{"id":5430,"date":"2026-04-15T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/5430\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:29:13","slug":"bayern-munich-real-madrid-arsenal-sporting-live-updates-scores-champions-league-semifinals-spots-up-for-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/5430\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich-Real Madrid, Arsenal-Sporting live updates, scores: Champions League semifinals spots up for grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bayern Munich’s dominant season continues Wednesday as they look to secure their place in the Champions League<\/a> semifinals. Holding a 2-1 lead over Real Madrid after last week’s first leg<\/a>, the Bundesliga leaders are eyeing a treble of titles this season.<\/p>\n

Currently at the top of the domestic table, Die Roten is also in the semifinals next week of the German Cup. If Bayern can close out Real Madrid, they will reach the Champions League final four for the second time in three seasons.<\/p>\n

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Last week, the Bernab\u00e9u was stunned when Luis D\u00edaz scored in the 41st minute and Harry Kane doubled Bayern Munich’s lead one minute into the second half. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s goal in the 74th minute wasn\u2019t enough to salvage the match for Real Madrid, but it provided a lifeline entering the second leg.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Wednesday] is a very difficult game. We\u2019re behind,\u201d said Real Madrid\u2019s Jude Bellingham<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s important to be present and active. It\u2019s a really important game for our situation. It\u2019s almost like a final for us. We all know what tomorrow\u2019s about. Every defeat in the Champions League feels like a disaster. It\u2019s a final. We need to put everything into this game. It\u2019s all or nothing. We need to be aggressive and do our all to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arteta wants Arsenal to embrace the pressure<\/p>\n

Kai Havertz\u2019s stoppage-time goal last week allowed Arsenal to take a 1-0 lead home to the Emirates against Sporting. The Gunners are hopeful for at least a double with the Champions League and Premier League titles still in focus.<\/p>\n

But Sporting is also chasing a domestic and European double and already has shown an ability to come back after erasing a 3-0 deficit to Bod\u00f8\/Glimt with a 5-0 win in the Round of 16 second leg.<\/p>\n

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As Arsenal enters Wednesday’s match losers of three of their past four games in all competitions, and their grasp on the Premier League title is starting to slip, manager Mikel Arteta has told his players to embrace the pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players need perspective on where they are in the Champions League and the Premier League,\u201d Arteta said<\/a>. \u201cWe need to embrace that, and the higher you are, the bumpier it gets. I am more demanding, and the line is thinner between being the best and the worst, and you have to cope with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe motivation is to give the people who deserve it what they are looking for. It\u2019s not for the rest. The energy is on these people because they are the ones who deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following along with Yahoo Sports for all of Wednesday\u2019s Champions League action:<\/p>\n

Live2 updates\"SeanWed, April 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

Arsenal (4-3-3): David Raya, Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es, William Saliba, Piero Hincapi\u00e9, Cristhian Mosquera, Mart\u00edn Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze, Viktor Gy\u00f6keres, Gabriel Martinelli, Noni Madueke<\/p>\n

Sporting (4-2-3-1): Rui Silva, Gon\u00e7alo Inacio, Ousmane Diomande, Maxi Ara\u00fajo, Eduardo Quaresma, Francisco Trinc\u00e3o, Hidemasa Morita, Morten Hjulmand, Luis Su\u00e1rez, Pedro Gon\u00e7alves, Geny Catamo<\/p>\n

\"SeanWed, April 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to Yahoo Sports’ live coverage of Champions League quarterfinals second legs. The sprint to the finish line continues and we will see on Wednesday who will join Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and PSG in the semifinals. Follow all the action right here.<\/p>\n

Here is today\u2019s schedule:<\/p>\n

3 p.m. ET: Arsenal vs. Sporting<\/a> (Arsenal leads 1-0 on aggregate)
3 p.m. ET: Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid<\/a> (Bayern Munich leads 2-1 on aggregate)<\/p>\n

Champions League quarterfinals<\/p>\n

Atl\u00e9tico Madrid advances 3-2 on aggregate over Barcelona
PSG advances 4-0 on aggregate over Liverpool<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 15
Arsenal vs. Sporting CP
Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid<\/p>\n

Champions League semifinals<\/p>\n

April 28-29 and May 5-6
Atl\u00e9tico Madrid vs. Arsenal\/Sporting CP
PSG vs. Bayern Munich\/Real Madrid<\/p>\n

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All matches will kick off at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

Final: May 30 (Pusk\u00e1s Ar\u00e9na, Hungary)<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s Champions League scores<\/p>\n

3 p.m. ET: Arsenal vs. Sporting<\/a> (Arsenal leads 1-0 on aggregate)
3 p.m. ET: Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid<\/a> (Bayern Munich leads 2-1 on aggregate)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich’s dominant season continues Wednesday as they look to secure their place in the Champions League semifinals.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[366,3718,179,92,266,187,1891,1686,91,2919,557,1818,82,100,1498,83,2584],"class_list":{"0":"post-5430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-arteta","10":"tag-atletico-madrid","11":"tag-barcelona","12":"tag-bayern-munich","13":"tag-champions-league","14":"tag-champions-league-semifinals","15":"tag-harry-kane","16":"tag-jude-bellingham","17":"tag-kai-havertz","18":"tag-kylian-mbappe","19":"tag-liverpool","20":"tag-madrid","21":"tag-premier-league","22":"tag-psg","23":"tag-real-madrid","24":"tag-the-champions-league"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5430","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=5430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}