All eyes were locked firmly on Bayern Munich\u2019s second leg grudge match against Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena and it did not disappoint. The fastest goal in the UEFA Champions League this season, a red card, late goals and controversial officiating, the European Cl\u00e1sico delivered everything football fans wanted and more.<\/p>\n
After Luis D\u00edaz and Michael Olise\u2019s late-match heroics earned Die Rekordmeister a double victory over Los Blancos, Joshua Kimmich tied a bow on a game that will go down in Bayern history.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe knew that both teams can hurt each other,\u201d explained Kimmich (as captured by @iMiaSanMia<\/a>). \u201cBayern with the high pressing, Real Madrid through quick transitions. We got off to a bad start, and then conceded again through a free kick and a counter. The first half was hectic. The second half was calmer, we had more control – and then managed to win it in the end. It wasn\u2019t our best performance, but we\u2019ll take the win. We shouldn\u2019t forget that we won both games against a team like Real Madrid.\u201d<\/p>\n The vice captain\u2019s explanation of the game was spot on. An average performance at best, but two key victories turn the page on a team that has been a thorn in Bayern\u2019s side for over a decade, ushering in a new era for the Munich-based side.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t perfect, but it didn\u2019t have to be. At long last, Madrid has been conquered!<\/p>\n If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on Acast<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, Apple<\/a>, or any leading podcast distributor\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All eyes were locked firmly on Bayern Munich\u2019s second leg grudge match against Real Madrid at the Allianz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18635,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-607906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bayern-munich-champions-league","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}