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GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-1 Real Madrid (Pavlovic 6, 3-2 agg)<\/p>\n
Bayern score from a corner: Kimmich whips a pearler of a cross right under the crossbar into a crowd of bodies. Lunin threatens to come to punch, then retreats, then flaps wildly but gets nowhere near the ball. Pavlovic, unmarked and one yard off the goalline, simply heads into an unguarded net. We are back to where we started: Bayern with a one-goal advantage on aggregate!<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 min: An absolutely wild start! Bayern\u2019s advantage has been instantly erased. Both teams will have come into this match with a game plan. Both those initial plans have gone straight in the bin after the fastest goal this season in the Champions League<\/a>, that goal coming just 35 seconds into the match.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 min: After all my pre-match chat about Neuer, that was always going to happen. Cheers, Manuel.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Bayern Munich 0-1 Real Madrid (Arda G\u00fcler 1, 2-2 agg)<\/p>\n Neuer comes out of his goal to meet an easy back-pass but gifts the ball straight to Arda G\u00fcler, who floats a first-time finish into the empty net from 40 yards out! What a start!<\/p>\n Arda G\u00fcler scores! Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.07 EDT<\/p>\n Peeeeeeeeeeep!<\/p>\n We are underway in Bavaria!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here come the teams! The two captains, Real\u2019s Valverde and Bayern\u2019s Neuer, shake hands in the centre circle.<\/p>\n Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 has a plaster on his forehead: the Frenchman had three stitches put in over the weekend after a blow to the head.<\/p>\n There is a minute\u2019s silence for Real Madrid legend Jos\u00e9 Emilio Santamar\u00eda, who died earlier today at the age of 96<\/a>. There are a couple of rogue shouts from the crowd, and Mbapp\u00e9 looks very unimpressed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n If we are talking about goalkeepers, Thibaut Courtois ongoing absence continues to be a huge blow for Real Madrid<\/a>. Lunin looked shaky with his feet in the first leg and I also wonder if Courtois would have got to Kane\u2019s shot for Bayern\u2019s second goal? Lunin starts again today, with Courtois sidelined with a thigh problem.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.57 EDT<\/p>\n \u201cYes Neuer is a great keeper, but when you pitch him against Yashin, Banks, you\u2019re really not comparing like with like,\u201d emails Jeremy Boyce. \u201cChalk and cheese. Yashin, famously, could pick the ball up off the ground with one hand. Banks was a genius, saw him live once, crap match, Everton v Stoke, 0-0, the only moment of magic was a save he made. Neither of these would have been able to \u2018play out from the back\u2019 or any of that because it was a different game then. You could still pass back to the keeper! Neuer is great, but really? Up there with those greats from a bygone age? If you\u2019re looking for a great German goalkeeper how about Trautmann as the GGKOAT ? How many others have played on with a broken neck?<\/p>\n No doubting that Trautmann is a legend for different reasons but he doesn\u2019t touch Kahn or Sepp Maier, never mind Neuer. However, Jeremy does make a good point in comparing players from such different eras. It\u2019s effectively impossible, as it was a completely different game and is just a subjective choice. But I\u2019d have 1. Yashin 2. Neuer 3. Buffon (for what it\u2019s worth).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Last week, we saw the worst and best of Trent Alexander-Arnold. The English right-back allowed Luis Diaz to wriggle free (after an admittedly excellent through ball from Gnabry) to score Bayern\u2019s opener in Madrid, and looked a little nervy in the first half, but he was full of running after half time and got forward well before a world-class assist for Mbapp\u00e9 to get Real back into the tie.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not convinced that he should be England\u2019s starting right-back at the World Cup (Reece James surely, assuming he is fit), but it would be madness not to take him in the squad. He\u2019s a unique footballer and if England are chasing a game and need a goal, he can provide a moment of magic.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Re the best goalkeepers of all time, here\u2019s an email from Robin Sebastian Fjeldstad.<\/p>\n \u201cRog\u00e9rio Ceni has 129 goals in 1209 games. Neuer has 0 goals in 822 games. Debate over.\u201d<\/p>\n This was Ceni at 40 years old (in 2013), by the way. Nae bad.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.42 EDT<\/p>\n Nearly 20 minutes to go but the Allianz Arena is absolutely rocking, and has been for over an hour, with Bayern\u2019s ultras getting into the stadium nice and early. They have already announced plans for tifos as the teams come out for kick-off, so we\u2019ll keep you updated on that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Is Manuel Neuer the greatest goalkeeper of all time? Probably not, that honour is still with Lev Yashin (I think), but the German is (for me) a comfortable second. Neuer made nine saves in the first leg of this tie \u2013 two of them were stunning stops \u2013 and proved again that he is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world at the age of 40. Other keepers have played into their forties, but it has felt like something of a gimmick. Neuer is still playing at the highest level because he\u2019s simply too good to leave out.<\/p>\n His quality, trophy cabinet, longevity and the innovation that he has brought to the game (particularly in his early years) in terms of coming out from goal and playing out with his feet sees him (in my opinion) move ahead of other greats like Casillas, Buffon, Banks, Zoff, Schmeichel.