Soccer-Bayern late show sinks Real Madrid 6-4 in epic quarter-final


Soccer Football - UEFA Champions League - Quarter Final - Second Leg - Bayern Munich v Real Madrid - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - April 15, 2026 Bayern Munich's Michael Olise celebrates scoring their fourth goal with teammates and fans REUTERS/Michaela Stache

MUNICH, Germany, April 15 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich's Luis ⁠Diaz and Michael Olise scored late goals to earn the hosts a dramatic 4-3 win over ⁠Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday and send them into the last four ‌6-4 on aggregate after a thrilling tie.

Diaz struck in the 89th minute and Olise in stoppage time to seal treble-chasing Bayern's place in the semis where they will play holders Paris St Germain. Real had substitute Eduardo Camavinga sent off in the 86th after two bookings ​in eight minutes before Real's double scorer Arda Guler got his marching ⁠orders for dissent at the end of ⁠the game as the frustration of the record 15-times European champions boiled over.

It took only 35 seconds of ⁠a ‌pulsating five-goal first half for Real to score, with 40-year-old goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, man of the match in last week's first leg, making a huge blunder and sending his forward pass straight to Guler who ⁠firedinto an empty goal.

The Bavarians, fresh from setting a new Bundesliga record ​for most goals scored in ‌a single season, quickly made amends five minutes later courtesy of unmarked Aleksandar Pavlovic' header close to ⁠the goalline with keeper ​Andriy Lunin completely out of position.

The 21-year-old Guler came to the rescue for Real again, whipping a 29th minute free kick over the wall past Neuer and into the top corner to put them 2-1 up. Guler had not scored a goal ⁠in his previous 20 matches in the competition.

Bayern bounced back ​again whenKane netted his 12th goal in this season's competition eight minutes later, before Real, battling for their only realistic shot at a trophy this season, responded through Mbappe who levelled from a Vinicius Jr assist just before halftime.

The pace ⁠dropped after the break but Neuer, making a record-equaling 25th appearance in the Champions League quarter-finals, had to come to their rescue, blocking Mbappe's powerful shot early in the second half.

But there was still more drama left in the game with Cavaminga sent off four minutes from the end for holding on to the ball after a ​foul.

“It was all over after the red card," Real coach Alvaro Arbeloa said. "You ⁠can’t send a player off for something like that on such big stage. It´s a shame to spoil such a ​beautiful game that we were all enjoying, an amazing night that ‌was directly impacted by the referee decision."

Bayern took full advantage ​of the extra man, scoring through Luiz's deflected strike before man-of-the-match Olise crowned a famous win for the six-times European champions.

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, Additional reporting by Fernando Kallas, editing by Ed Osmond)

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