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)
Some half-time stats from both games...
Possession: Bayern 57%-43% Real Madrid
Shots: Bayern 11-7 Real Madrid
On target: Bayern 2-3 Real Madrid
Corners: Bayern 7-2 Real Madrid
Fouls: Bayern 6-6 Real Madrid
Possession: Atletico 66%-34% Leicester
Shots: Atletico 10-2 Leicester
On target: Atletico 3-0 Leicester
Corners: Atletico 2-1 Leicester
Fouls: Atletico 4-8 Leicester
We have kick-off in Madrid, where Craig Shakespeare has made one half-time substitution...
↵There's also been some rather unsavoury scenes near the ground ahead of kick-off, which you can read about here:
46 mins: And we have kick-off in Munich too, as Ribery immediately goes down following a challenge from Carvejal. But the referee is unmoved. Play on.
GOAL! Bayern Munich 1 Real Madrid 1 (Ronaldo 47')
Ronaldo finally scores again in the Champions League, and Real are level!
49 mins: That's Ronaldo's 99th European goal, and what a goal it was too. Carvajal scampered clear down the right and sent a low cross into the box, the perfect height for a half-volley. Ronaldo was only too happy to oblige.
He stepped across his marker and guided a low, cushioned shot into the corner of the net, out of the reach of Neuer. Superb.
50 mins: That could have been two for Ronaldo! Bale broke with the ball and cut it back for him, but Ronaldo's touch was uncharacteristically poor and he failed to bring the ball under his control before it was whipped off his toes.
54 mins: Atletico are still all over Leicester, who are playing as though they'd be more than content to take a 1-0 deficit back to England with them.
In Munich, Real remain on the frontfoot. Marcelo hits a sublime cross-field diagonal to Carvajal, who picks out Bale with a rapid cross into the box. The Welshman heads on goal from point-blank range, but another fingertip save from Neuer prevents the goal!
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