Soccer-Bayern seize advantage over Real with 2-1 win in pulsating Bernabeu clash


Soccer Football - UEFA Champions League - Quarter Final - First Leg - Real Madrid v Bayern Munich - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - April 7, 2026 Bayern Munich's Luis Diaz celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

MADRID, ⁠April 7 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich took ⁠control of their Champions League quarter-final ‌on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, earning a slender ​first-leg advantage after a high-tempo ⁠contest in the ⁠Spanish capital.

Vincent Kompany's side struck just before ⁠halftime ‌when Serge Gnabry slipped a precise pass through for Luis ⁠Diaz, who beat the offside trap and ​fired ‌low past keeper Andriy Lunin in ⁠the 41st ​minute.

Bayern doubled their lead seconds after the restart as Michael Olise squared for ⁠Harry Kane to finish neatly ​from the edge of the box following a swift counter-attack.

Real improved after the hour ⁠and Kylian Mbappe pulled one back in the 74th minute, turning in Trent Alexander-Arnold's low cross at the far post.

Manuel ​Neuer then denied Mbappe ⁠and Vinicius Jr with a series of ​sharp saves as ‌the hosts pressed for an ​equaliser that never came.

(Reporting by Fernando Kallas, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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