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FC Bayern München UEFA Champions League 2023/24

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• L Lazio 1 - 0 Bayern Wed 14 Feb
• W Bayern 3 - 0 Lazio Tue 5 Mar
• D Arsenal 2 - 2 Bayern Tue 9 Apr
• W Bayern 1 - 0 Arsenal Wed 17 Apr
• D Bayern 2 - 2 Real Madrid Tue 30 Apr

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How Real Madrid fought back to draw with Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday

Result — Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid

• 24’ : Vinicius Jr opened scoring with cool finish against run of play
• 53’ : Leroy Sane levelled by beating Andriy Lunin at his near post
• 57’ : Harry Kane then scored from the spot after Jamal Musiala fouled
• 83’ : But Vinicius scored a penalty of his own after Kim Min-jae error
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When's the second leg?

Real Madrid will host Bayern Munich at the Bernabeu for the second leg of this Champions League semi-final tie next Wednesday May 8.

Kick-off will be at 8pm UK time, in the US that's 3pm ET, 12pm PT.

We'll have live coverage again right here on The Athletic !

How do Real Madrid do it?

This was another European knockout tie that appeared to be teetering on the brink of disaster for Real Madrid before they delivered another of their trademark comebacks.

When Bayern’s quickfire brace of second-half goals had swung this game in their favour, Madrid had to take stock. For a while, it seemed that 2-1 was not such a bad result ahead of the second leg at the Bernabeu.

As they have done so often in recent years, Madrid rode out a storm and found a way to turn things to their advantage. At 2-2, with the return leg at a fired-up Bernabeu, Los Blancos will be confident of making yet another Champions League final.

Read on at the link below

Bayern Munich 2 Real Madrid 2: Advantage Ancelotti – and Kroos for Ballon d’Or?

How did Sane wreak havoc?

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Leroy Sane was a doubt for tonight’s game due to a pubic bone injury and when the German international was named in the starting line-up, the anticipation was that he would be on the right flank — as he has been for the majority of the season.

However, injuries elsewhere meant Thomas Tuchel shuffled the pack slightly, placing Sane on the left and Jamal Musiala on the right, with Thomas Muller playing alongside Harry Kane in a 4-2-2-2.

Is Kroos a Ballon d’Or contender?

Madrid were struggling a quarter of an hour into the game as Bayern had six shots while no visiting player had come anywhere close to a chance.

Toni Kroos decided something had to be done, first with a super aggressive challenge on his old team-mate Thomas Muller, which was more about showing an example to his team-mates than actually winning the ball back.

Kroos began to get on the ball, move it around, giving his team-mates time and space to regain their composure. Then came his phenomenal assist for the opening goal, splitting the Bayern defence open completely, giving Vinicius Jr the chance to finish first time.

How was Kane subdued… but still a scorer?

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After a few early contributions, Harry Kane was strangely quiet for most of the rest of the match. Lucas Vazquez stayed deep as Madrid’s right-back to help Rudiger in the Kane-Sane dilemma and Kane started drifting into other channels to look for service. When he finally got through on goal himself, in the 66th minute, Rudiger was there to knock him down with a powerful and well-timed shoulder.

But when Jamal Musiala went down for a penalty in the second half, it was Kane who stepped up to the spot, broadcast his chosen side with a deliberate glance that made Andre Lunin second-guess himself, and rolled a simple shot home for Bayern’s first goal of the tie. Even when Kane stumbles — as he did on his way to celebrate the penalty — he’s still the surest thing in Europe.

Should Ancelotti send for Courtois?

Andriy Lunin has made some unexpected leaps forward since Madrid’s No 1 goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois sustained anterior cruciate ligament damage in training in August, but he hasn't always looked like a top-class goalkeeper.

It might be harsh to blame the Ukrainian for Sane’s goal given both Ferland Mendy and Rodrygo should have got closer, the shot was unexpected, and it was hit with superb power and precision, but there is a rule that goalkeepers should not be beaten at their near post and it was a huge moment in the tie.

What happened to Kim Min-jae?

How did Bayern’s defence leave Vinicius Jr that open for Real Madrid’s first-half goal?

The most obvious culprit was Kim Min-Jae, who bit too hard on a double move and left an ocean of space behind him. When Vinicius Jr abruptly switched gears and sprinted for goal, Kim just didn’t have the wheels to catch up.

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Musiala: 'A bitter feeling'

Jamal Musiala spoke to beIN Sports after the match: "You have some positives, some negatives. We could have come away with a win today, we created a lot of chances. We defended quite well but Real Madrid have the quality to create something from situations where you think they won't create anything.

"It's a little bit of a bitter feeling but we'll keep our heads high and go again at the Bernabéu."

'Anything can happen... but it's Madrid at home'

How did you guys see that one? Here are some of the reaction highlights on our discussion page.

• Tariq R: 💬 "Great game. Delicately poised. Some crass mistakes on both sides leading to the goals. With some excellent individual takes by Kroos, Vini, Sané and Musiala. Anything can happen next week but Madrid at home..."
• Ben W: 💬 "Missed a golden opportunity there. Hopefully Kano can do something in Spain."
• Anon: 💬 "Great game. I’ve got to admit, I remember there was a time when Madrid could be really boring to watch. But it’s been years since then and it’s no longer the case. What a joy to see this team."

And if you like how these look, make sure you get involved next time.

Tuchel: 'We stopped sticking to our plan, I don't know why'

Thomas Tuchel also spoke to Amazon after the match: "We started very well and could have taken the lead in the first minute. Then we stopped sticking to our plan. I don't even know why. We conceded the goal and things got difficult. It got better in the second half. We showed more determination. We made it 2-1 and still had a lot of chances. We had to score the third goal. It feels strange. They turned two chances into two goals.

"The situation is now clear. A win in Madrid and on to Wembley. It's still a 50-50 game, for me. Let's see what happens."

Laimer: 'It’s only half-time'

Konrad Laimer spoke to Amazon after the draw: "It’s only half-time. It was an up and down game. We started well but then tailed off. This is typical Madrid. We know them, they slow the game down and then they’re there when they need to be. On the whole, we did well. They are all exceptional players. There's still a lot to play for and we know what we can do."

Game on at the Bernabeu

So we'll return next week for the second leg in Madrid, with Real and Bayern at 2-2 and level on aggregate come kick-off next Wednesday.

Here's Carlo Ancelotti reinforcing the point, asked whether the tie is now more or less difficult than it was before kick-off in Germany:

💬 "Same as yesterday. We come to this point in the season with a great opportunity to play another final. It will be very complicated and difficult because, as we've seen, we're playing against a great team. The tie is evenly matched. The fans are going to match us, without a doubt."

