23 of April. On the field of stadium "Santiago Bernabeu" will be held the semifinal Champions League match between German football club Bayern Munich and Spanish club real Madrid. Both the football club are the favorites in the race to win in the tournament. In the domestic arena, they have already managed to win trophies.
Real Madrid in the final of the Spanish Cup won the "Barcelona" with the account 2:1, and "Bavaria" ahead of schedule guaranteed himself the title in Bundesliga. "Real" is fighting for the championship in Spain, Bayern reached the final of the German Cup. In the final Bayern will meet Borussia Dortmund. It is not excluded that three major trophy of the season will go to one of these top clubs.
On the way to the final, Bayern and Madrid have played 10 matches. Both teams have lost only once – Bayern lost at home against Manchester city, real Madrid lost to Borussia 0:2, the score could have been higher if not for the goalkeeper "real" Iker Casillas.
One of the reasons for the defeat of real Madrid in the previous match was the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo. Recall that Cristiano got a muscular injury in which the head coach of real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti gave him a break. In the Champions League Cristiano is just unstoppable, he scored 14 goals, thereby repeating the achievement of Lionel Messi and Jose Altafini, distinguished 14 times, being in the "Milan" in the season of 1962/63. It is expected that Cristiano Ronaldo will be fully restored to the series with Bayern.
Ancelotti said that Cristiano has already passed all the medicals and ready to play. However, so far it on the field to release the head coach is concerned. Once the risk of relapse will disappear, Cristiano will take to the field. The Italian coach confirmed that Bayern are a strong side "As otherwise, if Bayern are the current holders of the trophy?". Ancelloti disagreed with the statement that the defeat will be considered a failure. However, he confirmed that the "real" main objective is a victory in any tournament.
Josep Guardiola (coach Bayern) expressed the hope that Ronaldo will still make it and get out on the field in the "real". "The fans want to see on the field, as Ronaldo is one of them." Head coach "Bavaria" suggested that if Ronaldo will not go to field, the game real Madrid will be completely different. Cristiano Ronaldo replaces ISCO, who loves to play with the ball, Ronaldo prefers to play on open space.
Disqualified players in teams no. The match will miss only injured players of real Madrid Jesé and álvaro Arbeloa. In the "Bavaria" will not be able to go on Xherdan Shaqiri, Diego Contento and Thiago Alcantara.
Josep Guardiola used to be a brilliant mentor "Barcelona", which was not equal several years ago. Now Guardiola leads Bayern to another super club, which predict a victory in the Champions League. Recall that a year ago, Bayern triumphed in this tournament under the guidance of Heynckes.
The team Guardiola has a chance to make history, because no one in the current format of the Champions League won it twice in a row.
The match "Bavaria" - "real" will be held at 22:45 (Moscow time) at the stadium "Santiago Bernabeu". The main arbitrator of this meeting was appointed Howard Webb.
The return match will take place in Munich on April 29.
