{"id":5456,"date":"2026-04-15T18:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/5456\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:56:13","slug":"is-kylian-mbappe-playing-tonight-for-real-madrid-vs-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/5456\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Kylian Mbappe Playing Tonight for Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid<\/a> travel to the Allianz arena to take on Bayern Munich in the second leg of the Champions League<\/a> quarter-final.<\/p>\n

While Real Madrid remain in the contest with Bayern Munich holding a narrow one-goal advantage, the margin could have been wider given Bayern’s significant dominance and numerous scoring opportunities in the match.<\/p>\n

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Goals from Luis D\u00edaz and Harry Kane<\/a> helped Bayern take the win\u00a0 while Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a> pulled one back for Real Madrid in the 74th minute, keeping the tie alive.<\/p>\n

Is Kylian Mbappe Playing for Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich in the Champions League?<\/p>\n

During last Friday’s La Liga<\/a> match against Girona, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 suffered an injury scare after a collision with Vitor Reis.<\/p>\n

The incident left the forward with a facial injury that required stitches on his forehead.<\/p>\n

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Despite missing a practice session on Monday owing to the injury, the Frenchman was seen with a bandage on his forehead during team training on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid in action during a training session at Ciudad Real Madrid on March 13, 2026.Photo by Antonio Villalba&sol;Real Madrid via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old is expected to feature in the starting lineup alongside Vinicius Jr.<\/a> for today\u2019s crucial match.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the match, manager \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa noted that the squad must improve in several areas to be successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to improve many aspects of our game. It\u2019s important to make the most of our chances. We won\u2019t have as many as in the first leg. It\u2019s all about confidence. We have to score if we want to win and go through. We have to play very well tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite being down on aggregate, Arbeloa remained confident in his team’s ability to turn the tie around.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a start, we\u2019re Real Madrid. If there\u2019s one team that can come to this stadium and stage a comeback, it\u2019s us. We\u2019re a team that never gives up, the team with 15 European Cups. We\u2019re Madrid and we\u2019ll return with our victory or having given our all.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the Soccer<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid travel to the Allianz arena to take on Bayern Munich in the second leg of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[266,187,84,1686,557,2419,82,83,2120,1178],"class_list":{"0":"post-5456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-bayern-munich","9":"tag-champions-league","10":"tag-girona","11":"tag-harry-kane","12":"tag-kylian-mbappe","13":"tag-luis-diaz","14":"tag-madrid","15":"tag-real-madrid","16":"tag-vinicius-jr","17":"tag-vitor-reis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5456","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=5456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}