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05/08 16:02 CDT Real Madrid rallies late to beat Bayern 2-1 and reach another
Champions League final
Real Madrid rallies late to beat Bayern 2-1 and reach another Champions League
final
By TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer
MADRID (AP) --- Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 on Wednesday to reach
the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons.
Joselu scored in the 88th minute and then in stoppage time for the record
14-time European champion, which advanced 4-3 on aggregate to set up a final
against Borussia Dortmund on June 1 in London.
Bayern had taken the lead on an Alphonso Davies goal in the 68th.
Joselu's first goal was a tap in after Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer spilled
an easy save. The second was initially called off for offside but was
eventually allowed after video review.
It will be Madrid's record-extending 18th European Cup final, and ninth in the
Champions League era, also a record. Madrid beat Liverpool when it last made it
to the final in 2022.
Six-time European champion Bayern was looking to return to the final for the
first time since winning the competition in 2019-20. The loss meant there will
be no rematch of the all-German final in 2013, when Bayern beat Dortmund to win
its fifth European title.
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