Victorious in the first leg on Real Madrid's pitch, Bayern Munich resisted the Madrilenians' desire for exploits. The Bavarians fought to maintain their advantage before finishing the job (4-3, 6-4). They will face PSG in the semi-final.
Published on: 04/15/2026 - 10:56 p.m. Modified on: 04/16/2026 - 09:43 a.m.
And in the end, it is the Germans who win. Bayern Munich eliminated Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday April 15 thanks to a crazy scenario victory (4-3, cumulative score 6-4) and joined Paris SG in the semi-final.
The enticing poster for the last four of the premier competition of European football will therefore pit what looks like the two best current teams on the continent, in final form before their time. On one side Bayern, steamroller which has been marching on Germany and Europe since August (149 goals in 45 matches), and on the other the Parisian title holder and its upward curve in recent weeks.
Real Madrid will watch this poster at the top in front of the television, but the magic formulas repeated over and over like "We are Real" or "If there is a club that can do it, it's Real", since the defeat against Bayern at home (2-1) in the first leg, almost worked, with an exceptional match in front of 75,000 spectators at the Allianz Arena.
A crazy first half
The Madrilenians led three times in the match. After only 37 seconds, they took advantage of a huge restart error from Manuel Neuer on Arda Güler whose perfect instant recovery ended up in the Munich goal. And the Turkish international scored his double at the half-hour mark with a magnificent free kick into the top corner (29th).
The first period was completely crazy, with Bayern equalizing in the 6th minute through Aleksandar Pavlovic on a corner taken by Joshua Kimmich, while Real goalkeeper Andriy Lunin missed his exit. Then thanks to his scorer Harry Kane (38th), found in the area by Dayot Upamecano, to score his 50th club goal of the season. Before the break, on a quick counter-attack from Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappé gave Real the advantage (42nd) and put the two teams back on level terms before the break.
In the second half, like two boxers, Bayern and Real went blow for blow seeking the knockout. The Madrilenians left possession of the ball to the Munich residents and went on a counter-attack with their two arrows Vinicius and Mbappé.
Real went to ground for the first time with the exclusion of Eduardo Camavinga in the 86th minute for a second yellow card, eight minutes after the first, completely logical for having wanted to save time by taking the ball with him.
White season for Real Madrid
And the KO came in two stages, first by Luis Diaz in the 89th who put Bayern in front in the aggregate of the two matches, with a superb curling shot with his right foot into the opposite corner of Lunin, then by Olise, with a curling strike too, with his left foot this time (90+4).
The Madrilenians are heading towards a blank season and a second without a national or European trophy, a first since the 2005/06 season. The Munich residents are still engaged on three tables, with a 35th German championship title awaiting them, and semi-finals to come in the Cup (at Leverkusen on April 22) and in the Champions League (at the Parc des Princes on April 28 and at the Allianz Arena on May 6).
Bayern, which has put the four consecutive eliminations in C1 against Real (2014, 2017, 2018 and 2024) in the closet of bad memories, will play the 22nd semi-final in its history in C1 and can still dream of a seventh European coronation.
With AFP
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