Real Madrid's youth leading the way

Jude Bellingham, who will turn 21 in June, made his 32nd career appearance in the Champions League tonight. In the history of the competition, only Cesc Fàbregas (34) has made more appearances before turning 21. If Real Madrid reach the final and Bellingham plays in both remaining matches, he will draw level with Fàbregas.

Similarly, Eduardo Camavinga, who will turn 22 in November, played his 30th match for Madrid in the UCL tonight. Only Iker Casillas has reached this milestone with Madrid at a younger age than the Frenchman.

Improved movement key to Vinicius Jr impact

What a night for Vinicius Junior , who showed his true quality - not by dominating the game or influencing many of its moments, but by making the most of his opportunities.

And that goes for playing as the focal point of Real Madrid's attack tonight. It certainly got Carlo Ancelotti 's nod of approval, which you would expect given he starting Vinicius Jr in the role. Here's Ancelotti on his Brazilian forward:

💬 "I think he can play there. Now he has learned to move well without the ball. You also have to have a midfielder who can pass like that, like Kroos did. And then he's very cold towards goal."

All of which Vinicius Jr proved tonight.

Madrid in advantageous position

As they did tonight, Real Madrid have previously avoided defeat away from home in the first leg of a knockout-stage tie in the Champions League 19 times. They advanced from 18 of those 19 instances.

The sole exception came against Ajax in the round of 16 in 2019, when they won away 2-1 before being shocked at home 4-1 to lose 5-3 on aggregate.

Ancelotti believes Real have much more in the tank

Here's how Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti saw those first 90 minutes of the semi-final play out, speaking to our correspondent Mario Cortegana - and his comments on Bayern Munich's level tonight says a lot if you ask me:

💬 "The effort made by the team was great, especially at the end to try to equalise. What I think is that Bayern were at their best and we were only partly at our best.

"The need for fresh legs - that's the only way I can explain the change of Kroos. He was spectacular. Bellingham had cramps, he couldn't keep playing. I have resources and I have to make the most of them.

"I think (Bellingham) is going to get back to his best (after illness at the weekend). He didn't play at his best today but he will be back very soon. He will be 100% by Wednesday."

Kane draws level with Mbappe

Thanks to his goal from the penalty spot, Kane has drawn level with Kylian Mbappe as the joint-top scorers this season across all competitions by players in the top five European leagues:

• Harry Kane: 43 goals in 43 apps
• Kylian Mbappe: 43 in 44
• Erling Haaland: 32 in 40
• Loïs Openda: 28 in 42

Kane still hoping to snag the big one

Harry Kane enjoyed that. You can tell from his expression - and with 43 goals in 43 games across all competitions this season, it's no wonder. The Bayern Munich striker has just been talking to TNT Sports :

💬 "It's a little disappointing. Once we've got 2-1 ahead we had two or three good chances, especially from set-plays. But we expected a tough game. Real Madrid can punish you with one or two actions, like they did. Overall, it's all to play for next week.

"It's been a good season so far...I'm not just here for a one-off year but the expectation at the start of the season was to to win trophies, and it hasn't gone our way in the Bundesliga and in the Cup.

"But the Champions League is the biggest one of them all. So if we can somehow get our hands on that one, then of course it'll be an amazing season.

"You know, these are the big, big games under under the lights. The atmosphere was incredible and I'm sure the Bernabeu will be the same next week. So this is exactly why I want to be playing in these big games and big moments."

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Ten-man Bayern slip to narrow first-leg defeat

FC Bayern fell to a 1-0 defeat to Lazio in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Munich were dominant for large spells but struggled to find a way through the well-organised home defence. The day turned sour when Dayot Upamecano saw a red card for a challenge on Gustav Isaksen in the box, with Ciro Immobile converting from the spot.

The Bavarians lined up with Manuel Neuer in goal and Noussair Mazraoui, Upamecano, Minjae Kim and Raphaël Guerreiro in defence. Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich anchored a midfield featuring Leroy Sané, Thomas Müller and Jamal Musiala, with Harry Kane as the target man. Matthijs de Ligt, Mathys Tel and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting took over from Goretzka, Sané and Müller in the second half.

First-half stalemate

Bayern got off to the better start, Kimmich miscuing from the edge of the box before Kane fired over from close distance. Munich dominated proceedings, but Lazio settled to the task now and were solid at the back, with clear-cut chances at a premium.

Sané curled inches wide from a free-kick and Mario Gila beat Kane to a cross. Musiala failed to crown fine interplay when he aimed too high, and the contest was goalless at half-time.

Tough going

The home side upped the pressure after the interval, Neuer denying Isaksen before Kim made a block against Felipe Anderson. Gila beat Musiala to a cross, with Kane putting a header over the bar.

Munich were reduced to ten men when Upamecano upended Isaksen in the box and received his marching orders, Immobile converting the ensuing penalty. FCB went looking for a response despite the red card, Kim heading just over. Kane saw an effort blocked before Kim made a block against Anderson as the first leg ended in a defeat for Bayern.

The Bavarians will be back in action on Sunday when they travel to face Bochum in the Bundesliga. Bayern and Lazio will meet again in the second leg on 5 March.

Live match report for fcbayern.com by Greg Salmen

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Provedel - Marušić, Mario Gila (Patric 81'), Romagnoli, Hysaj (Lazzari 60') - Guendouzi, Vecino, Luis Alberto (Kamada 81') - Isaksen (Pedro 74'), Immobile (Castellanos 74'), Felipe Anderson

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Neuer - Mazraoui, Upamecano, Kim, Guerreiro - Goretzka (de Ligt 73'), Kimmich - Sané (Tel 81'), Müller (Choupo-Moting 81'), Musiala - Kane

Ulreich, Schmitt – Dier, Bryan, Boey, Pavlović

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1-0 Immobile (69', pen)

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Vinícius Júnior scored twice while Harry Kane notched his 43rd goal of the season as European royalty traded blows in Munich

• 7d ago More reaction and analysis
• 7d ago FULL TIME: Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid
• 7d ago GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid (Vinícius Júnior 83)
• 7d ago Penalty for Real Madrid!
• 7d ago GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-1 Real Madrid (Kane 57 pen)
• 7d ago Penalty for Bayern!
• 7d ago GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-1 Real Madrid (Sané 53)
• 7d ago HALF TIME: Bayern Munich 0-1 Real Madrid
• 7d ago GOAL! Bayern Munich 0-1 Real Madrid (Vinícius Júnior 24)
• 7d ago The teams
• 7d ago Preamble

More reaction and analysis

Thanks for reading this MBM. Jonathan Liew’s report is below. Hope to see you again tomorrow evening when Borussia Dortmund take on PSG in the other semi. Nighty night!

