{"id":5249,"date":"2026-04-15T10:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/5249\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:54:18","slug":"bayern-primed-to-finish-the-job-against-real-madrid-in-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/5249\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern primed to finish the job against Real Madrid in Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">MUNICH (AP) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/bayern-munich-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayern Munich<\/a> is primed to finish the job against embattled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/real-madrid-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a> to reach the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/champions-league\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a> semifinals on the way to a potential treble of trophies from an outstanding season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">The Bavarian powerhouse holds a 2-1 lead over Madrid from the first leg of their quarterfinal last week, and coach Vincent Kompany has a full squad at his disposal with no injuries after Bayern smashed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/bundesliga\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bundesliga<\/a> goals record with a 5-0 rout of St. Pauli at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">That victory put Bayern within touching distance of yet another league title \u2013 the 13th in 14 years \u2013 while it faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/bayer-leverkusen-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayer Leverkusen<\/a> in the semifinals of the German Cup on April 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Bayern\u2019s excellence contrasts sharply with Madrid\u2019s troubles. The 15-time European champion faces the prospect of a second consecutive season without a trophy unless it beats Bayern away by two goals in what is sure to be a hostile environment in Munich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">Madrid was held 1-1 at home by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/girona-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Girona<\/a> at the weekend, allowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/barcelona-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona<\/a> to open a nine-point lead in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/la-liga\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Liga<\/a>, after its third straight game without a win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/kylian-mbappe-2-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kylian Mbappe<\/a> received a blow to his face at the end of that match but will be able to play as Madrid attempts a famed \u201cremontada\u201d (comeback) to salvage the tie and keep alive its hopes of a trophy in the competition that defines the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">\u201cWe are the team that never gives up,\u201d coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-ace7f8b6=\"\">AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MUNICH (AP) \u2014 Bayern Munich is primed to finish the job against embattled Real Madrid to reach the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[266,788,643,557,82,83,1236],"class_list":{"0":"post-5249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-bayern-munich","9":"tag-bundesliga","10":"tag-event_recap","11":"tag-kylian-mbappe","12":"tag-madrid","13":"tag-real-madrid","14":"tag-uefa-champions-league"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}