🧨 Bayern 2-1 at the Bernabeu: Diaz+Kane! 🤩 Mbappé catches Messi, Neuer🐐 | OneFootball

Bayern win 2-1 in a splendid match away at Real Madrid thanks to goals from Luis Diaz (41') and Kane (46'), while Mbappé pulled one back late on (74') and also came close to equalising.

The return leg will be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich on April 15.

In the first half Bayern controlled possession while Real relied on counter-attacks, or on breaking the first line of pressure and then going direct. The Bavarians dominated the pitch but wasted chances: Upamecano somehow missed a certain goal from point-blank range and Gnabry shot straight at Lunin after a terrible mistake by Pitarch in the build-up. Even so, Los Blancos forced Neuer into two top-class saves against Mbappé: one in a 1v1 situation off his line, then another with an extraordinary fingertip stop. Two saves worth 0.90 xGOT: almost certainly, another goalkeeper would have conceded.

At the start of the second half Bayern made it 2-0 after 22 seconds: a shot from outside the box by Kane into the corner, with Lunin not flawless on it. The Bavarians came close to scoring twice more, but Real regained confidence through the quality of their stars: Mbappé tested Neuer again and Vinicius shot wide when "one on one" with the goalkeeper (after an Upamecano error). In the 74th minute Mbappé made it 2-1 with his fourth attempt of the night: cross from A. Arnold and tap-in from the Frenchman.

In the closing stages both teams came close to scoring: Musiala wasted a chance in the middle of the box and Kompany's side were too fancy, while Mbappé missed the target by just a few centimetres from outside the area.

🤩 A WONDERFUL match: 20 shots each, 17 on target

A brilliant game between Real and Bayern, who both had 20 shots each at an incredibly high intensity: great attacking moves, several individual mistakes and some wonderful saves from Neuer. Yet another reminder of the differences with Italian football at every level.

❗Mbappé makes it 2-1: Real pull one back! "Level" with Messi 📊

MINUTE 74 - Real Madrid score to make it 2-1: a combination on the right frees Alexander-Arnold to cross and Mbappé gets there in time. Neuer somehow gets a miraculous touch, but the ball hits the bar and then crosses the goal line.

RANDOM STATS: With his 14th goal in this Champions League, Mbappé draws level with Messi in the ranking of top scorers in a single edition: Messi (14), Benzema and Lewandowski (15), and Cristiano Ronaldo (17).

🥶 Gift from Upamecano but Vinicius misses! Then Neuer 🧱

MINUTE 61 - Upamecano gifts the ball to Vinicius from a long pass, the Brazilian gets in front of Neuer, who forces him wide, and his shot goes off target. After Vinicius misses, Neuer celebrates as if he had scored.

A few minutes later Neuer makes another great save on Mbappé: the Frenchman's third attempt of the night is denied by another excellent intervention.

🧨 Kane DOUBLES the lead! 49 goals: record matched 🤯

MINUTE 46 - Just 22 seconds into the second half and Bayern make it 2-0: Pavlovic wins the ball back in the final third, Olise dribbles past two men cutting inside and lays it off for Kane: his first-time shot picks out the bottom corner, Lunin gets a hand to it (not perfectly) and the ball goes in.

RANDOMS STATS: It is Kane's 30th Champions League goal for Bayern; only two players had previously managed that in this shirt: Lewandowski and Gerd Muller.

RANDOM STATS: Kane is the 1st English player to reach 49 goals in a season for a club in Europe's top five leagues since 1986/87, when Clive Allen did it for Tottenham.

💣 Luis Diaz makes it 1-0! Appeals over an Olise touch 👀

MINUTE 41 - Kane controls the ball in the final third and feeds Gnabry, who slides a through ball to Luis Diaz: his finish in front of Lunin is perfect, 1-0 Bayern.

Real Madrid appeal for a handball by Olise in the same move from a Vinicius long ball, but the Frenchman's arm is tucked into his body.

😱 Pitarch MADNESS and Gnabry wastes it! Then Neuer again 🔝

MINUTE 28 - Thiago Pitarch misplaces a simple pass while building from the back inside the box, Gnabry hits it first time but the effort is straight down the middle. Lunin pushes it out for a corner.

Shortly afterwards Mbappé tests Neuer again with a curling effort: the goalkeeper gets down in no time and prevents the goal.

💥 Real show themselves, Neuer is a wall

MINUTE 18 - After Bayern's dominant start, Real break on the counter and force Neuer into two saves: first from Mbappé, who shoots left-footed inside the box, then from Vinicius, who had aimed for the far post.

🤯 Upamecano misses an open goal

MINUTE 9 - A set-piece routine from a free-kick on the left frees Kane in the area, and he nods it across for Upamecano: the defender has an empty net but completely miskicks it. Carreras gets back to clear it off the line. Upamecano puts his hands on his head after the miss from a few yards out.

🤩 Real Madrid choreography

Simple choreography but one that involved the whole Santiago Bernabeu for Real Madrid: the letters "RMCF" surrounded by the club colours.

🤞 Olise's ritual

In this match too, Olise carried out his pre-match ritual: a pitch inspection lasting only a few seconds in which he drags his boots across the grass before heading straight back to the dressing room.

🔥 Bayern attack on fire: 146 goals in 43 matches

Bayern Munich's attacking firepower is striking fear into the Bernabeu: in their latest Bundesliga match they scored their 100th league goal on matchday 28. No team had ever managed it so early in Bundesliga history.

They have scored 146 goals this season across all competitions in 43 matches: an average of 3.39 per game.

✅ OFFICIAL line-ups

REAL MADRD (4-3-3): Lunin; Alexander-Arnold, Huijsen, Rudiger, Carreras; Valverde, Thiago, Tchouaméni; Guler; Mbappé, Vinicius.

BAYERN MUNICH (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Stanisic, Upamecano, Tah, Laimer; Pavlovic, Kimmich; Olise, Gnabry, Diaz; Kane.

Let's remember that Real are without Rodrygo, Mendy, Courtois and Ceballos. Bayern, meanwhile, are almost at full strength: the only injured player among the regular first-team members is Ulreich.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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