Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich LIVE: Champions League latest ...

Real Madrid stunned Bayern Munich with a dramatic late comeback as substitute Joselu scored twice in the final minutes to send the 14-time winners through to the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley.

Madrid were heading for a shock defeat when Alphonso Davies silenced the Bernabeu with a stunning strike, with Bayern manager Thomas Tuchel minutes from pulling off a remarkable upset after a backs-to-the-wall defensive performance.

But an error from Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who looked unbeatable in denying Vinicius Jr earlier in the contest, allowed Joselu to score an 88th minute equaliser as the German spilled a tame shot.

Joselu then tapped in Antonio Rudiger’s cross moments later. It was initially disallowed for offside but it was awarded following a VAR review, sending Madrid through to the Wembley final where they will look to win a record-extending 15th European crown.

Follow all the live action in the blog below and get the latest Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich predictions and tips.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich LIVE

• FT! Real Madrid through as Joselu the hero with two late goals

• 90+2’ GOAL! Joselu stuns Bayern with late winner, awarded by VAR (2-1)

• 88’ GOAL! Joselu comes off the bench to rescue Madrid as Neuer spills (1-1)

• 73’ NO GOAL! Equaliser ruled out for foul on Kimmich (0-1)

• 69’ GOAL! Davies stuns Bernabeu as Bayern score against run of play (0-1)

• 60’ SAVE! Neuer makes another stop to deny electric Vinicius (0-0)

• 39’ SAVE! Neuer tips wide Vinicius cross with another big stop (0-0)

• 28’ CLOSE! Kane shoots just wide after superb volley from range (0-0)

• 13’ POST! Vinicius Jr hits post and Neuer denies Rodrygo shot (0-0)

Jude Bellingham speaks after Real Madrid’s win

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Bellingham was asked if there was an expectation for victory at Real, and he said: “Definitely. You come here and that’s all they talk about.

“They talk about how you’ve had the 14th and they want the 15th, and the lads say to me it was the same when they won the 10th and they want the 11th, that’s why I love being here.

“You can never be settled. I think you’re always in a dangerous position when you relax and when you’re comfortable, and here they don’t give you a chance which is the best thing in football.”

Jude Bellingham speaks after Real Madrid’s win

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When asked about the importance of the crowd, Bellingham said: “They’re unbelievable. They’re the best in the world by far.

“Coming here, there’s a reason why we turn so many games, why when we’re down in certain legs we always manage to come back in the second leg, it’s because of them, they give you an energy that you can’t get from anything else.”

Jude Bellingham speaks after Real Madrid’s win

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Bellingham spoke to TNT Sports after the match wearing a shirt back to front saying ‘A por la 15’ or ‘go for the 15: “We’ve seen it a lot of times this season, where it’s looked like we were dead and buried and it doesn’t matter who scores the goal because someone always manages it.

“Joselu - I don’t think he’ll be sleeping much tonight, and he’ll be useless in training tomorrow, but honestly, he deserves it all, he’s been an amazing member of the squad throughout the season, and it’s his night.”

Real Madrid will play Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final

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Real Madrid’s players have dived over the boards to go and celebrate with the fans, there is a rare show of emotion from Carlo Ancelotti.

This is a side that know how to win this competition, they have done so 14 times, and questions will be raised over some of Tuchel’s substitutions, but Real will be at Wembley on June 1.

Full time: Real Madrid will play Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final

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Here are some photos of Real Madrid’s unlikeliest hero, Joselu:

Full time: Real Madrid will play Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final

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Full time: A classic tie across two legs has just come down to two quick-fire goals from former Stoke player Joselu.

Alphonso Davies had put Bayern into the lead in the 68th minute with a stunning strike.

And it looked like it might have just been enough, but Neuer, who had kept his side in the game on at least two occasions, spilled the ball into the path of Joselu, who pounced and levelled the tie.

But just three minutes later, Joselu was alert again to tap home from a cross and see his side into the crucial lead.

