Sergio Ramos, Ronaldo put Rampant Real Madrid Through to LISBON 4 - 0 Against Bayern

The Spanish giants comprehensively outplayed holders Bayern Munich to edge ever nearer to a 10th European Cup success

Not since the days of Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos and Raul have Real Madrid been in a Champions League final, but they will finally get a dig at La Decima in Lisbon next month after a scintillating first-half performance blasted Bayern Munich out of sight on Wednesday.

The second leg of their semi-final clash at the Allianz Arena was poised to be a tight affair, but Madrid had very different ideas. The 4-0 win which rounded off a 5-0 aggregate triumph was completely and utterly deserved, and served as a warning that this is a side primed for the grandest of successes come May 24.

All of the pre-match talk suggested that the Blancos only needed one goal to make it mission impossible for Bayern. They got it in the 16th minute, when Luka Modric’s right-wing corner was headed precisely home by the unmarked Sergio Ramos.

The centre-back killed the tie with a second just four minutes later from an Angel di Maria free-kick with Bayern’s defence again going missing, and barely half an hour had passed by the time Cristiano Ronaldo took Gareth Bale’s pass and fired home to cap a magnificent counter-attack which summed up a wonderful first half for the Spanish side.

Ronaldo's low free-kick finished the job in the 90th minute just to rub salt into the wounds but, if anything, Madrid could have had many more. They completely outplayed Bayern in every department. The Bavarians’ players had been busy patting each other on the back for dominating possession in the first leg at the Bernabeu last week when they should have been wondering why on earth they didn’t put more effort into snatching at least one away goal.

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By Kris Voakes | International Football Correspondent

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