Champions League
Apr 11, 2018 7.45pm
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  • Dani Carvajal 22' yellowcard
  • Marcelo 81' yellowcard
  • Cristiano Ronaldo 98' goal
  • Cristiano Ronaldo 98' yellowcard
  • goal Mario Mandzukic 2'
  • yellowcard Miralem Pjanic 17'
  • yellowcard Mario Mandzukic 29'
  • yellowcard Stephan Lichtsteiner 36'
  • goal Mario Mandzukic 37'
  • goal Blaise Matuidi 61'
  • yellowcard Alex Sandro 67'
  • yellowcard Douglas Costa 73'
  • yellowcard Mehdi Benatia 90'
  • redcard Gianluigi Buffon 93'

Zinedine Zidane: 'We deserved to progress'

Zidane: 'We deserved to progress'

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has insisted that his team "deserved to go through after 180 minutes" of their Champions League quarter-final with Juventus.

The Spanish giants entered the match holding a 3-0 advantage from the first leg of their quarter-final in Turin, but Juventus hit back with three goals of their own to leave the tie level at 3-3 entering stoppage time at the end of the 90 minutes.

Cristiano Ronaldo sent Los Blancos into the final four, however, when he converted from the penalty spot after Medhi Benatia had felled Lucas Vazquez, with the aftermath seeing Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon receive a straight red card for pushing referee Michael Oliver.

Despite the scare, Zidane has said that Madrid "deserved" to progress into the semi-finals of the competition.

"I'm happy, we deserved to go through after 180 minutes," Zidane told beIN Sports. "We had plenty of chances, it was difficult that we didn't score, but that's football.

"We had a great game at their place but everything was the other way round here, that's true. We had chances, but the ball didn't want to go in. In the end, we suffered. We had to fix up during half-time."

Madrid have now reached the semi-finals of the competition for the eighth year in a row.

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