Carlo Ancelotti speaks to TNT. “It was an interesting open game … we could play better … we didn’t play our best match … we had problems with a low block … we didn’t put intensity there … the second half, we started well but conceded two goals when our moment was good … we had the energy and character to equalise … Bellingham was tired and had cramp … Vinicius has learned to come inside and not stay on the line … it will be exciting and open … you never know what will happen.”

Harry Kane talks to TNT Sports. “It’s a little disappointing … once we got 2-1 ahead we had two or three good chances, especially from set plays … this is Champions League semi-final … Real Madrid are one of the best teams in Europe for sure and they can punish you with one or two actions … it’s all to plauy for next week … if we play like we did in large parts today we’ll have chances next week … we just have to be able to take them … their [first] goal came against the run of play … they built up momentum and we struggled to play our game … in the second half we had higher intensity and deserved to get our two goals … we dust ourselves down … a tough match but we look forward to next week … we can take a lot from this game.”

Kane’s also asked what Jude Bellingham whispered in his ear just before he took his penalty. He smiles and replies in a good humour. “To be honest I don’t know what he was saying … I saw him mumbling something … I’d have to ask him what he actually said … once I’m in that moment I’m in my zone, trying to block everything out … I’m sure he was saying something to try to put me off!”

Does the Champions League determine whether his move to Bayern is a success or not? “I don’t think so … I’m here for many years … it’s not just a one-off year that I’ve come for … of course the expectation was to win trophies and it hasn’t gone our way … but if we can somehow get our hands on [the Champions League] it would be an amazing season.”

Hopefully we’ll hear from someone in Munich soon. But no matter if not, because Jonathan Liew’s verdict has landed. Here it is!

Harry Kane embraces his old Spurs mucker Luka Modric. The Bayern striker looks a little deflated, but not distraught. He and Bayern would have surely taken this result during the early exchanges of the second half, when they looked bereft of ideas. But suddenly the hosts burst into life with two goals in short order, and a precious first-leg lead looked on the cards until Kim Min-jae clumsily conceded a penalty in the closing stages. Bayern don’t have a good record at the Bernabeu, so Real will be favourites to progress to the final, but on tonight’s evidence you can make a case for both teams. Looking forward to next week’s second leg already? Yes, us too.

FULL TIME: Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid

The whistle goes at the end of a highly entertaining semi-final of ebb and flow. The second leg at the Bernabeu next week promises to be a cracker!

90 min +3: Kane goes barrelling down the right and reaches the byline before crossing to nobody. Tchouameni very nearly clipped Kane there. Any contact and Kane would surely have been purchasing a cheap penalty.

90 min +1: Lucas Vázquez is booked for a preposterous comic-book tug from behind on the in-flight Davies’s collar.

90 min: Vinicius Junior sends Mendy romping into space down the left. Mendy cuts back from the byline in the hope of finding Joselu, who clatters Kim and the whistle goes. There will be three additional minutes … but probably more because Kim needs treatment.

88 min: Brahim Díaz tears down the right wing at full tilt. He enters the box and prepares to shoot … only to be denied by Mazraoui’s perfectly timed tackle! Mazraoui had to get that right, because otherwise it was another penalty and, already on a booking, he’d be off.

87 min: Joselu comes on for Rodrygo, whose work is done. Sané meanwhile makes way for Davies.

85 min: That was a clumsy mistake by Kim … and possibly a very costly one. Bayern immediately attempt to restore their precious lead, Gnabry dribbling past Mendy on the right and shaping to shoot, before cutting back and eventually attempting from a much more difficult position. He larrups harmlessly over.

GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid (Vinícius Júnior 83)

Vinícius Júnior, like Kane before him, stutters and the keeper goes first. Vinícius Júnior carefully sidefoots down the middle, into the space vacated by the goalie. Real draw level!

Penalty for Real Madrid!

82 min: Kim is spun again, as Vinicius Junior passes to Rodrygo down the inside-left channel. Rodrygo drops a shoulder and turns, only to be grabbed and dragged down by Kim. The referee points to the spot, then books the stand-in central defender.

80 min: Gnabry comes on for Muller.

79 min: … or maybe not. Modric’s second contribution is to wedge a delicate pass down the inside-left channel that allows Vinicius Junior to skin Kim. Vinicius Junior is one on one with Neuer, albeit facing a tight angle. He shoots straight at the keeper, who stays big. Nothing comes of the resulting corner.

78 min: Bayern set about drawing a little bit of sting from the game. Some methodical passing around the back. A fair chance that both managers would settle for 2-1 right now, and take their chances next week.

76 min: The free kick is lumped towards the Bayern mixer but cleared. Then Modric makes his first contribution of the evening, kicking Sané, and the pressure on Bayern is released.

75 min: Kroos’s free kick fails to beat the front man and Bayern clear. But Real come back at the hosts, Kane clipping Kroos on the left wing. Before that free kick can be taken, Kroos and the disappointing Bellingham are replaced by Modric and Brahim Diaz.

74 min: Vinícius Júnior jinks cutely down the left and wins a free kick by nipping inside Laimer. Kroos to take a free kick just by the side of the box.

73 min: Valverde makes a royal nuisance of himself just inside the Bayern box. He tries to chisel out a shooting opportunity but is swarmed before he can take a pop.

71 min: Kim competes for Kimmich’s corner from the left. Lunin punches out for a corner on the right. Kimmich trots over to take that one, too. He hits it long. Dier wins another header, which only just evades Muller on the edge of the six-yard box. Had that dropped more kindly, Muller would surely have put that away.

70 min: Musiala bursts down the left and wins a corner. Bayern are getting a lot of joy down this flank. Lucas Vázquez being given the runaround.

69 min: Bayern are first to everything again. Real can’t keep hold of the ball. The home fans are up.

67 min: Kimmich’s corner from the right is met soundly and squarely by Dier, who from six yards powers a header straight at Lunin. Either side and that was surely a goal. Real are teetering on the edge here.

66 min: Mazraoui drives down the left and crosses low for Kane, on the left-hand edge of the six-yard box. Kane spins and scuffs a shot across goal. It deflects off Rudiger and inches wide of the right-hand post. Lunin rooted to the spot. Bayern so close to a third!

65 min: Real make their first change. Nacho is hooked, and the captain’s not happy about it. But he’s got to make way for Camavinga. Kroos takes receipt of the armband.

64 min: Tchouameni snaffles the ball and suddenly Real are two on two. Vinicius Junior shoots twice, but on both occasions a combination of Mazraoui and Laimer block. Kane tries to counter but is clipped in-flight by Kroos, who goes into the book.

