Bayern knock out Real Madrid in one in every of nice European ties | EUROtoday

Hello and welcome to our protection of this Champions League quarter-final second-leg sport between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid on the Allianz Arena.

When Harry Kane doubled Bayern’s lead inside 20 seconds of the second half in final week’s first leg in Spain, Real seemed on the snapping point. Luiz Diaz had already handed Vincent Kompany’s aspect the benefit with a composed Forty first-minute end, earlier than Kane swept in Bayern’s second.

The Santiago Bernabeu grew to become a cauldron of despair and anxiousness. Still, Real, impressed by Jude Bellingham’s introduction from the bench, rallied as Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior each got here near scoring. Trent Alexander-Arnold finally arrange Mbappe with an excellent cross, and the French ahead tapped in from shut vary to halve the deficit, leaving the tie delicately balanced.

Unsurprisingly, Bayern are cruising to the Bundesliga title. They smashed St Pauli 5-0 on the weekend, extending their unbeaten league run to 10 matches, whereas additionally breaking the report for probably the most Bundesliga objectives scored in a single season. Jamal Musiala’s early header was Bayern’s one hundred and first league purpose, equalling the report they set within the 1971/72 marketing campaign. The full-time consequence ensured that the German powerhouse have now scored 105 objectives in 29 Bundesliga video games this season.

Bayern’s overwhelming home superiority meant that Kane and Aleksander Pavlovic had been unused substitutes towards St Pauli. Other key gamers reminiscent of Diaz, Michael Olise, Joshua Kimmich, Josip Stanisic, and Jonathan Tah all both began on the bench or had been withdrawn within the second half. Serge Gnabry missed the match however is able to return. The free-scoring Germans are nicely rested and overflowing with confidence, and appear like critical contenders for this season’s Champions League.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid’s stuttering home marketing campaign was dealt one other blow on the weekend as Alvaro Arbeloa’s males drew 1-1 towards Girona in LaLiga on the Bernabeu. Federico Valverde powered Real right into a 51st-minute lead, earlier than Thomas Lemar netted an equaliser. Barcelona’s commanding 4-1 victory over Espanyol meant that the Catalans prolonged their LaLiga benefit to 9 factors. With simply eight league fixtures remaining, Real have seemingly allowed the title to flee their grasp.

Only a Champions League trophy can rescue what has been a massively disappointing season for the Spanish giants. However, they’ll want a win in Germany over Bayern to have any probability of progressing into the semi-finals.

Kick-off is at 20:00, with crew information to comply with shortly.