Real Madrid 2-1 Bayern Munich

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90+15’ Play is still going on and the tempers are getting very frayed!

Real Madrid 2-1 Bayern Munich

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90+11’ The two goals have just taken it out of Bayern, but it was two quick moments from Joselu that have just changed the course of this tie.

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90+9’ Every time Bayern get forward they are rushing it, offside, or giving away fouls, they are looking a bit desperate.

Bellingham is going to come off for Militao.

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90+8’ Just how crucial was that decision to bring Harry Kane off. It forced a change in formation, and since then, they have conceded two!

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90+7’ There are just two minutes of the initial stoppage time left, Tuchel has been shown a yellow card, but there could still be a few more minutes than that to come.

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90+6’ Bayern had been in control and it looked like they would just see the game out, but a couple of changes and two moments from Joselu and they are facing their own exit.

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90+4’ Rudiger has gone down with cramp and this will be another stoppage, it is likely there will be more than nine minutes of this added time.

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90+4’ Do Bayern have anything left to come back with here?

GOAL! Joselu strikes again! Real Madrid 2-1 Bayern Munich

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90+2’ GOAL! The offside check has ruled Joselu onside, and the former Stoke player has scored twice to all but book his side a place in the Champions League final.

The players and fans erupt into celebrations, but there are still seven minutes of added time remaining.

OFFSIDE! Real Madrid 1-1 Bayern Munich

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90+1’ Real Madrid thought they had done enough to all but seal their place in the final.

The flag went up immediately for offside, and it will be looked at by VAR!

Real Madrid 1-1 Bayern Munich

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89’ Eric Dier makes a crucial block! Another mistake, but Vinicius struggles to get the ball out of his feet and he is quick to get out and make the key block.

GOAL! Neuer mistake hands Joselu goal! Real Madrid 1-1 Bayern Munich

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88’ GOAL! Joselu pounces on a poor mistake from Manuel Neuer.

The Bayern captain had kept his side in the game so well until that point, and just spills a straightforward chance from distance into the path of Joselu who just taps the ball into the back of the net.

Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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87’ Pavlovic is getting treatment on the touchline, and Bayern will be temporarily down to 10 men.

Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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86’ The game will be stopped again, it’s becoming quite broken now.

Bayern call for more medical attention, as Pavlovic has stayed down in the Real box.

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84’ Musiala is down and asking for treatment, that will be a delay, and Muller comes on for Musiala, with Kane coming off for Chuopo-Moting.

Chance! Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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83’ Chance for Vinicius Jr! The ball is played well for the attacker by Rudiger, and he just cannot get on top of it, he hits it first time, but the ball went over the bar and wide.

A good chance, and there might not be too many more to come.

Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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82’ Brahim Diaz and Joselu are on for Valverde and Rodrygo.

Bayern have hit the crossbar! The flag was up so it wouldn’t have counted, but the visitors are on the verge of an upset here.

Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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80’ Another foul and another free kick, this time by Modric on Laimer.

We’re into the final 10 minutes of the match now.

Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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79’ Bayern will have a free kick (and another chance to tick down some seconds on the clock) as Kane is brought down by Camavinga.

Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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78’ Modric takes an ambitious effort, he probably should have crossed it, as the ball to Rodrygo goes out for a goal kick.

Chance! Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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76’ Bayern might not have had the most opportunities, but they have made the best fo them.

Another chance, this time to Kane, who takes his shot, but can only find the side netting.

And Minjae will come on for Sane, in Bayern’s second change of the game.

Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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75’ There are just 15 minutes left of normal time for Real to find a goal to take this to extra time.

Steve McManaman said on TNT Sports: “I think it (the disallowed goal) is the correct decision. He’s pushed him in the face, it’s always going to get chalked off.”

DISALLOWED GOAL! The hosts hit back straight away! Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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71’ Could this be ruled out? Nacho is the player who plays it onto De Ligt who deflects the ball into the back of the net.

Nacho undoubtedly pushes Kimmich, and it will be on the big screen, and it has been disallowed!

