Real Madrid repeat quip attainment during Bayern
Real Madrid came from behind to win during Bayern München for a second time in 12 months and take a poignant step towards a third unbroken UEFA Champions League final.
Neither side was means to take a hold of a diversion until a opening idea arrived out of a blue in a 28th minute. James RodrÃguez, on loan during Bayern from Madrid, held out a visiting counterclaim with a pass into space down a right, and Joshua Kimmich was means to allege violent before pushing past Keylor Navas during his nearby post.
Franck Ribéry and Mats Hummels went tighten to doubling a Bayern advantage, yet instead they were pegged behind a notation before half-time. Dani Carvajal’s low worried cranky found a approach to Marcelo and a full-back lashed low over Sven Ulreich from only outward a area.
Madrid were clinical again 12 mins into a second half as a Rafinha trip was punished by Carvajal, who led a assign brazen and played in Marco Asensio to lash past Ulreich. The goalkeeper did retard with his legs from surrogate Karim Benzema to keep Bayern in a tie, yet when Robert Lewandowski screwed a late shot wide, a German champions were left with it all to do in Spain again.
Key player: Marcelo (Real Madrid)
The Brazilian full-back competence have been held out of position for Bayern’s goal, yet with Madrid not personification good he got them out of a hole, rifling in from a corner of a box to totally change a complexity of this tie on a cadence of half-time. Marcelo is a big-game player, scoring his final 5 UEFA Champions League goals in knockout games, and showed his value to Zinédine Zidane’s side nonetheless again.
Reporter articulate points
Jordan Maciel, Bayern: Deja vu in Munich. Just like in final season’s quarter-finals, Bayern dominated early on yet unsuccessful to make it count when they had a chances to open adult a 2-0 lead. As we’ve turn accustomed to saying in a final few seasons, Madrid ruthlessly done them compensate for their nonsense and took a vast step towards Kyiv. The tie is distant from over though, and Bayern can take bravery from a fact that they won in 90 mins during a Bernabéu final deteriorate to force additional time.
Joe Walker, Real Madrid: This, if we like, was rise Real Madrid. Second best for vast tools of a game, they clung on in there and somehow found a approach behind into a tie by dual particular moments of brilliance. Zidane’s devise to enclose Bayern did not work, yet a German side’s wicked finishing authorised a reigning champions to somehow benefit a foothold and subsequently take assign of a tie. One feet in a final?
Reaction
Jupp Heynckes, Bayern coach: To follow
Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid coach: To follow
Key stats
- This was Madrid’s 150th win in a #UCL, some-more than any other club
- The Merengues have now won 6 in a quarrel opposite Bayern
- Cristiano Ronaldo unsuccessful to measure in a #UCL compare for a initial time this season
- Marcelo has found a net in any of this season’s knockout rounds
- Marcelo now has 7 #UCL knockout goals, some-more than any other defender
- Tw of Asensio’s 4 #UCL goals have come opposite Bayern