MADRID - Real Madrid's Champions League hopes were extinguished on Wednesday night as Roma completed a classic smash-and-grab raid at the Bernabeu to move into the quarter-finals.
Bernd Schuster's side, 2-1 down from the first leg in the Italian capital, battled hard but were unable to overcome a Roma side who played for the final 20 minutes with a numerical advantage following the dismissal of defender Pepe.
The Giallorossi took the lead three minutes after Pepe's red card, Rodrigo Taddei heading home only for Madrid to equalise almost immediately, Raul firing into the bottom corner.
The leveller set up a frantic finish but Roma withstood long spells of Madrid pressure before grabbing their second of the evening in injury time when Mirko Vucinic headed home.
The opening 15 minutes were devoid of any goalmouth action with both sides reluctant to commit men forward.
The onus was on Madrid, however, to try to wipe out their first leg deficit and they eventually created an opening shortly after the quarter-hour mark.
Simone Perrotta manhandled Robinho and from the resulting free-kick, Julio Baptista lashed in a low drive which deflected off the wall and brought a fine save from Roma keeper Alexander Doni.
Roma responded a minute later with Alberto Aquilani twice coming close to opening the scoring.
The Italy international's first effort, from 35 yards, crashed back off Iker Casillas' right-hand upright and the second, after the ball had been worked back to him on the edge of the area, produced a full-length save from the Madrid goalkeeper.
Baptista's muscular approach unsettled the Italians throughout the opening period and he ought to have broken the deadlock after 21 minutes.
Roma failed to clear a free-kick and after Robinho lobbed it back into the area, Baptista did the hard part by chesting it down only to then lash his shot high and wide.
Madrid upped the tempo after the break, forcing Roma back into their own half.
And the Italians had a huge slice of luck within two minutes of the restart, the impressive Baptista curling a 25-yard free-kick on to the angle of post and bar.
Although they were playing primarily on the counter-attack, the Giallorossi almost found a way through four minutes later.
Cicinho's cross broke to Perrotta, whose shot was partially smothered by Casillas with Gabriel Heinze hooking the ball acrobatically away from danger.
And after Mahamadou Diarra saw a 30-yard shot tipped over by Doni, Roma struck the woodwork again at the other end.
Max Tonetto escaped down the left and pulled it back for substitute Vucinic, who, with his first touch, hammered a first-time effort on to the bar with Casillas beaten.
The complexion of the match changed with 20 minutes to go when Pepe, who was already on a yellow card, was cautioned for a second time after a crude bodycheck on Vucinic.
It took Roma just three minutes to make the extra man count.
Tonetto whipped over a cross from the left and Taddei got in front of Heinze and guided his header into the right-hand corner.
Madrid could have been forgiven for allowing their heads to drop but, instead, they hit back within two minutes although the goal did have an element of fortune about it.
Raul was clearly offside when Robinho slipped the ball through but the home captain ignored the appeals and coolly slotted past Doni from 18 yards.
Madrid enjoyed the greater possession in the final 15 minutes but Roma were dangerous on the counter.
Taddei came within inches of grabbing his second of the night with a far post header before Vucinic bravely got on the end of Christian Panucci's free-kick to head past Casillas and put Roma through to the last eight 4-2 on aggregate.