GOAL! The hosts hit back straight away! Real Madrid 1-1 Bayern Munich

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71’ Real Madrid have made the changes, and they have a corner, can they hit back immediately?

It’s played short and they have an equaliser!

Kimmich is down holding his head, but it’s level again!

Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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70’ It’s a Real double change: Kroos comes off for Modric, Tchouameni off for Camavinga.

GOAL! Davies scores to break the deadlock! Real Madrid 0-1 Bayern Munich

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68’ GOAL! Alphonso Davies breaks the deadlock!

The Bayern player had never scored in the Champions League before, but after being picked out by Harry Kane he cut in from the left and unleashed a shot past Lunin and into the back of the net!

SAVE! Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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67’ Real were just caught napping there slightly, after all their pressure it’s the visitors who have a chance.

Alphonso Davies runs up the other end, passes to Musiala whose shot has to be palmed away by Lunin.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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65’ Neuer again was quick off his line and to make the punch to prevent a free kick causing any problems or coming close to breaking the deadlock.

Carvajal had a chance to take a shot, but he sliced right across it and the ball sailed wide of the target.

SAVE! Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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60’ Neuer makes another stunning save!

Just moments after stopping Rodrygo’s free-kick, the 38-year-old is in action again stopping Vinicius Jr’s latest effort.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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59’ Bellingham is brought down in the centre of the Bayern half and the home side will have a free kick.

Rodrygo curls it, and it’s another great save from Neuer!

He had to get all the way across to the right post to stop the ball just dipping into the back of the net.

CHANCE! Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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55’ Vinicius Jr again is causing so many problems. He again finds space on the left hand side and manages to get the cross away which is just kept away from the arriving Rodrygo.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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54’ Harry Kane was played in over the top, shrugged off the defender and managed to get a shot underway.

But from that angle it was always going to be hard to find the back of the net and Lunin managed to palm the ball away.

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52’ Vinicius Jr is having so much joy down the left hand side, as he gets past Kimmich again and Real win a corner.

Kroos will take, but his low flat cross is easily defended by the visitors.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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51’ F1 driver Fernando Alonso was just shown in the crowd, but the wait for someone to take the advantage continues.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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50’ Bellingham went down under a challenge from Sane, but he was left gesturing at the referee there with nothing given.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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48’ There’s action at the other end of the pitch as Kane plays in Davies, and his cross is deflected onto the roof of the net.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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47’ Vinicius Jr just skips past his defender before trying to pick out Valverde in the centre, but Eric Dier makes a crucial block to prevent the Real Madrid player having what would have been a golden opportunity to break the deadlock.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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46’ Real Madrid get the second half underway

Half time: Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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The players are just making their way out onto the pitch for the second half.

Half time: Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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Half time: Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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Here are some photos from the first half:

Half time: Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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45+1’ After one minutes of added time, the half time whistle has blown.

After a frenetic match in Madrid, which finished in a 2-2 draw, the first half at the Bernabeu was a lot calmer. There were saves, a couple of good chances, but no goals so far, and the score remains unaltered.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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43’ Just two minutes away from the half-time whistle, can any side have an impact before the break!

Lunin had to make a save from Mazraoui, it was struck hard, but from distance and straight at the goalkeeper.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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40’ It was a cross from Vinicius that no player managed to get a touch on, and it just moved towards the goal and the German goalkeeper had to be alert to make another fine save in the first half so far!

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39’ Real have a free kick just outside the Bayern box after a foul on Vinicius, it’s headed away by De Ligt.

As the ball comes in again, Neuer makes a stunning save to turn the ball around the post!

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37’ Bayern have looked very comfortable on the ball, although they have had just the one shot in the first half so far, while Real have had five, of which two were on target.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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35’ Harry Kane’s volley and Vinicius Jr’s strike that rebounded off the post are by far the best chances of an otherwise tight half with both sides not willing to take their chances after the first leg ended in a draw.

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31’ Real have a chance to attack, but Bayern get back quickly and they are forced to play it back to the defenders.

