22 Apr 2015

Real late show sees off Atletico

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Javier Hernandez (AFP)

Madrid - Holders Real Madrid have kept alive their dream of a record-extending 11th European crown when Javier Hernandez's late strike against 10-man Atletico Madrid secured a place in the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday.

After last week's quarter-final first leg between the city rivals at the Calderon ended 0-0, a tense return at the Bernabeu appeared to be heading for extra time until James Rodriguez slipped a pass through to Cristiano Ronaldo in the 88th minute.

The Portugal forward squared for Hernandez and the Mexican forward stroked the ball past Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak to secure a 1-0 aggregate win.

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