Rooney scored United’s first two and Park Ji-sung and Darren Fletcher added two more to send United into the last eight.Madrid was held 1-1 at home by Lyon which meant it went out 2-1 on aggregate and failed to reach the last eight for the sixth season in a row. In Manchester, two more goals by Wayne Rooney -- who also scored twice in the first leg in Milan and now has 30 league and cup goals this season -- helped United triumph 7-2 overall and join Arsenal and Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals.
Nine-time European champion Madrid spent 250 million euros ($340 million) on new players to try and win the trophy for the first time since 2002 and now will have to wait at least one more season.
“We didn’t score enough goals in the first half to be able to play calmly in the second half,” said Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini. “We didn’t try to get the second goal collectively, we were making too many individual plays.”
To make it worse for Madrid, the May 22 final is at its Bernabeu Stadium, which is now a realistic target for Lyon.