Carvajal’s cross was headed away by Dier and Bayern were able to scramble the ball away.

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28’ The ball was floated into the Bayern box, and Vinicus Jr attempts a daring overhead kick, but missed the ball.

And Kane almost strikes at the other end! It was a well-timed volley from just outside the box and Lunin had to be alert to turn the ball around the post.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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27’ Gnabry’s match comes to a premature end and he will be replaced by Alphonso Davies.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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26’ There is a worrying moment for Bayern, Gnabry is down and it could be his hamstring, has he been rushed back a bit too soon for this match?

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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25’ There are a few moments of tension around after Carvajal brings down Kane and Bayern are rightly awarded a free kick.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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23’ Rodrygo was played in down the right hand side, leaving his marker behind him, he managed to pick out Vinicus Jr in the box, but his shot was blocked by the Bayern defence.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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19’ But it’s taken backwards, and it’s not Bayern’s turn again to try and play the ball out from the back.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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18’ Neuer is content to just hold onto the ball when not under pressure, but as soon as the ball leaves his feet Bayern look to get forward, and they will have a free-kick just inside Real’s half for a foul on Sane.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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17’ Sane got into a great position just outside the Real box, but despite timing his run expertly, his final ball was wide of anyone trying to get on the end of it and allows the home side to break.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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15’ On second look that was a stunning double-save from Neuer who has so much experience in this competition, only Casillas has more appearances than the Bayern goalkeeper.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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13’ POST! Vinicius Jr has struck the woodwork!

Madrid took the throw in when there were two balls in play, and Vinicius had the ideal chance to take the lead, but his curled strike rebounded off the woodwork, and Neuer was able to make the save to deny the rebound.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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12’ Real have a free-kick just inside the Bayern half, but they choose to play it quickly and end up playing it back to goalkeeper Lunin.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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10’ There have not been any significant chances in the last couple of minutes, although neither side have dropped their intensity in the slightest.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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7’ Close! Gnabry is played in and instead of going himself he tries to play it across for Kane, the English forward was never going to get there but there have been early chances from both sides already.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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6’ Close! Real have fired the ball across the face of the goal, but inexplicably none of the arriving players could get on the end of it, Rodrygo was closest.

Bellingham then went down in the area and there were cries for a penalty but nothing given by VAR or the referee.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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5’ Bayern are content for Real to play the ball in front of them but as soon as they do win the ball the wide players race forwards as they try to make something happen early in this match.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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3’ After the electric start, both sides have settled down, with Real enjoying the majority of possession in the opening couple of minutes.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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1’ Kroos takes it but it’s headed away and Bayern are able to clear the ball up to the home side’s goalkeeper.

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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1’ Vinicius Jr is on the attack almost immediately and wins a corner inside the first 30 seconds

Real Madrid 0-0 Bayern Munich

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1’ Bayern get the game underway

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich

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The players are coming out of the tunnel to a mosaic in all corners of the ground other than the red section up in one corner.

The Champions League anthem plays.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich

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The Champions League semi-final second leg will kick off in just five minutes time. The teams go into the game even after a 2-2 draw in the first leg in Munich.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich: How to watch the game tonight

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Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on TNT Sports 1, with coverage on the channel from 7pm BST ahead of kick-off at 8pm. Subscribers can stream the action via discovery+.

You can purchase a TNT Sports subscription via discovery+ here, for only £30.99 per month.

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Kick off is now just 15 minutes away, the stadium is almost full of fans, and the players will be performing their final pre-match checks before preparing to make their way onto the field.

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Here are some more photos of the players warming up:

Thomas Tuchel has dropped hints about his future

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When asked if he would move back to England, Tuchel told TNT Sports: “This is a tricky road where you lead me with your charm... I’d rather not answer but it is no secret that I loved it at Chelsea, I loved it in England, I loved it in the Premier League. For sure, it was a very special time and I remember it very well.”

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The players have started their warm ups:

Pre-match stats

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Real Madrid have not won in front of their own fans in this season’s Champions League knockout stages.