62 min: Rodrygo dribbles at warp speed down the right, making toast of Mazraoui and Dier. What lovely footwork. Not enough to win a corner, but Real needed a response and that’s the first one since that quick-fire double whammy.

60 min: What a stunning turnaround! Bayern looked utterly devoid of inspiration and ideas before that Sané strike. Now they’re first to everything, and Kane chases after a long Muller pass down the inside right. Kane enters the box but takes a careless touch, allowing Rudiger to come across and gently shoulder him to the floor. Kane wants a penalty but it’s a fair challenge and the ref quite rightly isn’t interested. Real clear their lines.

58 min: That’s a 29th Champions League goal for Harry Kane. It’s his 43rd goal for Bayern. Already!

GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-1 Real Madrid (Kane 57 pen)

Kane stutters, Lunin blinks first and dives. Kane rolls the penalty into the bottom left, cool as ice, and what a turnaround!

Penalty for Bayern!

56 min: Musiala dribbles into the Real box from the left. Lucas Vázquez dangles out a leg and clumsily clips him. Over he goes, and the referee points to the spot! Kane prepares to take. Bellingham has a word in his ear. And then …

55 min: That came out of absolutely nothing, and credit to Laimer, who burst down the inside-left channel from deep before switching the play to Sané on the right. A fine pass and assist. But should Lunin have saved it? Possibly, but the shot was so fierce.

GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-1 Real Madrid (Sané 53)

Just as well Bayern kept Sané warm! He picks up possession out on the right touchline and chops infield past Mendy and into the box. He rasps a fierce shot towards the bottom right. Lunin can’t stop it sneaking in, so hard is the shot. Bayern level!

51 min: Vinicius Junior spins into space down the middle and bustles his way upfield. He feeds Bellingham, who shuttles the ball across to Kroos, storming into the Bayern box. Kroos opens his body and aims a curler for the top right. Neuer sticks out a strong arm to block. Bayern clear their lines. What a fine goal that would have been.

50 min: Lucas Vázquez and Bellingham combine at high speed down the right. Lucas Vázquez enters the box and attempts a second one-two but Laimer intercepts to put a stop to Real’s caper.

48 min: Real spend the opening moments of the second half hogging the ball. So much for Bayern flying out of the blocks again.

47 min: Leroy Sané remained on the pitch for the duration of the half-time break, keeping warm. He’s got a pelvic injury which becomes problematic when he cools down. Let’s see if he can make it to the end.

Real get the second half underway. Bayern have made a change, sending on Raphaël Guerreiro in place of Leon Goretzka.

Half-time postbag. “Tuchel, reportedly, doesn’t have much faith in the defensive prowess of Kimmich and Kim Min-jae, and he may have a point. I felt bad for Eric Dier, as he tried frantically to alert the right side of his defence to the intergalactic swathe of space that they’d left for Vinicius to run into” – Kári Tulinius

“Once again, a team create plenty of chances against Real Madrid and fail to take them. Sané being the guiltiest party. And then get soundly punished by Real’s clinical finishing. You simply can’t hope to beat them and be profligate” – Colum Fordham

“Harry smashed it wide, and Real was inches from a pen. What a disaster that would have been for Bayern. Lucky boys” – Mary Waltz

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HALF TIME: Bayern Munich 0-1 Real Madrid

Kroos and Valverde attempt a short corner routine. It’s no good, and after 40 additional first-half seconds, the referee blows for half-time. Bayern started fast but spluttered out of gas soon enough, while Real quietly and efficiently moved through the gears and deservedly lead at the break.

45 min: Rodrygo hammers a rising free kick that clips off the top of Kane’s head and out for a corner. Kane brave in the wall there. Kroos sends the corner in long from the right. Rodrygo tries to beat Laimer on the opposite flank but settles for another corner. Kroos ambles across to take that one.

44 min: Bellingham’s been quiet, but he suddenly pops up, chasing Valverde’s long pass down the inside-right channel. Mazraoui comes across and cynically clips his ankle just outside the box. Into the book he goes. This is a free kick in a very dangerous position.

42 min: Kane takes a couple of steps and absolutely wellies an effort past the left-hand post. Always wide, and Lunin had it covered, but my, he hit that.

41 min: A lot of pre-kick planning. Kane at the centre of the chat.

40 min: Rodrygo drives down the left and attempts a one-two with Bellingham, who miscontrols. Bellingham has been quiet so far. Give him time. Bayern counter through Musiala, who has been Bayern’s most dangerous attacker up to this point. He dribbles down the inside-right channel before drawing a clumsy foul from Nacho. A free kick in a very dangerous position, just outside the D.

38 min: Kimmich hits the corner long. The whistle goes for some shoving. Bayern still haven’t put Lunin to serious work, that Sane chance on 40 seconds apart.

37 min: Bayern get the ball back and get patient. A lot of sideways passing and not much in the way of speed. They need to pick it up. Mazraoui takes matters into his own hands and suddenly sprints down the left to earn a corner.

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Bayern Munich on tour in Asia: dates, matches, details

Bayern Munich were in Asia from July 24 to August 3. Thomas Tuchel's side took in Tokyo and Singapore as they played friendlies against Manchester City, Kawasaki Frontale and FC Liverpool.

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July 24: Asian tour begins with the Audi Football Summit in Tokyo.

July 26: 1-2 vs. Champions League winners Manchester City at Tokyo National Stadium

July 29: 1-0 vs. Kawasaki Frontale at the National Stadium in Tokyo

July 30: Onward journey to Singapore

August 2:  4-3 vs. Liverpool FC in the Singapore Trophy at Singapore National Stadium

August 3: Departure

Watch: Bayern in Singapore

Victory in the seven-goal thriller against Liverpool

Bayern's final match in Asia before returning to Germany to take on Monaco in Unterhaching was a fine 4-3 win over Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool at Singapore's National Stadium.

The Premier League side had raced into a 2-0 lead through Cody Gakpo (2') and Virgil van Dijk (28'), but the Bundesliga champions responded before the first half was out, with Serge Gnabry pulling one back (33') before setting up Leroy Sane for the equaliser (42').

Luis Diaz (66') and Josip Stanisic (80') then exchanged goals, before academy graduate Frans Krätzig settled the game with a stunning first-time effort in injury-time (90'+1).

