Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid as it happened: Cristiano Ronaldo brace give Zinedine Zidane's side big win
Re-live the Champions League quarter-final clash at the Allianz Arena
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Your support makes all the difference.Bayern Munich host Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League as two giants of European football meet on Wednesday night.
- Bayern Munich and Real Madrid form one of the Champions League's richest and most intense historical rivalries
- They are reigning European champions and Spanish league leaders, but are Real Madrid actually any good?
- Robert Lewandowski out of Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid after failing to recover from injury
- Zinedine Zidane admits his Real Madrid job is not safe and says he is not preparing for pre-season
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What time is it?
Kick-off at the Allianz Arena is 19.45 BST.
Where can I watch it?
BT Sport 3 will be broadcasting the game. Coverage starts at 19.00
It’s a big game for…
Thomas Muller. With Robert Lewandowski out of tonight's game, the responsibility of leading Bayern's front line could now fall to Thomas Muller. The forward has not featured in the side's last two games but bagged two in their 6-0 rout of FC Augsburg at the start of the month. Muller may lack the athleticism and grace of Lewandowski, but the German certainly has the ability to make a difference this evening if picked to start.
Remember when…
Bayern were humiliated in their own back yard? Madrid fired four past the Germans, courtesy of a brace apiece from Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo, to book their place in the 2014 Champions League final.
Last three meetings...
Bayern Munich 0 Real Madrid 4, Champions League, 2014
Real Madrid 1 Bayern Munich 0, Champions League, 2014
Real Madrid 1 Bayern Munich 3, Champions League, 2012
Form guide...
Bayern Munich: WLWWW
Real Madrid: DWWWW
Odds…
Bayern Munich to win: 17/24
Real Madrid to win: 37/10
Draw: 16/5
(Odds provided by Bet 888)
32 mins: Real Madrid's problems are compounding. Casemiro just took a whack in the middle of the park and is struggling, Thiago Alcántara caught him with a trailing boot as he cleared the ball downfield.
Vidal celebrates his goal
34 mins: Casemiro picks himself up after that challenge only to collapse in the middle of the park a couple of minutes later. Is he in genuine pain?
Doesn't look like it. He catches Vidal and then drops to the turf in feigned agony to atone for his sins.
37 mins: At this rate Real will be pleased if they can get in for half-time just the one goal down. Robben is continuing to raid down the right wing, and hangs another fine cross into the box, which Ramos heads away from danger. For now. Corner.
40 mins: It should be three in Munich! Robben skips past his man and flings yet another cross into the box, which Vidal meets with a cracking header. But his direction is off, and he sends the ball whistling past Navas's right post. That was so close.
42 mins: Good save Neuer! Ronaldo gets the ball 30 yards out with his back to goal, but there's only one thing on his mind. He turns, shoots, and it requires a diving save from the German to turn the ball around the post.
PENALTY IN MUNICH! Ribery feints, shoots on goal, and the ball is deflected wide by the shoulder of Carvajal.
The referee thinks about it, and then awards the penalty.
45 mins: But Vidal smashes the ball over the bar!
My word that was awful. David-Beckham-against-Portugal-at-Euro-2004 kind of awful. Vidal steps up and looks to bury the ball in the roof of the net, but instead gets far too much on it and whallops it over the bar.
Yikes.
Meanwhile, it's half-time in Madrid...
Leicester a goal down at the break.
And half-time in Munich, too!
Vidal scored the opener, missed a sitter and then blasted his penalty over the bar. He walks off down the tunnel for the half-time break in tears.
Real Madrid are still in this match, although they've been desperately poor so far.
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