Real Madrid is the most successful club in the Champions League with 14 trophies followed by AC Milan with 7 trophies and then Liverpool and Bayern Munich with 6 trophies each. Success over the English opposition saw Real Madrid and Bayern Munich advance into the last four, with Bayern edging past Arsenal and Real Madrid overcoming holders Manchester City on penalties.
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The Real Madrid-Bayern Munich rivarly is referred to as the European Clasico and is often the most played match with 26 games. Real Madrid have won 12 matches , Bayern Munich have won 11 matches and both teams have settled for a draw 3 times. The top scorer of the European Clasico is Cristiano Ronaldo with nine goals but he left Real Madrid in 2018.
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Thou Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are regarded to be European Giants, they have never faced each other in the Champions League Final and we can be sure they won't face each other this year with one team to be eliminated in this semi final clash between them. Due to the match being closely contested, Madrid supporters often refer to Bayern as the "Bestia negra" which means "Black Beast". This will be the first time both teams meet again in the Champions League since the 2017/18 semi finals where Real Madrid advanced as 4-3 aggregate winners.
Bayern Munich have already lost the Bundesliga title to Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the team are hoping to turn their 2023/24 campaign around with a Champions League trophy. However Real Madrid are matching towards another Laliga title and are favourites to win their 15th Champions League trophy. In the last five encounters, Real Madrid have won four times and both teams have settled for a draw once.
Bayern Munich have a number of injuries with likes of Bouna Sarr, Dayot Upamecano, Kingsley Coman, Konrad Laimer, Matthijs de Ligt, Serge Gnabry, Tarek Buchmann, Sacha Boey and Noel Aseko Nkili, but Leroy Sane who was has been battling a niggle for weeks may make the matchday squad. However Real Madrid have few injuries with only David Alaba injured but with Dani Carvajal facing a suspension and won't participate in the match. Jude Bellingham and Toni Kroos were rested against Real Sociedad while Vinicius Junior, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, and Antonio Rudiger all came off the bench to get some play time.
Thomas Tuchel has worked magic in this competition once when he was the Chelsea manager and there is no doubt he has a plan to stop Real Madrid, however Carlo Ancelloti has more experience and knows a little bit about winning at this stage of the competition. With his Real Madrid squad which has so many individual talents, Carlo Ancelloti's ability to maximize the potential of the players at his disposal will be of great importance.
