Blinding Lights | April 8th, 2026

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Shoutout to the mods who do a fantastic job, Ezek, Valyrian Steel , Felipejack , Juninho , NeRObutBlanco and yours truly, Kung_Fu_Zizou The lights were bright at the Santiago Bernabeu as Real Madrid took on old European rivals, Bayern Munich in the first of a titanic two-legged affair. The Bavarians were quickest out the blocks and hemmed in the nervy Merengues for a good 10 minutes before a release gave a moment to exhale for the Bernabeu faithful. Real Madrid began to grow into the game with more intensity and desire.

They were not out there to survive but to win against the odds. They game ended 2-1 to Die Roten as Bayern finally got over the line for the first time in 9 meetings against the men in white. A Vinicius Jr giveaway gave Bayern the opportunity to craft a well-worked goal to open the scoring.

Harry Kane would make it 2-0 at the start of the second half. Kylian Mbappe finally got his goal following a low cross to the back post by Trent to make it 2-1. Manuel Neuer appeared rather busy despite his side being in the ascendency for significant parts of the game.