Real Madrid welcomes FC Bayern Munich for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals as Spanish football champions. The team around German national players Toni Kroos and Antonio Rüdiger won their home game against FC Cadiz 3-0 (0-0) on Saturday. Since FC Girona then defeated FC Barcelona, previously second in the table, 4:2 (1:2), Real can no longer be pushed out of first place in the remaining four match days in the Primera Division. For the Madrilenians it is the 36th title in the club’s history.
Four days before the semi-final second leg in the premier class against Munich (Wednesday, 9 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Champions League and on DAZN), Ancelotti once again rested numerous regular players in the league, including Kroos and Rüdiger as well as Jude Bellingham, who was later substituted . The Belgian national goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made his comeback after a month-long break due to a torn cruciate ligament.
Brahim Diaz (51st minute), former Dortmund player Bellingham (68th) and Joselu (90th + 3) scored the goals for Real. “We had a spectacular league season,” Ancelotti said after Saturday’s win. Looking ahead to the Bayern second leg, he added: “We have a great chance to play in another final and there is no better motivation than this.”
Real now have 87 points as leaders. Girona is now second in the table with 74 points ahead of Barcelona (73). Barça was leading 2-1 at the break after goals from Andreas Christensen (3rd) and Robert Lewandowski (45th+1) as well as a goal from Artem Dovbyk (4th). In the second half, Portu (65./75.) with two goals and Miguel Gutierrez (67.) turned the game in favor of the hosts
