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Why we'll never forget this Bayern night against Real Madrid

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Why we'll never forget this Bayern night against Real Madrid Where do you start and where do you end when it comes to telling the story of this magical Champions League night? A dramatisation with enough material for its own stage play - indeed, for an entire bookshelf. A story packed with emotions, positive and negative explosions, so intense, so fierce that everyone who experienced these 90 minutes - whether in the Allianz Arena, which was packed to the brim, or alone in front of the television - felt a tremendous sense of exhaustion at the end.

"There were so many emotions in this game," summarised FC Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany . And Aleksandar Pavlović stated: "The stress levels were enormous today. " Huge contribution from the FC Bayern fans The 4-3 home win over Real Madrid after going behind three times, this triumphant and dramatic progression to the semi-finals of the Champions League, had cost not only the players all their strength.

And this time it wasn't just the players on the pitch who ultimately defeated Real Madrid, it was also the fans in the Südkurve, who sang and roared until they were hoarse, the supporters from the very young to the very old, from the lower tier right up to the roof of the stadium, who all played their part in ensuring that this wonderful FC Bayern can now continue to dream of winning the trophy in Europe's premier club competition. "The fans helped us," said Kompany: "You always had the feeling the team would come back. " But those 90 minutes against Real offered so much more than a football match usually does.

"It was very dramatic", commented Joshua Kimmich : "There was a lot going on in the first half. The second half was a bit quieter, fewer goalscoring opportunities, not quite as spectacular - but the last five minutes were really quite something. " Yes, after the final whistle, you really did wonder how everything you'd experienced had really fitted into just 90 minutes.

All the interim horror, all the shock and breathless despair in the first half. Than the joy, the huge feeling of release and the happy ending in the second half. The unique character of this team Those three setbacks, the first after just 35 seconds - the fastest goal conceded by FC Bayern in their long European history.

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