Bayern beat Real 2-1 at Bernabeu, but intrigue remains

Bayern Munich defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in the Spanish capital and will have an advantage before the 2^nd leg in Bavaria next week, as currently the German giants are the favorite to reach the ½ finals of the Champions League.

The match was very interesting since the beginning, as both teams had fantastic chances to score, but kept missing them.

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However, Bayern Munich were the better team overall in the 1^st half, and they scored in the 41st minute when Serge Gnabry found Luis Diaz, who didn’t make a mistake from close range and opened the score.

Things became even better for the Bavarian team as they needed only seconds to double their lead at the start of the 2^nd half. Michael Olise provided the ball to Harry Kane at the edge of the box, and the English forward scored to make it 2-0 in the 46^th minute.

Vinicius Junior had a golden chance to score in the 61^st minute after a huge mistake from the German team, but the Brazilian failed to find the net.

Los Blancos finally scored in the 74^th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold provided an amazing assist to Kylian Mbappe, and the French made his team trail only a single goal.

In the last minutes of the clash, Bayern had a few great chances to score a 3^rd goal, but Real survived, and the intrigue remains.