At 3 a.m. Beijing time on May 9, the second leg of the 2023-2024 Champions League semifinals continued, with 14-time Champions League champion Real Madrid hosting 6-time Champions League champion Bayern Munich. In the first leg, the two sides drew 2-2 at Bayern's home stadium. In the other semi-final match that ended earlier, Borussia Dortmund, also from the Bundesliga, eliminated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 away and 2-0 on aggregate to advance to the Wembley final on June 1. In the end, with Joselu, who came on as a substitute, scored 2 goals in a row at the last moment, Real Madrid reversed Bayern 2-1 at home, eliminated the opponent with an aggregate score of 4-3, and advanced to the final!
Real Madrid and Bayern have faced each other 27 times in Europe before, and Bayern has a slight advantage with 12 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses, and the two sides are worthy of the name of "European Derby". However, Bayern have been eliminated in the last three Champions League knockout rounds against Real Madrid, and Real Madrid have lifted the Champions League trophy that season. And in the past 7 games against Bayern, Real Madrid has won 5 and drawn 2 to remain unbeaten, so it can be said that this time it will return to the home game and occupy a greater psychological advantage.
In terms of the starters of both sides, compared with the first leg, Real Madrid only made one adjustment, and Carvajal, who returned from yellow card suspension, returned to the starting line-up; Bayern Munich made three personnel changes, De Ligt returned from injury in time to replace Kim Min-jae, who had a poor performance, midfielder Pavlovic replaced Goretzka, and Gnabry started in place of Muller.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has led the team to Bayern Munich in the past nine times, with an unbeaten record of 6 wins and 3 draws. Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel has led his team to Real Madrid in the past four away games, winning one and drawing three to remain unbeaten. Raul, Kahn and other celebrities from both teams came to the Bernabeu to watch and cheer.
After the start of the game, Real Madrid's formation showed a forward pressure trend, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Valverde and others continued to press in the front, intending to grab the start through home advantage. In the 5th minute, Vinicius split the ball, Carvajal crossed a low flat ball from the right, and Vinicius and Rodrygo missed the ball in the penalty area. In the 7th minute, Pavlovic went straight to the left on the counter-attack, and Gnabry cut in with his left foot and shot wide of the far post.
In the 12th minute, Carvajal passed the ball and Vinicius' low shot from the right side of the box bounced off the far post, and Rodrygo's follow-up shot was saved by a quick Neuer, and Real Madrid missed a great chance to score.
In the first 25 minutes, Real Madrid frequently won the ball through the front court, and relied on the breakthrough of Vinicius and Rodrygo, the Brazilian twin stars, to break through the ball to create scoring opportunities, and obtained a total of 6 shots, 2 of which were on target and one shot hit the post, but unfortunately failed to complete the goal, while Bayern had 1 shot on target.
In the 27th minute, Gnabry was substituted due to injury and Alphonso Daviso came on as a substitute. In the 28th minute, Harry Kane's turning volley from near the top of the box went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal, and Lu Ning flew to save, which was Bayern's most dangerous shot since the opening.
In the 39th minute, Vinicius Jr. shot the ball from the left side into the penalty area, Bellingham failed to grab the shot in front of the ball and failed to touch the ball, and Neuer reacted quickly and flew to save the ball with one hand. It was Neuer's second crucial save since the opening kick-off, and the German goalkeeper used his excellent form to keep Bayern clean of the net.
At half-time, Real Madrid dominated the field, with 59% possession, 10 shots, 2 shots on target and 1 hit the post, but under Neuer's brave play, Real Madrid failed to break the Bayern goal, and the two sides went into the dressing room 0-0.
In the 68th minute of the second half, Alphonso Davies scored to give Bayern a 1-0 lead. In the 71st minute, Real Madrid scored a goal, but the referee ruled that Nacho had committed a foul before the goal after watching the VAR, and the goal was invalidated. In the 87th minute, Vinicius's shot after cutting inside caused Neuer to save the ball, and Joselu grabbed the point to score! 1-1！ In the 90th minute, Rudiger crossed from the left, and Joselu scored in the middle, 2-1! Real Madrid scored two goals in three minutes to achieve a reversal of the score.
Before the break, De Ligt had scored a goal for Bayern, but the goal was disallowed due to Muller's previous offside. In the end, after 15 minutes of stoppage time, Real Madrid came back from behind to beat Bayern Munich to qualify for the Champions League final for the 18th time in their history, where they will face another Bundesliga side, Borussia Dortmund.