Carlo Ancelotti is trying to reach his sixth Champions League final as a coach, after reaching three with AC Milan and two previously with Real.

Thomas Tuchel could become the first head coach to take three different teams to a final in this tournament.

Bayern vs Dortmund, or Real Madrid vs Dortmund?

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With Borussia Dortmund already through to the final, we know one half of the Wembley line-up on June 1.

So will it be a Real Madrid vs Dortmund final, or an all-German affair?

Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund would of course be a rematch of the 2013 final, also at Wembley, between the German rivals. That was won by Arjen Robben’s late winner.

Real Madrid and Dortmund have played each other 14 times, including in the 1998 and 2013 semi-finals. They’ve never played in a Champions League final.

Some photos from the ground

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Bayern Munich team news

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Bayern Munich have announced their team:

Neuer; Kimmich, De Ligt, Dier, Mazraoui; Laimer, Pavlovic; Sane, Musiala, Gnabry; Kane.

The players have arrived

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The players have started arriving at the Bernabeu:

Kane on brink of Champions League history

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Kane is just one goal away from joining Wayne Rooney on 30 Champions League goals, the most scored by an English player in the competition.

It would also move Kane level with Samuel Eto’o and Kaka. Of players who are still active in Europe, only Robert Lewandowski, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland and Antoine Griezmann would have more.

Kane has already moved ahead of Raheem Sterling (27), Paul Scholes (24), Frank Lampard (23) and Steve Gerrard (21).

Tuchel reveals Kane’s Cappuccino habit

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The secret to Kane’s success in front of goal? Cappuccino, according to Bayern’s Thomas Tuchel, at least.

“How much cappuccino he drinks a day,” Tuchel said when asked if there was anything about Kane that surprised him.

“It’s ridiculous. It was very surprising. Every time I go to the kitchen, he’s on the coffee machine making a cappuccino.”

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Here are some photos from around the ground:

Real Madrid team news

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Real Madrid have announced their starting XI to face Bayern Munich, and Jude Bellingham is in the team.

Kane for the golden boot?

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Harry Kane has enjoyed a record-breaking first season at Bayern Munich with 44 goals in 44 appearances. That includes 36 goals in 32 Bundesliga games, the most in a debut campaign even in Germany.

His Champions League record has been pretty strong, too. With eight goals in 11, Kane is joint-top scorer in the Champions League this season, along with Kylian Mbappe.

Mbappe is out, of course, so won’t be able to add to that. Kane’s closest challenger for the golden boot is Madrid’s Vinicius and Rodrygo, who have five goals each.

A look back at the first leg

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Maybe there’s been an element of Real Madrid’s backline almost gaslighting teams all this time, defending off that aura. You don’t have to go around them repeatedly in the way Manchester City did – just go at them. That almost seemed to be proven a mere four minutes later when Jamal Musiala similarly went through.

Lucas Vazquez was apparently so confused by this that he made an unnecessary foul, with Kane then rolling in the penalty.

This was in the middle of two spells when Bayern could maybe have put the game out of sight. They had enough chances. Kane almost finished a big one, flashing just wide. Before that, he had just been a touch too slow when put through on goal.

A vintage display from Real Madrid reveals how Bayern Munich can beat them

A look back at the first leg

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It seemed a vintage Real Madrid performance. They’d done the usual number on their opponents, while showing Thomas Tuchel hasn’t got many games left.

There was even the fact that Kroos and Vinicius exposed an area that has been a problem for Bayern all season. They’ve never properly covered that space in front of the defence, unless it is with massed ranks as against Arsenal.

Then, however, Bayern did something that most don’t do against Madrid. They went direct.

Some of that was itself directly influenced by a key Tuchel change. He introduced Raphael Guerreiro for Leon Goretzka, and Real Madrid didn’t really know how to respond to his movement.

Suddenly there was that bit more space for Bayern’s attackers, with Leroy Sane sprinting into it and then thumping the ball past Andriy Lunin to score. It was as brilliant as it was blunt.

