Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid: European powerhouses face off in UCL semi-final
BAYERN MUNICH host Real Madrid in the first leg of their mouthwatering Champions League semi-final tie on Tuesday night.
The German giants booked their spot in the last four courtesy of Joshua Kimmich's bullet header, securing a narrow 3-2 aggregate win over Arsenal in the quarter-finals.
The Champions League remains Bayern's last chance to win silverware this campaign.
The Bundesliga outfit was dumped out of the DFB-Pokal by Saarbrucken and lost the league for the first time in 11 years to Bayer Leverkusen.
Thomas Tuchel will be aiming to bow out as Bayern manager on a high, having confirmed that he will be leaving the club at the end of the season.
Real Madrid progressed after beating holders Manchester City on penalties at the Etihad, leaving no English teams in the Champions League final four.
However, two of England's biggest stars, Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham, are still in the competition as they prepare to face off in the semi-finals.
The pair will hope to emulate Gareth Bale, the last Brit to win a Champions League title with a foreign club when he triumphed with Real Madrid. The last of his five wins came in 2022.
The last Englishman to manage the feat was Owen Hargreaves, who won the competition with Bayern in 2001.
Bayern and Real Madrid have 20 titles between them, with that number possibly to grow at the end of the campaign.
Madrid are aiming to win a double, having almost wrapped up the LaLiga title.
Los Blancos are 14 points clear of Girona with only five games left to play.
Their hopes of a treble ended back in January when they were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Atletico Madrid in round 16.
Left-back Alphonso Davies has served his one-match ban for the quarter-final second leg against Arsenal but is an
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