The Champions League semi-finals are just around the corner, with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in one and Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain in the other, with the winner qualifying for the final. The Champions League final is scheduled to be held at Wembley Stadium in England in the early morning of June 2, Beijing time.
The Champions League semi-finals include two Bundesliga teams, one each in La Liga and Ligue 1, Paris has already won the league title early, Real Madrid is only one step away from the title, and can win the title as soon as this weekend, Bayern and Dort are both losers in the league title, and Bayer Leverkusen is unbeaten and won the Bundesliga early.
Real Madrid is the best team in the Champions League, with a total of 17 finals and 14 cups, a fairly high percentage of champions, and Bayern will not be too inferior, with a total of 11 finals and 6 titles. Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, have 1 championship and 1 runner-up, while Paris Saint-Germain has never won the championship and has only 1 runner-up, and the final experience of the two teams is only a handful. Therefore, the meeting between Real Madrid and Bayern is also considered by the outside world to be a final staged in advance.
However, when it comes to the Champions League semi-finals, there is no so-called strong team or weak team, and any team has the possibility of winning the championship. An interesting topic is which opponent Bayern and Real Madrid would like to meet more if they reach the final, and who will have the advantage? Let's compare the historical results of the past 20 years, since there is not much reference value in the group stage meeting, so just look at the knockout stage encounters.
Real Madrid and Paris met twice in the round of 16, both times Real Madrid made it through, and Real Madrid were able to reach the final, both of which happened to beat Liverpool to become champions. Real Madrid and Dort have also met twice, in the quarter-finals of the 2013 season and the quarter-finals of the 2012 season, Real Madrid won once and eventually won the title, and Dort also won once, but in the end they lost to Bayern Munich and finished second. It seems that Real Madrid prefer to face Paris Saint-Germain in the knockout rounds, winning both meetings and winning both times, and they are also the final champions.
Bayern and Paris have met three times in the knockout rounds, last year Bayern beat their opponents in the round of 16 but quickly lost to Manchester City to reach the quarter-finals, three years ago Paris beat Bayern in the last eight and also quickly lost to Manchester City in the semi-finals, and the other was four years ago in the final, Bayern won the Champions League trophy for the seventh time thanks to Koeman's only goal of the game. Bayern and Borussia Dort have only met once, in the final 11 years ago, when Bayern lifted the Champions League trophy for the sixth time in front of their familiar rivals, and Dort's manager at the time was Jurgen Klopp, who was about to leave Liverpool.
Bayern have beaten Paris and Dort respectively in the final and won the championship twice. Therefore, in this season, Bayern should have a greater psychological advantage if they can reach the final. Real Madrid is not bad, beating Paris twice in the knockout round and Dort once, and finally managed to win the championship, only once because they were three goals behind away and could only recover two goals at home and lost "decently". For Paris and Dort, all the runners-up in team history were caused by the defeat to Bayern, and if they can meet again, it is believed that it will be a battle of "revenge".
It is worth mentioning that this season's Champions League final is scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium, which is the eighth time that the final has been held. Barcelona have lifted the trophy twice in the last seven times, with Manchester United and Liverpool, who have half a home advantage, once each, and AC Milan, Ajax and Bayern Munich the remaining three. In other words, among the top four teams today, only Bayern Munich has won the title at Wembley, and the opponent at that time was Dortmund.
I don't know, will the former Bundesliga derby be staged again at Wembley Stadium?