A look back at the first leg

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For all the evidence we have of 14 European Cups and so many world-class players, like Vinicius Junior, there is still sometimes a mystery over how the modern Real Madrid have actually managed this. They seem to leave so much to pure chance, in a way they shouldn’t even need to.

There is obviously intent and design here, given their recent record of success, but does that really involve the opposition getting into the box so often?

There was one spell in the first half when Madrid had nine players back in their box, all waiting to pounce on any open space. It was like a super-deluxe Sean Dyche Burnley.

Bayern had been doing an impressive job of forcing them back but, the longer they went without scoring, the more you sensed what was coming. Dyche’s Burnley never had anyone like Toni Kroos and Vinicius doing that.

Bayern could have done with a bit more defensive robustness themselves. As good as Kroos and Vinicius are, the German was allowed to amble into the middle and just pick a pass through the centre. The casual nature of it was only emphasised by Vinicius’s speed, which was matched by Kim Min-jae inexplicably thundering out in defence. Vinicius was left to just simply roll the ball past Manuel Neuer.

A look back at the first leg

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A game that had almost everything was never going to leave Real Madrid with nothing. That’s just not how they do things in the Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti’s side probably deserved to lose. They were definitely the inferior side. Their English star had a much more challenging night than Bayern Munich’s English star.

And yet it is the 14-time champions that of course leave a big European night that bit more satisfied. Real Madrid have a 2-2 draw and now have the chance to win this semi-final in their own stadium.

It didn’t quite go the way everyone expected after Vinicius Junior’s opening goal, given how impressively Bayern Munich rallied. And yet the Germans – and even Harry Kane – will feel they could have scored far more.

That subtle psychology might be crucial for the second leg as Bayern try to save their season and Madrid only seek to embellish theirs, and their record. While Kane did score a penalty, it wasn’t a night to enhance Jude Bellingham’s reputation. He was substituted and had one of his most anonymous games for the club, ensuring Ancelotti found him quite dispensable. That might only rile Bellingham further for the second leg. There is still a job to be done, and a massive game to come.

Harry Kane reveals what Jude Bellingham said before Champions League penalty

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The match ended in a 2-2 draw and Kane revealed that the 20-year-old told him what he’d said after the match.

“In the moment, I didn’t know what he said but I spoke to him after and he said: ‘I know you’re going to go left of the keeper’.” said Kane,

“On the pitch, I knew he was there but I didn’t know what he said. But I went left anyway. It was nice for me because I saw the keeper go a little bit early and I put it away.”

The penalty was Kane’s 43rd goal in 43 games in all competitions this season and helps Bayern in their aim of finishing the season by lifting the Champions League.

“It’s been a good season so far,” said Kane, who joined Bayern from Tottenham for an initial £86.4m last summer.

“Everything we’re fighting for this year is in this competition. It’ll be tough. We have to go [to the Bernabeu for the second leg] with full belief.

“I’m here for many years. It’s not a one-off year I’m here for. Of course at the start of the season the expectation was to win trophies. The Champions League is the biggest one. If we can somehow get our hands on that one, it would be an amazing season.

“These are the big games. The atmosphere was incredible. This is exactly why I came here, I want to be playing in these big games, these big moments.”

Harry Kane reveals what Jude Bellingham said before Champions League penalty

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Harry Kane has revealed what Jude Bellingham said to him in the build-up to his crucial penalty kick during Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

The score was level at 1-1 when Bayern were awarded the penalty and the young Real Madrid midfielder attempted to play some mindgames with his England captain.

Bellingham could be seen whispering to the striker as he placed the ball before being marshalled out of the box and Kane has now disclosed that Bellingham said “you’re going to go left of the keeper” in an effort to distract the Bayern star.

From his perspective, Kane did shoot left of goalkeeper Andriy Lunin who leapt in the opposite direction but added that he did not initially hear Bellingham’s suggestion.

