Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane insisted progression to the Champions League final is no formality after his side won 2-1 in Wednesday nightâs semi-final first leg at Bayern Munich.
Two high quality opponents produced numerous uncharacteristic errors, with Joshua Kimmich beating Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas at his near post to give Bayern the lead.
Marcelo equalised after 44 minutes, after Bayern had lost winger Arjen Robben and defender Jerome Boateng to injury.
And half-time substitute Marco Asensio struck after 57 minutes, capitalising on Rafinhaâs sloppy pass, to give Zidaneâs men the advantage ahead of next weekâs second leg at the Bernabeu.
âWeâre very satisfied with the result, but we had a lot of problems in the first few minutes trying to take control of the game,â Zidane said.
âThe tie is far from over, itâs more than possible that Bayern could win in the Bernabeu, but we are very happy to have won 2-1 in Munich.â
Real won 3-0 at Juventus in the quarter-final, but Juve drew level in Madrid and the Spaniards prevailed only after Cristiano Ronaldoâs stoppage-time penalty. That will be used as a cautionary tale by Zidane.
âWe know that the tie cannot be over after one leg,â he added.
âAfter the Juventus match, we know weâll need to approach the Bayern result differently, otherwise things could go badly for us.
âWe canât have another night like that.â
Zidane praised Navas for his performance, refusing to dwell on Kimmichâs goal, which came after Marcelo was caught out of position.
The Frenchman added: âBayernâs goal was a consequence of several people making mistakes, not just Navas.
âHe was very good in the second half. I think we suffered a little tonight off the ball, I thought (Franck) Ribery was excellent tonight.â
Zidane also praised Marcelo, who equalised moments before the interval.
He added: âItâs a good thing that Marcelo plays for us. Itâs not just about his goals, itâs what he can do defensively too. He can make the difference at any moment.â
The result means the German champions must score at least twice and overcome the away goals advantage to have any hope of denying 12-time European champions Realâs progress to next monthâs final in Kiev.
And Bayern boss Jupp Heynckes believes in his side.
âWe want to do whatever it takes to put this result right next week. Itâs our duty,â he said.
âThe semi-finals are two legs so we need to see what happens after two games. We didnât deserve to lose today, so Iâm confident.
âWe had so many chances, it was strange. Iâve never seen us have so many chances in a semi-final, especially against a team like Real Madrid.
âWe simply werenât clinical enough and we gifted Real their goals.â
Heynckes rued the lapses which were punished by the visitors.
He added: âWhat was missing? We didnât score, it was tough having the setbacks of losing Robben and Boateng, and then we gave away a very silly goal before half time â in fact both goals were gifts.â
âWe gifted them two goals really, but we created a huge amount of chances ourselves.
âYou have to deal with setbacks â at such a high level you canât make mistakes like that at the back and you have to be more clinical when chances come your way.â