How Bayern lined up: Sommer (Ulreich 46') - Pavard (Mazraoui 61'), Upamecano (Stanisic 61'), Kim (De Ligt 46'), Davies (Krätzig 61') - Kimmich (Pavlovic 69'), Laimer (Goretzka 61') - Sane (Coman 46'), Musiala (Gravenberch 61'), Gnabry (Ibrahimovic 61') - Tel (Sarr 69') Unused subs: Hülsmann, Tikvic Out: Choupo-Moting (knee), Guerreiro (calf), Müller (hip), Neuer (broken leg) Watch : Highlights of Bayern's win over Liverpool

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Bayern head coach Thomas Tuchel was enjoying his surroundings ahead of the Bavarian's meeting with Liverpool in Singapore.

"It's my third time here, the view's impressive," he said. "We had dinner with the staff. It's a nice, clean and very well-organised city. They're very friendly people who always want to help. We accept the weather conditions, they're not an excuse. It's a peaceful, clean city."

Central defender Matthijs de Ligt was also happy about the new training location, especially because of the slightly higher temperatures: "We trained here for the first time yesterday," he said. "It was extremely hot in Japan, the sun shone all day. It was a bit cooler yesterday. We're trying to train as best we can and get the best out of it." 

The trip to Asia can be the first step on a long journey towards the Champions League title, explained Tuchel: "We're at a club where it's all about winning titles. It doesn't matter what your goal is, you have to start the journey and then take it step by step. You also need luck, then everything's possible. There's no point in talking too much about the dream. We have to keep growing together, develop a team spirit."

Watch: Bayern's arrival in Asia

Bayern welcomed to Singapore

Bayern arrived at their second destination on this year's Audi Summer Tour after a five-day stay in Tokyo.

The departure from Japan was delayed due to inclement weather, which is why the Bavarians landed almost two hours late. An enthusiastic welcome nonetheless awaited the team at the hotel, with swathes of fans there to greet the players. Joshua Kimmich and Co. signed autographs and took selfies.

Watch: Kawasaki/Bayern fan crossover

Kim and De Ligt - Bayern's new dream duo?

All eyes were on new signing Kim Min-jae in the 1-0 win over Kawasaki Frontale. The former Napoli man spoke about his debut after the game and was quite self-critical: "I always tried to make the game easy, but I also made a few mistakes. The team is new, the tactics are different - I need to find my way around now."

De Ligt, the player many expect will be Kim's regular central defensive partner, is helping him settle in: "I've only been with the team for a short time and am trying to adapt as quickly as possible and get to know my teammates," Kim continued. "Matthijs de Ligt is helping me a lot with that. We talk to each other a lot and get along well."

Now that Kim has played his first game, the focus is on the start of the season and the work to be done until then: "I felt at the beginning that it wasn't easy because it's a new environment and I'm not in top form yet. I want to keep working hard to get in my best shape."

Victory over Kawasaki Frontale

Bayern rebounded from their narrow feat to continental treble winners Manchester City with a 1-0 win over Kawasaki Frontale at the National Stadium in Tokyo.

Kim Min-jae made his debut for the record German champions in front of 45,289 fans, lining up alongside Benjamin Pavard in central defence in the first half, and enjoying a 100 per cent success rate in his duels. In an exciting first half, Mathys Tel also had a number of chances but it was goalless at the break.

Thomas Tuchel made nine changes at the break, with only Tel and goalkeeper Yann Sommer staying on the field. Josip Stanisic scored what proved to be the winning goal (57'), converting after a smart one-two with Ryan Gravenberch.

How Bayern lined up: Sommer - Mazraoui (Stanisic 46'), Pavard (De Ligt 46'), Kim (Upamecano 46'), Davies (Krätzig 46') - Kimmich (Goretzka 46'), Laimer (Gravenberch 46') - Sane (Sarr 46'), Musiala (Pavlovic 46'), Gnabry (Coman 46') - Tel (Ibrahimovic 61') Unused subs:  Hülsmann, Tikvic Out:  Buchmann (fitness), Choupo-Moting (knee), Raphael Guerreiro (knee), Müller (knee), Neuer (knee), Tillman (fitness)

Watch: Highlights of Bayern's victory over Kawasaki Frontale

Tuchel praises Kim

Before the friendly against Kawasaki Frontale on 29 July, Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel praised his new central defender Kim Min-jae: "Min-jae brings a lot of quality to our squad. He can play on both sides in central defence. That gives us stability and versatility. He will play tomorrow. We hope that Matthijs de Ligt will come back too, then we have two new options." 

Meanwhile, Mathys Tel has caught a small infection and is questionable for the next game. "We have to see if it's enough. He's doing well, accelerating in training, being part of the group and fighting for his place," said Tuchel.

Serge Gnabry expressed his delight at being able to explore Japan, meanwhile: "I've wanted to come to Japan for a few years to learn about the culture. I've had a very cool time here. I've been able to train at Kawasaki, a big thanks to the club that it worked, it helped me a lot. I really liked Tokyo, I will definitely come back."

Test match defeat against Man City

Bayern lost their first friendly on the Asian tour 2-1 against Manchester City. James McAtee (22') and Mathys Tel (82') exchanged goals before Aymeric Laporte scored the winner (86') for the recent English and European champions in front of 65,049 fans in Tokyo's National Stadium.

How Bayern lined up: Sommer (Ulreich 46') - Mazraoui (Sarr 46'), Pavard (Stanisic 46'), Upamecano (Tikvic 46'), Davies (Krätzig 46') - Kimmich (c) (Goretzka 46'), Laimer (Gravenberch 46') - Coman (Wanner 46'), Musiala (Vidovic 46'), Sane (Mane 46') - Gnabry (Tel 46') Unused subs:  Hülsmann, Pavlovic, Ibrahimovic Out:  Guerreiro (calf), Müller (hip)

Watch: Highlights of Bayern's narrow defeat to Man City

Reception by the governor of Tokyo

A great honour for Bayern: As part of this year's Audi Summer Tour, the record German champions received an invitation from the governor of Tokyo Prefecture. Bayern president Herbert Hainer and vice president Professor Dr. Dieter Mayer presented Yuriko Koike with a jersey and she wished the club a successful stay in Japan. "Football is very popular here, especially among young people," she said, praising Bayern's commitment to promoting talent. On learning that Bayern had won the Bundesliga 11 times in a row she said "Bayern must be invincible."

Bayern's squad for their Asian tour

Goalkeepers: Sven Ulreich, Yann Sommer, Tom Ritzy Hülsmann

Defenders: Dayot Upamecano, Min-Jae Kim, Matthijs de Ligt, Benjamin Pavard, Alphonso Davies, Bouna Sarr, Noussair Mazraoui, Frans Krätzig, Josip Stanisic, Antonio Tikvic

Midfielders/Forwards: Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka, Leroy Sane, Kingsley Coman, Paul Wanner, Konrad Laimer, Gabriel Vidovic, Ryan Gravenberch, Mathys Tel, Jamal Musiala, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Arijon Ibrahimović

Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller, Raphael Guerreiro, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (knee problems), Malik Tillman and Tarek Buchmann (both in advanced training) did not travel.