Owen Hargreaves backs Harry Kane to deliver for Bayern Munich in Madrid

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Hargreaves, who will be part of TNT Sport’s coverage of the second leg, added: “Harry’s football intelligence is special. We know that Harry will be there (with a performance) on Wednesday night. It is just, ‘Will the supporting cast be there?’

“The front players will create and score, so Bayern just have to tidy up at back and if they can do that then they give themselves a good chance.”

England midfielder Jude Bellingham will be hoping to help Real end the England captain’s European ambitions.

Hargreaves feels Bellingham has been “exceptional” this season after joining from Borussia Dortmund and believes the 20-year-old is one of several players who can help inspire England to a successful Euro 2024 campaign.

“Jude is at probably the biggest pressure club in the world in Real Madrid,” said Hargreaves, who won 42 England caps, playing at the 2002 and 2006 World Cup as well as Euro 2004.

“The way he adapts and manages that pressure to play to the level he has is exceptional.

“You know with Harry he is going to guarantee you goals, but I am just so excited about Phil (Foden) and Cole Palmer, (Bukayo) Saka and Declan (Rice), we have got so much to look forward to.

“There is pressure, but it is good pressure because they are creating something quite special.

“I am just excited to see how we put it all together, all the pieces of the puzzle.”

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Owen Hargreaves backs Harry Kane to deliver for Bayern Munich in Madrid

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“Obviously it hasn’t gone according to plan in the Bundesliga, but you have got to take your hat off to Leverkusen, because they have been spectacular,” Hargreaves told the PA news agency.

“Bayern just haven’t been consistent in the big games for multiple reasons - but definitely not Harry Kane.

“On the pitch and off the pitch, everybody has been so impressed by Harry - he is kind of the humble superstar.

“I am proud of him in a way for leaving his comfort zone and trying something new, I think every player should do it.

“It is easy to stay home, but when you leave you can learn a new language and culture.

“He probably wishes he won a couple of trophies this season, but next year I am sure there will be great opportunities.

“And let’s be honest, Harry could still win the two biggest ones of his life this season - the Champions League and the Euros - so that puts him in the Ballon d’Or conversation.”

Owen Hargreaves backs Harry Kane to deliver for Bayern Munich in Madrid

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“Humble superstar” Harry Kane can spur Bayern Munich on to Champions League success before setting his sights on Euro 2024 glory, according to former England midfielder Owen Hargreaves.

Bayern head to Real Madrid for the second leg of their semi-final on Wednesday night, which will be shown live on TNT Sports, with the tie delicately poised at 2-2.

Kane, who converted a spot-kick in the first meeting, has impressed in Germany following his big-money summer move from Tottenham, scoring 36 Bundesliga goals.

Despite Kane’s consistency in front of goal, setting a new record for a player in their first Bundesliga season, a first major trophy has so far continued to elude the England captain as Bayer Leverkusen marched to the title.

But Hargreaves, who moved to Bayern as a 16-year-old from Canada and went on to win four league titles and the Champions League before joining Manchester United, feels there could yet be a golden end to Kane’s campaign.

How Borussia Dortmund stood up to football’s superpowers and won

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So much for the supposed predictability of the Champions League. Kylian Mbappe will have to go to Real Madrid to try and win it. There will be no fairytale farewell in the colours of his hometown club. Mbappe and co were denied a goal by Dortmund, though they may long wonder how.

Fortune scarcely favoured them. They struck the woodwork six times across the tie, four of them in Paris. They had 45 shots over the two legs, 30 of them in France. After a host of misses in Germany last week, there were further cases of poor finishing. Yet there were even more instances of wonderful defending. PSG encountered a yellow wall: not the huge bank of fans in the Signal Iduna Park but a defence in which Hummels and Nico Schlotterbeck were outstanding.

Terzic got his tactics right, too. When PSG mounted an onslaught midway through the second half, he brought on Niklas Sule as a third centre-back. Part of the plan at the start involved doubling up on the flanks: Sancho was charged with helping Julian Ryerson against Mbappe, for instance.

How Borussia Dortmund stood up to football’s superpowers and won

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