Bayern knocks out Real
Bayern Munich scored late to beat Real Madrid 4-3 on the night and progress 6-4 on aggregate to reach the Champions League semifinals. (Reuters: late goals by Luis Díaz and Michael Olise; BBC: Harry Kane hit his 50th goal of the season and Real saw Eduardo Camavinga and Arda Guler sent off) ( ).
Bayern Munich is back in the Champions League semifinals after beating Real Madrid 4-3 on April 15 in Munich and winning the quarterfinal 6-4 on aggregate. (uefa.com) Luis Díaz scored in the 89th minute and Michael Olise added Bayern’s fourth in stoppage time after Eduardo Camavinga was sent off in the 86th minute. (reuters.com) The game swung hard from the start. Arda Güler scored in the first minute and again in the 29th for Madrid, Aleksandar Pavlović equalized in the sixth, Harry Kane made it 2-2 in the 38th, and Kylian Mbappé struck in the 42nd. (espn.com) Kane’s goal was his 50th of the season, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s live report. Madrid finished with nine men after Güler was also sent off deep into stoppage time. (bbc.com) The aggregate score is the two-leg total, and Bayern had carried a 2-1 lead from the first match in Madrid into Wednesday’s return leg. Güler’s early opener erased that edge inside a minute, but Bayern rebuilt it over the next 90. (sportingnews.com) For Bayern, the result ends Real Madrid’s latest run in a competition the Spanish club has won 15 times and sends Vincent Kompany’s side into a semifinal against Paris Saint-Germain. (uefa.com) For Madrid, the ending turned on discipline as much as finishing. ESPN reported that Madrid’s players were furious with referee Slavko Vinčić over Camavinga’s second yellow card before Bayern scored twice against 10 men. (espn.com) Bayern now heads into the last four with Kane on 50 goals and a seven-goal win over Madrid that turned only in the final minutes. (bbc.com)