{"id":32124,"date":"2026-04-16T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32124"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:10:05","slug":"bayern-munich-breaks-madrid-hearts-in-champions-league-comeback","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bayern-munich-breaks-madrid-hearts-in-champions-league-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich breaks Madrid hearts in champions league comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Bayern Munich\u2019s Luis Diaz and Michael Olise scored late goals to \u200bearn the hosts a dramatic 4-3 comeback win over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday and \u200csend them into the last four 6-4 on aggregate after a thrilling tie.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Diaz struck in the 89th minute and Olise in stoppage time to seal treble-chasing Bayern\u2019s place in the semis, where they will play holders Paris St Germain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Real had substitute Eduardo Camavinga sent off in the 86th after two bookings in eight \u200bminutes before Real\u2019s double scorer Arda Guler got his marching orders for dissent at the end of the game as \u200bthe frustration of the record 15-times European champions boiled over.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bayern are only the second team to trail \u2060three or more times and still win a Champions League match.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt was a great night for the club,\u201d Bayern coach Vincent Kompany \u200bsaid. \u201cWhat remains for me is the total togetherness that we showed. That\u2019s what we take from the game. We showed absolute belief and \u200bwill to fight our way back into the game.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It took only 35 seconds of a pulsating five-goal first half for Real to score, with 40-year-old goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, man of the match in last week\u2019s first leg, making a huge blunder and sending his pass straight to Guler, who fired into an \u200bempty goal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Bavarians, fresh from setting a new Bundesliga record for most goals scored in a single season, made amends five minutes later courtesy \u200bof unmarked Aleksandar Pavlovic\u2019s header close to the goal line with keeper Andriy Lunin completely out of position.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 21-year-old Guler came to the rescue for Real \u200cagain, whipping \u2060a 29th-minute free kick over the wall past Neuer and into the top corner to put them 2-1 up. Guler had not scored a goal in his previous 20 matches in the competition.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bayern bounced back again when Kane netted his 12th goal in this season\u2019s competition eight minutes later, before Real, battling for their only realistic shot at a trophy this season, responded through top scorer Mbappe, who levelled \u200bfrom a Vinicius Jr. assist \u200bjust before halftime for his \u206015th Champions League goal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22848,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-32124","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Bayern bounced back again when Kane netted his 12th goal in this season\u2019s competition eight minutes later.","published_date":"","news_description":"Bayern bounced back again when Kane netted his 12th goal in this season\u2019s competition eight minutes later.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32128,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32124\/revisions\/32128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}