Today in the UEFA Champions League, the first participants of the semifinals will be determined. We present the most interesting facts of the match between Madrid's "Real" and Munich's "Bayern".
- in the tournament history, "Bayern" does not promise anything good - in the first knockout matches, the team that won 2:1 always triumphed in the series (5 times)
- this is already the 24th match between "Real" and "Bayern" in the history of the European Cup/Champions League. Counting only Champions League matches - the 18th, a record among all other teams' matches
- in the knockout matches, the Munich and Madrid teams have faced each other very often and each club has reached the next stage five times
- the Germans have lost to the "Real" team in the last 8 out of 10 match-ups. The last time "Bayern" triumphed was in 2001 (1:0), when G. Elber scored the winning goal
- the royal team could reach the semifinals for the seventh season in a row and thus improve the Champions League record
- since 2010-11, "Real" has won 34 out of 40 tournament matches at its stadium, with four matches ending in draws and only two losses to opponents. The team lost to "Barcelona" in May 2011 (0:2) and to "Schalke" in March 2015 (3:4)
- Z. Zidane's pupils have scored goals in 34 consecutive Champions League home matches, setting an all-time record. The last time opponents managed to keep a clean sheet was in 2011 (the match was won 0:2 by "Barcelona")
- "Real", along with "Juventus", are the only teams in this season's Champions League that have not experienced a defeat (6 wins, 3 draws). In the last 11 knockout matches, the Madrid team lost only once to their opponents (in 2016, 0:2 against "Wolfsburg"), won 7 matches, and drew 3 matches
