Needing a huge turnaround from the first-leg last week Real seemed to have run out of steam after Gonzalo Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Ozil had passed up early opportunities.The intense atmosphere created by the home fans before kick-off was matched by their team's energetic start and Higuain missed a great chance after just four minutes as he was slipped in by Ozil but Roman Weidenfeller stood up well to block his effort.Dortmund's ascendancy continued after the break and Lewandowski sliced horribly over with a gilt-edged chance five minutes after the restart before unluckily seeing his fierce drive from a narrow angle come back out after striking the underside of the bar.However, after Robert Lewandowski had smashed the underside of the bar and Diego Lopez prevented Ilkay Gundogan with an incredible save from close range, Madrid were given a lifeline in the 83rd minute when substitute Karim Benzema swept home Ozil's low cross.However, whilst still playing with 10 men they had their best chance of the opening period as Lewandowski controlled a long free-kick from Gundogan but placed his shot too close to Lopez who made a comfortable save.And six minutes later they had real hope of an incredible comeback as captain Sergio Ramos rifled a shot into the roof of the net.Seconds later Ronaldo had an even better chance as he too chested down a long ball before volleying straight into Weidenfeller's body before Kevin Grosskreutz could even come on to take Dortmund back up to their full compliment.Dortmund though withstood the Madrid onslaught in an agonising five minutes of stoppage time to seal their place at the final in Wembley next month.
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