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In an interview with FCBayern.com , Bayern Munich star Thomas Müller talked openly about the team’s Champions League semifinal against Real Madrid .

The grizzled veteran is expecting a special environment, just like the opening leg in Munich.

“It was very special. We’ve often had a similar huge atmosphere, especially in decisive Champions League knockout games. But the welcome at the stadium in particular was special. It was so loud – you could feel all the enthusiasm and energy,” Müller said. “We were pushed and boosted. It was really great what the Bayern fans put together. It’s a shame we didn’t win, but the performance was at least good. Now it’s about getting over the line in Madrid.”

Now on the road, Müller understands the magnitude of where things stand.

“I’m excited to see what it’ll be like. The stadium has just been renovated. What fascinates me so much about the Bernabeu is that it’s right in the centre of the city. You’re just in some neighbourhood, go round the next block and suddenly there’s an 80,000-seater stadium there. Football is really important in Madrid. You see that as well at games like this. For me personally it simulates your performance,” Müller said. “Just when you think the stadium belongs to Real Madrid, it’s especially important that the unfaltering Bavarians pop up and give that white backdrop some dollops of red. We’ve experienced it there often before, especially when we progressed on penalties in 2012. The whole stand was there. It’ll definitely be an important factor.”

Müller said Real Madrid represents a complex challenge for Bayern Munich, but not one that cannot be overcome.

“There are a lot of sides to Real. They can drop back, have no problem also defending. But they know that they have excellent players on the counter. That concept has been seen to work enough times. It’s no coincidence that they’ve constantly been in the semi-finals in recent years. Real are so dangerous, but you can also play against them. Whether they’re beatable for us will be decided by whether we can put the ball away or not,” said Müller. “It’ll be an even game, on a knife’s edge. A lot in football comes down to being clinical. We also had two big chances in the second half against Stuttgart when it was 1-1. If you put chances away, you win. If not, you lose. That’s what it’ll come down to. It’s about millimetres, whether we’re clinical and can take them in the moments where we create our chances. That’s it.”

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How Thomas Tuchel's tactical touch has Bayern Munich on verge of salvaging season with Champions League run

The german side took care of arsenal and now will face real madrid in the semifinals.

Bayern Munich are through to the Champions League semifinals after defeating Arsenal 1-0 in Germany  on Wednesday, winning 3-2 on aggregate. Despite Alphonso Davies being suspended due to yellow card accumulation, Bayern were able to secure a clean sheet as Raphael Guerrero assisted on a great header by Joshua Kimmich . Bayern extend their dominance over Arsenal with an 8-3-3 record in their 16 meetings, all in Champions League play.

Combine that with Thomas Tuchel's tactical mastery in knockout competitions and the writing was on the wall for Arsenal's demise in the competition but it's about the way that Tuchel did it. Without Davies, he started two left backs in Noussair Mazraoui and Guerrero who was on the left wing. The duo did their job keeping Bukayo Saka without a shot during the entire game as the Bayern defense held Arsenal to a 0.79 xG while accumulating a 1.74 xG themselves.

Despite losing the Bundesliga to Bayer Leverkusen with five matches remaining, Tuchel has been able to establish himself as one of the best managers in the Champions League, making the most of a bad situation while dealing a blow to the Premier League's hopes for a fifth Champions Leauge spot in the process. 

Tuchel now has a 40-10-15 record in Champions League play and six of those 15 losses came while he was manager of Paris Saint-Germain. While he has only won the tournament once in 2020-21 with Chelsea , Tuchel could be on track for another victory with a proper forward in Harry Kane leading the line. Kane may not have been needed in this match against Arsenal but as a player who needs a major trophy to cement his own legacy, this will be Kane's best chance since playing in a Champions League final with Tottenham.

Winning is expected at Bayern Munich and part of the reason why Tuchel is leaving at the end of the season but if he lifts Bayern's first Champions League title since 2020 it will be quite a hight note to end on. With only two games remaining, anyone can lift the trophy at the end of the season but the stage is set for Tuchel's tactics to neutralize their opposition. 

Arsenal was favored in the tie and Bayen wasted no time taking advantage of their mentality issues and while that will be harder to do with the remaining teams, it doesn't mean that Tuchel won't have his players well prepared for whatever comes next.

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Bayern stars Musiala, Sané fit enough to start against Real Madrid in Champions League

Bayern’s Harry Kane, left, Bayern’s Jamal Musiala, second left, Bayern’s Noussair Mazraoui, right, and Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich warm up prior to the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern’s Harry Kane applauds fans as he warms up prior to the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern’s Harry Kane, center, applauds fans as he warms up prior to the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer warms up prior to the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer applauds fans as he warms up prior to the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich forwards Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sané have recovered from injuries to start against Real Madrid in the teams’ Champions League semifinal first leg Tuesday.

Both players missed two games since Bayern defeated Arsenal in the quarterfinals — Musiala because of a knee problem and Sané because of a groin injury.

Bayern defender Matthijs de Ligt did not recover from the injury he sustained last weekend against Eintracht Frankfurt. Eric Dier took the Dutch player’s place beside Kim Min-jae, while Konrad Laimer was also starting on Tuesday.

Top-scorer Harry Kane also started.

Bayern’s Alphonso Davies, reportedly a transfer target for Madrid, started on the bench.

Madrid’s Dani Carvajal was suspended. The versatile Lucas Vázquez was filling in at right back, while Aurélien Tchouaméni, Toni Kroos and Fede Valverde were all lining up in midfield.

The winners of the two-leg tie will play either Borussia Dortmund or Paris Saint-Germain in the final in London on June 1.

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This tie remains in the balance after a 2-2 draw at the Allianz Arena in the first leg. Vinicius Junior struck twice for Real Madrid whilst Leroy Sane and Harry Kane got on the scoresheet for Bayern Munich.

Vinicius has now scored five goals with five assists in eight Champions League games this season. Kane's record is even better with eight goals and three assists in 11 matches. Sane has just two goals and two assists in 11 games in the competition this campaign.

Real Madrid won La Liga last weekend after they defeated Cadiz 3-0 and Barcelona lost to Girona. Brahim Diaz, Jude Bellingham and Joselu got on the scoresheet against Cadiz.

Bellingham did not have the best game against Bayern during the first leg as he was suffering from an illness. However, he now looks back to his best and will surely play an important role against the German side this week.

