BIG MATCH FEATURE: Bayern vs Real Madrid
One of European football's most enduring rivalries writes a new chapter in the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League semifinals as Bayern München welcome Real Madrid to Germany. Catch the action live on SuperSport.
The teams have made a combined 52 previous appearances in the last four of the European Cup, and are the sides to have featured the most at this stage of the Champions League, with 30 previous semi-finals.
This is the eighth time the teams have faced off in the European Cup semi-finals, with Bayern managing four aggregate wins and Madrid three – including in the last two ties.
Both eliminated English opponents in the last eight to reach this stage, Bayern edging past Arsenal 3-2 on aggregate while Madrid dethroned holders Manchester City on penalties after an epic quarter-final tie.
This contest also pits Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti against the club he managed for just over two seasons, while Toni Kroos was part of Bayern's victorious Champions League squad in 2012/13, his penultimate season before swapping Munich for Madrid.
The winners of this tie will play Borussia Dortmund or Paris Saint-Germain in the final at Wembley on 1 June.
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Bayern wins 11
Real Madrid wins 12
Draws 3
Bayern goals 39
Real Madrid goals 41
The most recent of the sides' 26 fixtures – all in the European Cup – came in the 2017/18 semi-finals, when Madrid triumphed 4-3 on aggregate to make it three successive wins in knockout ties against Bayern.
Zinédine Zidane's Madrid laid the foundations for their win in the first leg in Munich, although it was a Bayern side coached by Jupp Heynckes who struck first, Joshua Kimmich giving them a 28th-minute lead that was overturned by goals either side of half-time from Marcelo (44) and Marco Asensio
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