sport news Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid - Champions League semi-final: Live score, team ... trends now

Riath Al-Samarrai, Mail Sport, in Munich:

Just under two hours to kick off and not known many atmospheres quite like this one. Madrid fans colonised Marienplatz station and the noise is quite incredible. Vini Jr shirts currently outnumbering those of Bellingham.

Right then, I think we should take a look at how both sides got to the semi-final stage.

Real Madrid secured six wins from six in the group stage, while Bayern Munich went unbeaten, winning five of their six fixtures. Now let’s take a closer look at their knockout stage results (we will display the aggregate scores):

Round of 16: BAYERN 3-1 Lazio & REAL MADRID 2-1 RB Leipzig Quarter-final: BAYERN 3-2 Arsenal & Manchester City 4-4 (P) REAL MADRID

It’s fair to say both sides have had close calls since the group stages, Real Madrid in particular who survived an onslaught from Manchester City.

However, European pedigree pulled both of them through. They will both be hoping it can do the same over the next 8 days.

I’m not sure you need me to tell you just how big both of these clubs are.

As I made clear in the

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