really looked like the end of their great love story. It was a bolt from and to the Blues. At the time, Didier Drogba cried in the dressing room. John Terry, as is so often his wont on the pitch, remonstrated with club officials, desperate to keep the man who had brought the league title to Stamford Bridge for the first time in half a century and kick-started Roman Abramovich’s revolution.

‘ People can’t understand how much I love Chelsea,’ expressed the Real Madrid trainer openly in March. ‘ I’d love to play them in the finals of this years Champions League.’ ‘ I love Chelsea, I love this stadium, I love these people but I am a professional,” said Mourinho after the 1-0 win for the Italians in west London, securing a 3-1 victory on aggregate.2

That dream slipped through his fingers however, as he slumped to his knees in the Bernabeu technical area and watched Bastian Schweinsteiger send the Bavarians through from the spot.

Jose Mourinho implied his team were at a certain disadvantage having last saturday had to play a crucial, and potentially title-deciding, El Clasico vs Barcelona. In the end of Real Madrid vs Bayern match Mourinho stated though ‘ It was a great, enormous game. We lost, we are sad and they are happy but that’s football, it’s the football ‘. Mourinho also added : ‘ You have to stay balanced when you win and when you lose.’ Madrid’s 2-1 victory gave Mourinho’s team a seven-point lead in the domestic league with four games remaining.

Bayern Munich on the other hand played last Saturday with a much-changed squad against Werder Bremen, having already surrendered the Bundesliga title to defending champions Borussia Dortmund entering the Real Madrid vs Bayern clash.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich Highlights: Watch as tensions rise during the regular time

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Real Madrid vs Bayern clash started exceptionally well for the home side though. Following Bayern’s 2-1 win in Germany last Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo looked to have put a high-flying Real Madrid in its way to the final with two early goals. He converted a penalty kick in the sixth minute after a cross by Angel Di Maria went off a hand of sliding defender David Alaba. A controversial decision by Real Madrid vs Bayern ‘s games referee. Ronaldo doubled the lead for Los Galacticos in the 14th minute from inside the penalty area from a pass by Mesut Oezil, his 56th goal of the season. Bayern Munich was in shock but not for a long time..

Just like its Spanish rival Barcelona the evening before, Real Madrid faltered with each minute of Real Madrid vs Bayern game advanced.  Hungarian referee Victor Kassai awarded this time Bayern Munich a penalty kick after maniacal Real defender Pepe pushed Mario Gomez, and Arjen Robben converted the penalty in the 27th minute. Bayern was already the better team in those minutes on the pitch of Santiago Bernabeu. Bayern’s goal evened the aggregate score in the series 3-3, and also evened the away goals 1-1. It was spectacular to watch how Bayern Munich managed to keep its cool and with amazing discipline played the tactics even though falling behind by 2 goals from Real Madrid.

The score at the Real Madrid vs Bayern game stayed that way through the second half and 30 minutes of overtime, forcing the shootout, the first in the semifinals since Liverpool defeated Chelsea in 2007 Champions League. Bayern was slightly the better team as Real Madrid apparentl showed fatigue in the second hald of Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich drama.

‘ Trailing 2-0, everyone knows the atmosphere at Bernabeu, everyone knows how difficult it is to come back from this score. But we improved with each minute and played organized in defense,’ expressed Jupp Heynckes, who was Real Madrid’s manager when it won the Champions League title back in 1998.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich : Click to watch the drama at its best on penalties

In the shootout, Bayern tireless midfielder Alaba beat Iker Casillas with the first kick, and Bayern’s Manuel Neuer a giant of a man, saved Ronaldo’s shot. Coming in, Ronaldo had converted 26 of 27 penalty kicks for Real Madrid. The only time he failed was when Almeria’s Diego Alves saved him in a Spanish league match on Dec. 5, 2009, his first season at Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo also had a penalty saved by Chelsea’s Petr Cech in the 2008 Champions League final.

