Who will join Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League final? We get the lowdown on two European giants – Real Madrid and Bayern Munich – as they go head-to-head at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday night.
Jose Mourinho’s Real went down 2-1 in the semi-final first leg at Bayern’s Allianz Arena last Tuesday, and were also involved in a physical encounter against Barcelona in La Liga on Saturday.
Gonzalo Higuain, Kaka, Marcelo and Raul Albiol could all be in contention to start in Madrid if one or more of their team-mates pull up sore, but the focus, as ever, will be on Cristiano Ronaldo.
This will be the 14th meeting between them in the Champions League. Bayern have won eight times against Real (D1, L4), the most by one team against a single opponent in the history of the competition.
Madrid have won 11 and lost just one of their last 13 Champions League games at home, with the only home defeat coming in last season’s semi-finals against Barcelona (0-2).
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Bayern’s Mario Gomez is the most efficient marksman in Champions League history. The German international has on average scored a goal every 92 minutes in the competition, a feat that no player with at least 15 CL goals to his name can match.
Madrid’s Karim Benzema has been directly involved in 12 Champions League goals this season (seven goals + five assists), only Lionel Messi has had a hand in more (18).
Referee Howard Webb showed Real’s players six yellow cards in the first leg at Allianz Arena.
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