Bayern sink Real Madrid late to reach Champions League semis
Luis Diaz after scoring in Bayern Munich's win over Real Madrid, which booked them a semi-final spot in the Champions League (Karl-Josef HILDENBRAND) Late strikes from Luis Diaz and Michael Olise sealed a dramatic 4–3 win for Bayern Munich over Real Madrid on Wednesday, clinching a 6–4 aggregate victory and setting up a semi-final with holders Paris Saint-Germain. The tie was level at the break in the second leg after a scintillating opening half, with record 15-time European champions Real going ahead three times on the night. Bayern won 2-1 last week in the Spanish capital, but Arda Guler pounced on a loose Manuel Neuer pass to put the visitors ahead after just 34 seconds at the Allianz Arena.
He scored again from a free-kick after Aleksandar Pavlovic equalised. Harry Kane put Bayern back ahead in the tie only for Kylian Mbappe to restore parity overall when he put Madrid 3-2 up before half-time. Eduardo Camavinga was sent off for a second yellow card with four minutes left and Bayern pushed forward, Diaz blasting into the corner from outside the box after a crucial deflection.
With Real pressing for an equaliser, Olise curled in a magnificent shot to rubberstamp Bayern's ticket to the last four and keep alive their quest for a seventh European crown. They will head to Luis Enrique's PSG at the end of the month. Tempers boiled over after the final whistle with Guler picking up a straight red for confronting the referee.
"We got off to a bad start, and then conceded again through a free-kick and a counter. The first half was hectic," Joshua Kimmich told DAZN. "The second half was calmer, we had more control - and then managed to win it in the end.
It wasn't our best performance, but we'll take the win. "The two best teams in Europe will face each other. We had many top level games against Paris in recent years.