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Real Madrid: Lunin, Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho, Mendy, Tchouameni, Kroos, Valverde, Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior.
Subs: Courtois, Eder Militao, Modric, Camavinga, Joselu, Lucas, Ceballos, Garcia, Diaz, Guler, Arrizabalaga.
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Bayern Munich: Neuer, Kimmich, de Ligt, Dier, Mazraoui, Laimer, Pavlovic, Sane, Musiala, Gnabry, Kane.
Subs: Upamecano, Kim, Goretzka, Choupo-Moting, Zaragoza, Peretz, Davies, Muller, Ulreich, Tel.
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Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland).
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📋✅ ¡Nuestro 𝗫𝗜 inicial!
🆚 @FCBayernES #UCL pic.twitter.com/mAIJVddTDh— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) May 8, 2024
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✨ Unsere Elf für den Traum vom Finale! ✨#PACKMAS #MiaSanMia #RMAFCB pic.twitter.com/5BDP0t0b7c
— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) May 8, 2024
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Last week this happened …
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… and if tonight’s second leg at the Bernabeu proves to be even half as entertaining, we’ll be lucky people indeed. Will Harry Kane and Eric Dier make it to their second Champions League final? Will Jude Bellingham make it to his first? Can Bayern win at a ground where they’ve lost on nine of their previous 13 visits, winning only twice? Kick off in Madrid is at 8pm BST, 9pm local. It’s on!
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Bad news for Bayern! Real Madrid have won all five European ties in which they’ve drawn 2-2 in their away first leg. The last time it happened, against Dynamo Moscow in the 1994-95 Uefa Cup second round, they won the return match 4-0 at the Bernabeu.
Great news for Bayern! This is only the second time the Germans have drawn a first-leg European tie 2-2, and they’re currently one for one, as they beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou in the semi-final second-leg of the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, a trophy they went on to win.
As-yet-undetermined news for Bayern! Something’s got to give.
Sid sets the scene.
Real Madrid make one change to the XI that started the first leg. Dani Carvajal comes in for Lucas Vázquez, who drops to the bench.
Bayern make three changes to their starting line-up of last Tuesday. Matthijs de Ligt returns from injury in place of the hapless Kim Min-jae, while Serge Gnabry and 20-year-old defensive midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic replace Thomas Müller and Leon Goretzka. All three of the men stood down are on the bench.
The teams
Real Madrid: Lunin, Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho, Mendy, Tchouameni, Kroos, Valverde, Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior.
Subs: Courtois, Eder Militao, Modric, Camavinga, Joselu, Lucas, Ceballos, Garcia, Diaz, Guler, Arrizabalaga.
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Kimmich, de Ligt, Dier, Mazraoui, Laimer, Pavlovic, Sane, Musiala, Gnabry, Kane.
Subs: Upamecano, Kim, Goretzka, Choupo-Moting, Zaragoza, Peretz, Davies, Muller, Ulreich, Tel.
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland).
📋✅ ¡Nuestro 𝗫𝗜 inicial!
🆚 @FCBayernES #UCL pic.twitter.com/mAIJVddTDh— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) May 8, 2024
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✨ Unsere Elf für den Traum vom Finale! ✨#PACKMAS #MiaSanMia #RMAFCB pic.twitter.com/5BDP0t0b7c
— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) May 8, 2024
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Preamble
Last week this happened …
… and if tonight’s second leg at the Bernabeu proves to be even half as entertaining, we’ll be lucky people indeed. Will Harry Kane and Eric Dier make it to their second Champions League final? Will Jude Bellingham make it to his first? Can Bayern win at a ground where they’ve lost on nine of their previous 13 visits, winning only twice? Kick off in Madrid is at 8pm BST, 9pm local. It’s on!