The Champions League is Bayern's only hope of winning silverware this season. It would be very unfortunate for them to not win a trophy in Kane's first season at the club. The England captain is yet to win a major trophy in his career and left Tottenham Hotspur in search of these. However, if his side cannot get past Real Madrid then he will have to wait until the next campaign.

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Bayern Munich lineup predictions

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• Jamal Musiala

How to watch Real Madrid vs. Bayern Munich in the Champions League

• Date:  Wednesday, May. 8
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• Location:  Madrid, Spain
• Stadium:  Santiago Bernabeu
• TV info:  Paramount
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Dortmund, bayern munich and the siren song of yesterday.

Change comes neither easily nor naturally at Germany’s two most successful clubs. Will success in the Champions League delay it again?

By Rory Smith

Rory Smith spent Tuesday in Munich and Wednesday in Dortmund as German soccer’s twin crisis clubs stood tall in the Champions League semifinals.

In those few minutes after Niclas Füllkrug had scored, as the Yellow Wall swayed and roared, Borussia Dortmund must have felt the stirring of some distant memory. Waves of attacks pounded down on Paris St.-Germain, now dizzied and wearied. The world shimmered with possibility. A place in the Champions League final felt, for a moment, close enough to touch.

This is how it used to be, or at least some approximation of it, back in the days when Dortmund made Europe shake. Gregor Kobel, the team’s goalkeeper, was pulling off daring turns in his own penalty area. Mats Hummels, a fixture in the lineup a decade ago, was spraying languid passes with the outside of his foot. Jadon Sancho and Karim Adeyemi were electric, relentless.

There is a chance, of course, that it will all count for nothing. More than a chance, really: Dortmund may live to regret that a second goal never came. P.S.G. had enough opportunities to hint at its threat, too, hitting the post twice in the space of 10 seconds at one point. It may not prove quite so forgiving in the return leg in Paris on Tuesday.

But that Dortmund will travel to France with hope — perhaps even with a little expectation — is still an unanticipated development. This was supposed, after all, to be a chastening week for German soccer: Most expected Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga’s two great crisis clubs, to be exposed in the Champions League semifinals. And yet, halfway through, both teams remain vividly alive.

Dortmund’s case was the more extreme. The club has spent much of this season engaged in a bout of restive soul-searching. Dortmund’s coach, Edin Terzic, has been under such scrutiny for so long that it is probably fair to assume he has memorized the password to his H.R. portal. The club enters this weekend languishing in fifth place in the Bundesliga, its form patchy, its progress stalled.

The disappointment has been compounded by the fact that, for the first time in more than a decade, Bayern Munich will not be the champion of Germany. The problem is that nor will Borussia Dortmund. Bayer Leverkusen, instead, has stepped up , a fairy-tale success story that reads like a searing critique at Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park, crystallizing a sense of waywardness, of lost purpose, that has been festering for some time.

Dortmund’s modern identity has long been that it is the club of tomorrow . This was best symbolized by the Footbonaut: the $1 million machine Dortmund installed to improve its players’ technique and reaction time — and which now seems like a brief and fleeting folly even if, for a time, it was considered the definition of cutting edge.

So, too, was Dortmund. This was the forge of soccer’s next generation , the place where the names you needed to know next were made. Two of its alumni — Ousmane Dembélé and Achraf Hakimi — returned to the city in P.S.G.’s colors on Wednesday, but there is at least one at almost every major team in Europe now. Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland, Ilkay Gundogan and Robert Lewandowski, among many others, all rolled off the club’s production line.

Dortmund was also where ideas were generated, the club that nurtured Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel, and introduced their gospels to the world. Dortmund was cast (not entirely accurately) as the spiritual home of and perfect showroom for the style known as gegenpressing, that distinctively German school of thought that has long since been orthodoxy for any team worth its salt.

In recent years, though, that reputation has drifted. Dortmund — like Bayern, like German soccer as a whole — is in many ways a small-c conservative sort of a place. Change comes neither easily nor naturally. There is comfort in the familiar, in the tried and tested. Revolution has always been a last resort.

How it has attempted to address its mounting travails is a case in point. Terzic himself was appointed initially as a sort of ersatz Klopp, a lifelong fan and one-time protégé handed the reins initially on an interim basis. When his permanent successor faltered, the club brought him back full time.

When the club decided the cast of prodigies it had assembled to repeat the trick of Klopp’s greatest team required a little more experience, a touch more grizzle, it turned to Hummels, restoring him to the team. Mario Götze, another hero from the old days, had previously been granted a homecoming, too.

In January, with its season on the brink, Dortmund offered Jadon Sancho his own return, and an escape from Manchester United. Terzic, at the same time, also added two new (old) faces to his coaching staff: Nuri Sahin and Sven Bender, both of them relatively recent former players. Dortmund’s operating principle appears to be that, no matter the question, the answer can be found in the past.

The effect has been to turn Dortmund into a tribute act to itself, a club not quite ready to see what tomorrow might bring, a team forever chasing yesterday. Given their rivalry, it is ironic that this is precisely the sort of thing that Bayern Munich typically does.

Bayern’s modern empire, after all, has been constructed by a coterie of former players, all of them appointed to various executive roles as an expression of the club’s avowed belief that they were the only people who possessed the institutional knowledge to guide such a demanding — and skittish — behemoth.

But under their auspices, Bayern’s squad has been allowed to grow old, the club just a little stale, and now there is an acceptance that something more radical is required. Bayern Munich had been contemplating handing control of its fate to Ralf Rangnick, soccer’s chosen midwife to modernity. He turned down Bayern’s approach on Thursday, but that he was being considered illustrates the club’s awareness that something more transformational than it might ordinarily tolerate is overdue.

It would be easy — a reflex, really — to claim that both Dortmund and Bayern should have seen this coming, to suggest that the warning signs were there and to condemn their resistance to change as a form of naïve romanticism, or craven short-termism, or bloated self-satisfaction.

This week, though, has provided a rather neat encapsulation of why soccer as a whole, in Germany as much as outside it, finds change so hard to countenance.

On Tuesday, Bayern’s apparently ragtag bunch of veterans and mediocrities (and Harry Kane) came within a whisker of beating Real Madrid, the Allianz Arena bouncing and heaving as Germany’s great heavyweight found its range. A day later, there were moments when it felt as if Dortmund might overpower P.S.G., nation-state funding be damned. Not bad, for two teams supposedly trapped in their own pasts.

That may be the high point, of course. Next week might bring a return to more familiar territory. The need for change, and the causes of it, are not erased by a single, thrilling performance. But the borders between one era and the next are not always neat, or clear. Instead, they are often blurred and indistinct. Time marches on. But there are moments, for all teams, when it does feel as if the clocks have turned back.

