Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid and Arsenal will play in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
After PSG and Atletico Madrid qualified for the semi-finals on Tuesday, Bayern and Arsenal joined them tonight.
Bayern is in Madrid defeated Real 2-1, and then in Munich in a fantastic duel celebrated with 4-3while Arsenal in London played 0-0 against Sporting after celebrating 1-0 in Lisbon.
A fantastic match, for sure one of the most beautiful this season in the Champions LeagueBayern and Real Madrid played. The Royal Club led three times, but Bayern came back each time and then won in the last seconds.
It was even the 30th European meeting between Bayern and Real. Not even two other clubs have so many European clashes. Now both clubs have 13 wins with four draws.
It started fantastically for the visitors. Real took the lead after 34 seconds of the match. Neuer hit the ball wrongly adding it to It’s burning Güler who scored from 30 meters into the empty net to give the guests the lead and equalize the total score at 2-2.
But Bayern quickly responded through Aleksandar Pavlović. Joshua Kimmich threw in from the corner, and Pavlović headed almost on the line to make it 1-1, taking advantage of Lunin’s mistake. In the 27th minute, Kimmich could also be among the scorers, but this time Lunin reacted perfectly.
Two minutes later, Real reached a new advantage. It was the shooter again Güler. this time the young Turkish talent scored a great goal from a free kick. The joy of the guests did not last long this time either. It’s in the 38th minute Harry Kane scored to make it 2-2, scoring his 50th goal of the season for the Bavarian giants.
Just three minutes later, Vinicius hit the crossbar, and in the 43rd minute, Real took the lead for the third time. It was a quick counter from the Spanish team, Vinicius pulled back, pushed to Kylian Mbappé who scored for 3-2. The home team asked for VAR intervention due to a possible foul on Josip Stanišić in front of the second goal, but there was no change in the referee’s decision.
Stanisic remained in the dressing room at halftime, and Alphonso Davies entered the game instead. The guests had their first big chance in the 55th minute, Mbappé could have scored Real’s fourth goal, but the German goalkeeper reacted brilliantly. Neuer also stopped Valverde’s shot in the 66th minute. Two minutes later, Olise had a great shot on the opposite side, but Real’s goalkeeper kicked the ball into the corner.
In the 75th minute, after Olise’s cross, Upamecano shot dangerously, but over the goal. At the end of the game, Real was left with a player less after the Camavinga earned two yellow cards eight minutes apart. The French midfielder entered the game in the 62nd minute, received his first yellow card in the 78th minute, and received a second yellow card eight minutes later. Just three minutes later Luis Diaz scored to make it 3-3 with a great shot from 20 meters for a great celebration in Munich. He put a dot on the “i”. Olise in the fourth minute of stoppage time for the final 4-3.
The soccer players also made it to the semi-finals Arsenal after they are in the second leg of the quarter-finals in London played 0-0 against Sporting, defending Lisbon’s 1-0.
It was her tight game without too many opportunities. The home team came closest to a goal in the 84th minute when Leandro Trossard’s header hit the post. The guests, Geny Catama, also scored in the 43rd minute.
In the end, a goal decided in 180 minutes of play Kai Havertz in stoppage time of the first match.
The Gunners reached their fourth semi-final of the Champions League and the second in a row without defeat. So far, the London team has reached the finals only once, in 2006, when they lost to Barcelona in the final match.
Sporting had hoped to become the first Portuguese club to reach the semi-finals since Porto in 2004, but failed to do so. Porto beat Monaco 3-0 in the final that season, and after that Portuguese teams were eliminated ten times in the quarter-finals.
(Hina | Photo: FC Bayern Munich)
