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Juventus - Real Madrid ( 2 - 0)
08.03.05 Trezeguet ! Zalayeta ! Camoranesi ! Alex Del Piero ! Ibrahimovic ! Zambrotta ! Tacchinardi ! Emerson ! Zebina ! Cannavaro ! Thuram ! Pessotto ! Olivera ! Buffon ! FORZA JUVE ! FORZA JUVE ! FORZA JUVE ! FORZA JUVE ! FORZA JUVE ! FORZA JUVE ! FORZA JUVE ! FORZA JUVE !
Juventus 2 - 0 R Madrid aet (2-1 on agg) Trezeguet 75 (J), Zalayeta 115 (J)
Stadio Olimpico
09.03.05 | Courtesy of Football Italia

David Trezeguet took them to extra time and Marcelo Zalayeta completed the job as Juve knock Real Madrid out of the Champions' League.

Fabio Capello and Zinedine Zidane came face to face with their former clubs and Juventus had to overturn a 1-0 first leg defeat in Madrid. They had already come back from 2-1 down to win here 3-1 and reach the 2003 Final, but the hero of that night - Pavel Nedved - is still out of action following a head injury he suffered in Spain a fortnight ago.

Manuele Blasi is also suspended, while David Trezeguet and Alessio Tacchinardi are not 100% fit, so Gianluca Zambrotta was pushed forward to make way for Gianluca Pessotto. Capello went for broke with the 4-3-3 system that has proved successful in recent weeks in Serie A.

There were several other familiar faces to the Peninsula, with ex-Roma man Walter Samuel and former Inter heroes Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.

Juve had a great chance to take the lead and even the tie up on aggregate after just five minutes. Marcelo Zalayeta's through ball found Zlatan Ibrahimovic unmarked and he shot straight at the goalkeeper from seven yards.

Mauro Camoranesi drilled a fine effort inches past the far post from 20 metres, then an Alessandro Del Piero shot squirmed away from Iker Casillas and the Spaniard was very fortunate that the ball went out for a corner rather than into the net. From the resulting set-piece, Ibrahimovic's header was deflected over, but the referee did not award the corner.

Zalayeta drilled an angled effort wide from a poor clearance and volleyed over, while Zidane blasted Real's first chance well off target after 23 minutes.

There was a controversial moment on the half-hour mark when Ibrahimovic nutmegged Raul Bravo and was clearly held back, but the German referee and his linesman bizarrely did not award a free kick at the by-line.

Gianluca Pessotto's fierce strike was charged down on the edge of the box, then Ronaldo curled a low drive just wide of the far post on the counter-attack. The former Inter man again went at the defence single-handed, but a brilliant Jonathan Zebina tackle took the ball off his foot.

At the other end, Zalayeta's header was not cleared effectively and the Uruguayan nearly squeezed in the loose ball.

Ronaldo started the second half in similar fashion as Real finally got their first shot on target. He sprinted forward on the counter and his angled drive was fingertipped on to the far post by Gianluigi Buffon.

Zalayeta's deflected shot was into the arms of Casillas and David Trezeguet replaced captain Del Piero for the final 35 minutes. This will be another important moment in the fractious rapport between 'Alex' and Coach Capello, although he had been rather quiet throughout the game.

There were penalty appeals at the Delle Alpi when Camoranesi exchanged passes with Zalayeta and ran into the box only to fall under Samuel's challenge. The referee waved play on and, although there was contact, the midfielder seemed to be looking for the spot-kick.

Ibrahimovic ballooned a free kick well over from a very promising position, as Juve were now without their set-piece specialist. Camoranesi had another shot deflected past the near post and from the resulting corner Zalayeta nodded wide.

Figo's shot was comfortably blocked by Buffon and Ibrahimovic rolled across for Pessotto, whose shot was charged down for a corner. The Swede skipped past defenders moments later only to fire off target yet again.

Alessio Tacchinardi replaced Pessotto, moving Zambrotta into his favoured full-back position. The midfielder turned a volley wide as Juve continued to be horribly wasteful in front of goal.

There was a curious moment on 73 minutes when Camoranesi's wayward effort was accidentally blocked by teammate Trezeguet. Guti substituted former Juve star Zidane.

The deadlock was eventually broken moments later. Ibrahimovic held up Camoranesi's cross on the byline and Trezeguet acrobatically hooked it over his shoulder from six yards. It was a similar goal to the one the Frenchman scored in 2003 and levelled the tie on aggregate.

Buffon needed to stand his ground and stuck out an arm to punch away a powerful and swerving Roberto Carlos free kick as extra time loomed. Soon after, Ronaldo's goal was correctly disallowed for a clear offside position.

Ibrahimovic put in a cross after some fantastic footwork, but Camoranesi nodded it past the near post, then Buffon comfortably smothered a Ronaldo long-range strike.

Swedish international Ibrahimovic wasted perhaps the best chance of the game when Trezeguet's dummy left him clear on the edge of the area and he somehow managed to balloon it over the bar.

It went to extra time and the Golden Goal rule has been shelved, so it returned to the traditional two halves of 15 minutes apiece. Michael Owen replaced Raul after five minutes to inject a bit more pace into the side with Juve's legs increasingly tired.

Zalayeta went close to turning the tie with a volley from Camoranesi's free kick that was only inches away from the near post. Camoranesi himself curled a couple of efforts off target as Juve's finishing remained disappointing.

There was controversy after 21 minutes of extra time when Ronaldo and Tacchinardi were sent off for an off the ball incident. The linesman spotted the wrestling and then the Brazilian's stupid kick from behind and ordered both players red carded.

Figo curled the resulting free kick past the near post, but soon after Juventus doubled their lead with a stunning strike. Raul Bravo's dreadful clearance went straight out to Zalayeta, who thumped home a low volley into the bottom corner of the net.

Juventus: Buffon; Zebina, Thuram, Cannavaro, Pessotto (Tacchinardi 65); Camoranesi, Emerson, Zambrotta; Del Piero (Trezeguet 56), Ibrahimovic, Zalayeta (Olivera 119)

Real Madrid: Casillas; Raul Bravo, Samuel, Helguera, Roberto Carlos; Gravesen, Beckham (Solari 77), Figo; Zidane (Guti 73); Ronaldo, Raul (Owen 95)

Ref: Merk (Ger)

Sent off: Ronaldo 113 (R), Tacchinardi 113 (J)