Mario Gomez converted his penalty  for a 2-0 lead, and Neuer stopped Kaka’s shot. Casillas then denied Toni Kroos, Xabi Alonso scored for Madrid, and Casillas stopped Philipp Lahm.

Ramos sent his shot high over the bar — as if it were an NFL field goal — and Schweinsteiger put his shot straight down the middle as Casillas dived left, giving Bayern its fourth victory in five semifinal meetings with Madrid.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich : Jose Mourinho teary eyed reunion attempt with Chelsea failed

But Mourinho, you sense, never forgets. His house-hunting trip to London earlier this season amid the final weeks of Andre Villas-Boas’ unsuccessful reign merely demonstrated the Portuguese’s tendency to relish in his former club’s turmoil.

He would never admit it, but beating Chelsea, no, beating Abramovich in Munich next month would have been on his mind.

Instead, Chelsea will face Bayern, a team who, like the Blues, had overcame their own semi-final task that had been deemed by some to be nearly impossible.

Jupp Heynckes’ side, like Di Matteo’s men, have seen their domestic title in the arms of another side for successive seasons, yet with the world awaiting a Clasico in Bavaria, neither of world football’s supposed two greatest teams will participate.

It will be a showpiece that not many will have expected when the semi-final draw was made in March and Chelsea will enter it with heightened expectations, be them foolish or not. For now they have avoided Jose Mourinho. The reunion will have to wait.

‘ When I think about the fact that we can play a final in our own stadium, this is something to go absolutely crazy about,” Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes said.

Go wild Bayern and Bayern Munich fans did, staying on the field long after Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho — who watched the shootout at the end of Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich Champions League semis from his knees — descended quickly into the tunnel. He had already congrulated and shook hands with Bayern ‘s trainer Heynckes before the penalty shootout. Real Madrid’s players left the field with their heads hanging low, and some were in tears after coming so close to reaching their first final in 10 years, what is unique for a club as prominent as Real Madrid.

‘ It’s a big blow for us. It was a very exciting game, but penalties are always a lottery,’ Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas admitted. ‘ We played well, but Bayern Munich are a great team.’ he gave great amount credit to their opoonnent.

Bayern Munich , a four-time champion of European soccer’s top club tournament, reached the 2012 final for the second time in three seasons, and will play Chelsea at Allianz Arena on May 19. Chelsea eliminated defending champion Barcelona on Tuesday beating all odds.

‘ We will be very much at home in our own stadium and will be in front of a majority of German supporters, but it won’t be a walk in the park ‘Jupp Heynckes stated. ‘ Today we proved we are a great team. We showed today we play very well at football. ‘

‘ It’s so unique to reach the final in Madrid, which is just about Spanish champion over Barcelona,’ Heynckes said. ‘ This makes me very proud to have made it to the Champions League finals.’

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich : Top favourites Real Madrid and Barcelona suffer ‘early’ exits

Real Madrid and Fc Barcelona were considered by many football pundits to be Europe’s top two teams this year. Ronaldo has scored a Spanish league-record 42 goals, with Lionel Messi one behind him having scored a total of an amazing 63

But neither will be playing for the Champions League trophy. It is the second straight year that Real Madrid bowed out and tossed the towel in the semifinals.

And yet Real Madrid, in its second season under coach Jose Mourinho, has not reached the final since winning in 2002.

Still, Jose Mourinho conceded that Bayern Munich ‘ deserve to go through.’ after the drama Real Madrid vs Bayern.

‘That’s the beauty of football, nobody knows what’s going to happen,’ Mourinho said in the press conference of Real Madrid vs Bayern  ‘ I hope it’s a good final.” The lads [Real Madrid players] were fantastic, with an incredible mentality against a great team, against a team that last weekend were on holiday.

‘We were maybe lacking a bit of freshness.’ Jose Mourinho added.

‘It was a great, enormous game, this Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich clash, we lost, we are sad and they are happy but that’s football, it’s the football.’

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