<\/p>\n Neuer makes his 137th Champions League<\/a> start for the club in this second, moving ahead of Lionel Messi (136). Only Casillas (149) has more and should Neuer extend his contract and play next season \u2013 and there seems no reason why that woudn\u2019t be the case \u2013 he should catch the Spaniard.<\/p>\n Manuel Neuer: captain, keeper, legend. Photograph: S Mellar\/FC Bayern\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.34 EDT<\/p>\n Some news: Jos\u00e9 Emilio Santamar\u00eda, a four-time European Cup winner with Real Madrid<\/a>, died earlier today at the age of 96. The Uruguay international joined Madrid in 1957 and went on to lift one Intercontinental Cup, six La Liga titles and one Spanish Cup, making 337 appearances over nine seasons.<\/p>\n \u201cSantamaria will always be remembered as one of the great symbols of our club. He was part of a team that will remain in the memory of all madridistas and football fans worldwide,\u201d Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said in a statement.<\/p>\n Santamaria played 25 times for Uruguay and also represented Spain on 16 occasions. He featured for Uruguay at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland and later appeared for Spain at the 1962 World Cup in Chile.<\/p>\n After his playing career, he managed Spain\u2019s Olympic team at the 1968 Mexico City Games and the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was also Spain\u2019s coach at the 1982 World Cup on home soil and spent seven seasons in charge of Espanyol, overseeing 252 matches. Reuters<\/p>\n Jose Emilio Santamar\u00eda, pictured in 2005. Photograph: Fernando Bustamante\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n You can now probably add last week\u2019s first leg to this list.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n As mentioned, it was a contrasting weekend for both sides, both of whom were much changed. Real Madrid extended their winless ru<\/a>n to three games in all competitions to help Barcelona to the verge of the La Liga title<\/a>, while Bayern crushed St Pauli 5-0 in the Bundesliga<\/a> to set an all-time season scoring record while also extending their lead at the top to 12 points with five games left to play.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Team news!<\/p>\n Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Stanisic, Upamecano, Tah, Laimer; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Olise, Gnabry, D\u00edaz; Kane. Real Madrid (4-4-2, possibly shifting to a 4-3-3): Lunin; Alexander-Arnold, R\u00fcdiger, Milit\u00e3o, Mendy; Arda G\u00fcler, Valverde, Bellingham, Brahim; Mbapp\u00e9, Vin\u00ed. It\u2019s the same Bayern XI that started last week at the Bernab\u00e9u. Tom Bischof has suffered a small muscle fiber tear in his left calf so he is out of Kompany\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has fielded an unbelievably attacking starting XI. Remember, Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni is suspended but Camavinga is left on the bench in favour of Brahim D\u00edaz. After being rested for the 1-1 draw against Girona<\/a> at the weekend, Trent Alexander-Arnold starts at right back and Mendy is preferred at left back to Fran Garc\u00eda and \u00c1lvaro Carreras.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t get a lot bigger or better than this. The outright favourites this season (Bayern) against the most successful European side of all time (Real). A mouthwatering quarter-final between two gigantic behemoths to see who will face the reigning champions (PSG) in the semi-final. Double woof.<\/p>\n The quarter-finals might just be the best part of the Champions League \u2013 close enough to the final to get excited of glory but far enough from the tournament climax to still have any number of unknowns and permutations, the games come thick and fast (you can also follow Arsenal v Sporting tonight right here<\/a>) and there is just a solitary goal separating Bayern and Real Madrid in this tie, with the Germans earning a 2-1 first-leg victory<\/a> last week at the Bernab\u00e9u. Yes, it was a stunning result for Vincent Kompany\u2019s side but Bayern might be frustrated their advantage is not bigger. One thing is for sure, you never, ever count out Real Madrid in this competition.<\/p>\n There is even an English angle on the most continental of evenings, with Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold all hoping to make their mark on the biggest of stages \u2013 the Bayern striker has never won Europe\u2019s biggest prize while Bellingham and Alexander-Arnold will want to deliver timely reminders about their England credentials.<\/p>\n Jude Bellingham (right) gets to the ball before Harry Kane in the first leg. Photograph: Guillermo Martinez\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Bellingham was asked on Tuesday about Kane\u2019s chances of winning the Ballon d\u2019Or:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt seems like they\u2019re going to win the Bundesliga, which obviously hurts me considering my brother is at Dortmund, and I was a player there,\u201d Bellingham replied. \u201cAgain, it depends on what he does with England, and hopefully, we can try and stop them from winning the Champions League tomorrow, which will obviously have a big effect.<\/p>\n He\u2019s a sensational player. It\u2019s a pleasure to play with him with the national team. I think he\u2019s amazing. He\u2019s showing everyone the last two or three years he\u2019s reached a level where he\u2019s almost perfected his craft in terms of what he can do as a striker.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s going to be quite the show at the Allianz Arena.<\/p>\n Kick-off: 8pm BST.<\/p>\n
Subs: Prescott, Kim Min-jae, Urbig, Goretzka, Musiala, Jackson, Davies, Ito, Guerreiro.<\/p>\n
Subs: Fran Gonzalez, Javi Navarro, Carvajal, Alaba, Camavinga, Gonzalo, Carreras, Ceballos, Fran Garcia, Huijsen, Mastantuono, Thiago.<\/p>\n