Wait a few minutes! Manuel Neuer’s heroics put Bayern Munich on the brink of the Champions League final. But Real Madrid is not one to give up. Until the last minute, they believed they would turn around. That’s it. Nayyar made a mistake to prevent the Madrid club from making great saves. The German giants had to pay his price. Joselu, who came on as a substitute 9 minutes before the end of the game, scored two goals in three minutes. Real made a great comeback story at the Santiago Bernabeu to reach the final. The record 14-time champions booked their ticket to Wembley with a 4-3 lead over the two legs after winning 2-1 in the second leg of the semi-final on Wednesday.
On June 1, Real will enter the field aiming for the 15th title. Waiting for them there is Borussia Dortmund, who saw off PSG on Tuesday.
u09b0u09bfu09dfu09beu09b2u09c7u09b0 u09acu09bfu099cu09df u0989u099au09cdu099bu09cdu09acu09beu09b8“}”> Neither team saw a goal in the first half as luck was not in their favor and the two goalkeepers stopped. Bayern made the first attempt on goal, Serge Ginabri’s shot went wide in the seventh minute. However, Real got the first golden opportunity of the match. Vinicius Junior’s shot hit the post in the 14th minute to frustrate them.
In the 28th minute, Harry Kane’s excellent volley was saved by Real keeper Andriy Lunin by jumping to the left. Before the break, Nayyar left Real frustrated by blocking Vinicius’ shot from the left. The first half ended without a goal.
Alphonso Davies’ shot went over the bar in the second minute after the break. Lunin blocked Kane in the 53rd minute.
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Two minutes later Rodrigo’s shot went inches wide of the goal post. After four minutes, Nair blocked Real’s Brazilian star’s shot from a free kick. In the next minute, Vinicius’ shot was blocked by the Bayern keeper with a dive.
Bayern also created a chance moments later. Real keeper Lunin resisted Musiala in the 66th minute. Davies silenced the gallery of Real after two minutes. He took Kane’s extended ball at his feet and entered the box from the left side with a rocket speed shot that rattled the net. Bayern celebrates his first goal in the Champions League.
Real equalized a few minutes later. But their foreheads were bad. During the build-up to that goal in the 72nd minute, the home team’s captain Nacho fouled Munich’s Kimmich. The goal was disallowed on VAR.
› b0u09abu09bfu099cu09df 2“}”> Nair was very close to hero status by keeping the goal post intact for a long time. But he made a mistake and sat in the 88th minute. Vinicius shot and the ball hit his face and chest and missed his hand. Joselu was in front. The Spanish striker, on loan from second division club Espanyol, tapped the ball into the net. Madrid club returned to parity.
It does not end there. In the first minute of added time, Joselu received the ball in front of goal from Antonio Rudiger and headed it into the net. Within seconds his euphoria was dissipated by the offside whistle. Referee Simon Marciniak decided to watch VAR in the face of opposition from the players. Joselu can be seen onside in the replay. The initial euphoria was stopped by the linesman’s whistle, but he burst into celebration again.
Joselu scored five goals in this Champions League season. He scored twice against the German side, before Bayern found the ball twice against FC Union Berlin.
Joselu was the third player to score a brace in the semi-final as a substitute. Earlier Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum achieved this feat against Barca in 2019 and Real’s Rodrigo against Man City in 2022.
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Real midfielder Jude Bellingham said of the club’s mentality after the match, ‘They talk about how they won the 14th trophy, how much they want the 15th trophy. Nothing is permanent. The players are like family, the fans are like family.’
The 20-year-old midfielder left Dortmund and joined Real in June last year. Bellingham will have to play in the final against the former club within a year of leaving. Asked how he felt about it, he said: ‘Against Dortmund at Wembley, it’s strange, I can’t believe it. When I was seven years old when I lived in Birmingham, I used to dream of nights like this.’
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