On Wednesday evening, the second semi-final of the UEFA Champions League was played, where two European giants clashed.
In the battle, supported by their fans in the "Allianz" stadium, Munich's "Bayern" faced Madrid's "Real". Playing excellently and taking the lead, the Bavarians were left empty-handed - the victory was achieved by "Real" for the sixth time in a row against the Germans.
Jupp Heynckes' pupils took the initiative and dominated with the ball from the very beginning of the match.
However, the match did not go entirely according to plan - just a few minutes into the game, Arjen Robben had to leave the field due to injury, and later Jerome Boateng also joined him.
Despite this, the Bavarians continued undeterred - in the 28th minute, during a quick attack, the first goal of the match fell. Joshua Kimmich escaped the visitors' defender and struck Keylor Navas with a cunning shot.
Having gained an advantage, the Bavarians did not stop their attacks and continued to press the opponents. Franck Ribery had a perfect opportunity, but released the ball too early and K. Navas was the first to reach it.
Showing a great game, "Bayern" was unexpectedly and painfully punished at the end of the first half - Marcelo received a powerful and precise shot from about 20 meters after a pass from Dani Carvajal, equalizing the score.
In the second half, the picture was similar, but Zinedine Zidane made a perfect substitution - he brought on Marco Asensio instead of Isco, and within less than 20 minutes, the score became 2-1.
In the 57th minute, after a rough mistake by Rafinha, Lucas Vazquez took the ball, made a great pass to the sprinting Asensio, who sent the ball into the opponents' goal.
"Bayern" tried to fight back and created many decent opportunities, but "Real" no longer made mistakes in defense and celebrated defeating their opponents for the second consecutive year with the same score in their own field.
The German champions will have a chance to retaliate next Tuesday, but they will face the army of "white" fans there.
Result:
"Bayern" 1 - 2 "Real Madrid" 28' [1 - 0] J. Kimmich 44' [1 - 1] Marcelo 57' [1 - 2] M. Asensio
Starting line-ups:
"Bayern": Ulreich; Kimmich, Boateng, Hummels, Rafinha; Javi Martinez; Robben, Muller, James, Ribery; Lewandowski.
"Real": Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Casemiro, Kroos, Modric; Vazquez, Isco, Ronaldo.
