Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will meet in the UEFA Champions League semi-finala duel that has been seen more than 20 times in the history of the European tournament.
Madrid qualified in extremis after defeating Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City on penalties. For its part, Bayern eliminated Arsenal 3-2 on aggregate at home.
The history of confrontations between these two clubs is in favor of the Spanish club. The meringues have 12 victories, while Bayern has won 11 times, in addition to 3 draws.
This will be the first duel between both teams since they met in the semifinals of the 2017-2018 season.
On that occasion, Madrid advanced 4-3 on aggregate. The Spanish won 2-1 in the first leg and then drew 2-2 at home to qualify for the final.
Real Madrid ended up winning the Champions League final 3-1 against Liverpool.
Madrid has won the last three matches against Bayern in the Champions League. The last time the Bavarians won was in 2011-2012 on penalties at the Santiago Bernabéu.
In that match, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká and Sergio Ramos missed their penalties. Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the decisive penalty.
Where will the first match of the semi-final between Bayern and Real Madrid be?
The first match of this semi-final will be played on Tuesday, April 30 at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Bayern Munich has two players from the last semi-final in 2018. Thomas Müller and Joshua Kimmich. While Real Madrid has Lúcas Vázquez, Toni Kross, Nacho and Luka Modric.
Kimmich scored in the first leg and second leg of the last confrontation between both clubs. Benzema, Marco Asensio and Marcelo scored for Madrid, all currently outside the club.
The return leg will be at the Santiago Bernabéu on May 8, which will define the second finalist of the Champions League.
Real Madrid arrives with 22 goals scored and 12 conceded in this Champions League. For its part, Bayern has scored nine goals and has only conceded 9 goals.
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