Bayern sink Real Madrid in epic quarter-final
BAYERN Munich’s Luis Diaz and Michael Olise scored late goals to earn the hosts a dramatic 4-3 comeback win over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday and send them into the last four 6-4 on aggregate after a thrilling tie. Diaz struck in the 89th minute and Olise in stoppage time to … The post Bayern sink Real Madrid in epic quarter-final appeared first on Ghanaian Times.
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BAYERN Munich’s Luis Diaz and Michael Olise scored late goals to earn the hosts a dramatic 4-3 comeback win over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday and send them into the last four 6-4 on aggregate after a thrilling tie.
Diaz struck in the 89th minute and Olise in stoppage time to seal treble-chasing Bayern’s place in the semi-finals, where they will play holders Paris Saint-Germain.
Real had substitute Eduardo Camavinga sent off in the 86th minute after two bookings in eight minutes, before Real’s double scorer Arda Guler also got his marching orders for dissent at the end of the game as frustration boiled over for the record 15-time European champions.
Bayern are only the second team to trail three or more times and still win a Champions League match.
It took only 35 seconds of a pulsating five-goal first half for Real to score, with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer making a huge blunder and sending his pass straight to Arda Guler, who fired into an empty goal.
Bayern bounced back when Harry Kane netted his 12th goal of the season in the competition eight minutes later, before Real, battling for their only realistic shot at a trophy this season, responded through top scorer Kylian Mbappe, who levelled from a Vinicius Jr assist just before half-time for his 15th Champions League goal.
The Bavarians, fresh from setting a new Bundesliga record for most goals scored in a single season, made amends five minutes later through Aleksandar Pavlovic’s header from close range, with goalkeeper Andriy Lunin completely out of position.
The 21-year-old Guler then restored Real’s lead again, curling a 29th-minute free kick over the wall past Neuer into the top corner to make it 2-1.
The pace dropped after the break but Neuer, making a record-equalling 25th appearance in the Champions League quarter-finals, had to produce a key save, blocking Mbappe’s powerful shot early in the second half.
There was still more drama left as Camavinga was sent off four minutes from time for holding on to the ball after a foul.
Bayern took full advantage of the extra man, scoring through Diaz’s deflected strike before Michael Olise crowned a famous win for the six-time European champions with a late winner.
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