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One area in which Bayern Munich cannot be accused of being frightened of change is in its jersey.

Most teams regard the format, if not the precise design, of their home jersey as sacrosanct. Barcelona plays in blue and red. Real Madrid is all white. Chelsea is royal blue, Manchester City sky, Borussia Dortmund crossing-guard yellow.

That does not stop any of them from releasing a new edition every season, obviously: Those customers are not going to milk themselves. But the changes tend to be minor, even superficial. A Juventus or an Arsenal or an Atlético Madrid jersey is still instantly recognizable. This is one of those areas where tradition and brand awareness achieve perfect synergy.

Bayern Munich, though, has played in white this season, with what is probably called — in the trade — a red trim. In recent years, it has released shirts that are red, red with horizontal white stripes, red with vertical white stripes, red and blue stripes, among others. There have been so many varietals that it is hard to remember what a Bayern home jersey is meant to look like anymore.

This is clearly a source of discontent for the club’s ultras. On Tuesday, the Sudkurve of the Allianz Arena unfurled a banner — one of many, admittedly — detailing the fans’ belief that Bayern’s colors should be red and white, in that order, and no other. On this subject, it is hard to find fault with their argument. There are some traditions that should be maintained.

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There would be rather more awareness that the Premier League is facing a period of radical change if the nature of those changes was not, ultimately, quite so boring. It is hard to get too worked up about the British government trying to introduce a regulator because of the presence of the word “regulator.”

Likewise, there is no way to make the motion to modify the league’s financial controls — approved in principle this week — so that teams can only spend five times (or so) the amount of television income of the lowest-earning club sound exciting. It sounds like someone talking to you about accountancy, largely because it is.

Those within the Premier League who would rather neither of those things come to pass, though, have a retort that sounds genuinely compelling. Forcing the league to curb its reckless spending, they say, is a surefire way to surrender its global primacy. Other leagues will take advantage the very second the Premier League stops hurling money around like a drunken pirate, imperiling English dignity.

The one tiny issue with this line of argument is that it is complete nonsense. It is hard to stress just how much it misreads the global economics of soccer.

Simply by being in the Premier League, Bournemouth has significantly more financial power than A.C. Milan. All 20 of the Premier League’s clubs are in the richest 30 soccer teams in the world. No league has ever had such a dominant financial position over all of its rivals.

There are perhaps three clubs outside England who could contemplate spending $625 million on their playing costs, and two of those are subject to cost controls with far more teeth than the proposed measures in England. Nobody is going to “catch” England. Unless, that is, England’s uncontrolled spending results in some sort of crash.

Rory Smith is a global sports correspondent, based in the north of England. He also writes the “ On Soccer With Rory Smith ” newsletter. More about Rory Smith

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MADRID – Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is searching for the formula to take his team’s performance up several notches to get past Bayern Munich on May 8 and reach the Champions League final.

The Italian admitted after the 2-2 semi-final, first-leg draw last week in Bavaria that Real failed to find their consistent best despite earning a decent result, with the German giants largely on top.

“Bayern are very dangerous, they were at their best and we weren’t – we have time to improve for Wednesday,” Ancelotti said at the Allianz Arena, after Vinicius Junior’s brace secured Real a draw.

Real come into the match on the back of sealing the La Liga title after a 3-0 win over Cadiz on May 4, but with the Champions League in the forefront of their minds, celebrations were put on ice.

Los Blancos players reported for training on May 5 and the players did not join fans at Plaza Cibeles, where they would usually party together after earning major titles.

The 14-time Champions League winners instead had their sights firmly set on extending their European domination.

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“We would like to celebrate with all the fans, but they understand because on Wednesday we have a very important challenge,” said Ancelotti. “We have the most important game of the season coming up.”

Real captain Nacho Fernandez agreed with his coach.

“We’re on the verge of reaching another final, we’re going to give our all to get there – that’s why we can’t celebrate too much,” he said.

Real’s target is achieving a fifth La Liga and Champions League double.

Ancelotti has won 12 trophies at Real and is close to catching the club’s all-time leader Miguel Munoz on 14, secured between 1960 and 1972.

To reach the final at Wembley, he must find a way to restrain Bayern’s wingers Leroy Sane and Jamal Musiala, who caused Real a constant headache in the first leg.

Dani Carvajal will return from suspension at right-back to try and shackle Musiala, while stopping Sane might require Jude Bellingham and others tracking back to help Ferland Mendy.

“It was important when we began to defend with collective commitment,” Ancelotti reminded his players when speaking about the side’s improvement this season.

“The big effort was made by the forwards, rather than the defenders – injuries helped us understand that it wasn’t about individuals but a team effort.”

Ancelotti only started Nacho against Cadiz from the line-up he deployed in Munich, so his players will be fresh and chomping at the bit to reach the final.

Real kept Bayern’s prolific striker Harry Kane quiet for the most part last week but the England captain netted from the spot after Lucas Vazquez clumsily felled Musiala.

The coach could also bring in Eduardo Camavinga to add energy and disrupt Bayern’s build-up before the ball gets to Kane.

If Ancelotti’s planning fails, Real always have the “magic” of the Santiago Bernabeu to fall back on.

Their remarkable string of home comebacks to reach the 2022 Champions League final is fresh in the memory, with players quick to highlight the stadium’s legend and mystique.

“It’s time to have a magical night at the Bernabeu,” said Vinicius.

Meanwhile, six-time Champions League winners Bayern, who still do not have a coach lined up for next season after the impending departure of Thomas Tuchel, head into the clash ever more reliant on Kane.

The striker has 44 goals in 44 games in all competitions, officially his best return in a season.

“It’s 0-0 now, one game to take you to Wembley... It all comes down to next week and we have to perform on that big occasion so the opportunity is there,” he said last week.

Thomas Muller, a two-time Champions League winner, said on the club’s website on May 6 that efficiency would be key in Madrid.

“It’s a game on equal terms, on a knife’s edge. Football is about being effective,” he said.

“Now it’s about getting over the finish line in Madrid. (Real are) extremely dangerous but very playable. Whether they are beatable is for us to determine.” – AFP

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Côté allemand, le buteur du match aller Niclas Füllkrug devrait à nouveau être titularisé. A noter que le vainqueur de cette double confrontation retrouvera l’équipe qui sortira vainqueur du duel entre le Real Madrid et le Bayern Munich. Avant le match retour, les espagnols partent avec un léger avantage après avoir réussi à obtenir un nul sur la pelouse bavaroise.

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