12 shots on goal.
But it’s the quality of the chances, rather than the volume, that will make the most painful reading for Roma fans.
After all, Real Madrid had a staggering 37 shots at goal and only converted two of them but the point is that they did convert some of them. They scored. They found the net. They broke the deadlock.
And it was the finishing of Real that paid off in the end with Zinedine Zidane’s side securing a place in the quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory on the night (4-0 on aggregate).
First, Edin Dzeko failed to even make Keylor Navas work with a dreadful shot.
https://twitter.com/Habibiline/status/707294943681843202
Dzeko mannn what was that? 1v1 and you miss the whole net?
— Dino Odobašić (@dinoodobasic11) March 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/henkkaazz/status/707294685568622592
And Mohamed Salah soon followed up with a shocker of his own.
Salah just topped the Dzeko miss in a big way. Awful.
— Nicky Bandini (@NickyBandini) March 8, 2016
How in the hell did Salah miss the net there?!?!?!?!? #RealRoma
— RuckerHaringey (@RuckerHaringey) March 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/LoonyGoons/status/707308307644424192
Keylor Navas, who kept a Champions League clean sheet for the eighth time in his first eight games, deserved plenty of credit for smothering any shots on target.
‘Again, amazing save by Navas!’ ^CK #ChampionTheMatch #UCL #RealRoma
— Heineken (@Heineken) March 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/VeekSterzz/status/707318064136765440
https://twitter.com/RMadridHome/status/707298176655630336
But Roma’s wastefulness in front of goal was definitely the overriding theme of the game.
Yet again Roma only have themselves to blame. Miss those chances and @Cristiano will punish you. #UCL
— JohnDykes (@JohnDykesFC) March 8, 2016
Lool wait. Madrid scored again. I'll go sleep…Roma such a waste in terms of finishing
— Law D. Blaze (@RHPiper_) March 8, 2016
Roma the much better side today, but that's what happens when you waste so many chances against a tough opponent – they'll make you suffer.
— MG (@malgharaballi) March 8, 2016
How can a team miss so many chances lol .. Roma is a waste
— Peelz 🏆 (@Greatwinger) March 8, 2016
Awful miss by Salah, Roma gift wrapping RM passage to the quarter final #ucl
— Aaron Doherty (@finsceal) March 8, 2016
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