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<SPAN class=data>20/02/2007 23.00</SPAN>
<SPAN class=titolo>CL Report: Madrid Hold On To Win Thriller (Real 3-2 Bayern)</SPAN> <SPAN class=sommario>Bayern Munich scored a late goal to cap a scintillating encounter between these two European heavyweights, which Real Madrid won 3-2, in El Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday evening.
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After a powerful display in the opening half, Real Madrid look to have the upper hand as Raúl scored twice and Ruud Van Nistelrooy added a third.
Lucio had netted for the visitors, but they looked to have too much work to do to turn the tie around after coming under such intense pressure from a rejuvenated home team.
The second half proved to be a different story, however, as Fabio Capello's side took their foot off the pedal and allowed Bayern time to build and pen them into their own half.
With just two minutes remaining Mark Van Bommel pushed the Bundesliga giants firmly back into the reckoning with a second away goal.
Over the course of the entire match, the scoreline is a fair reflection but Madrid will be wondering how they managed to allow their opponents to give themselves a real chance in two weeks time.
The game began at a hectic pace with both sides allowing no time for the chess-like probing that has been the feature of so many meetings between these two teams in the past.
Van Nistelrooy fired over after just four minutes, while Van Bommel tried a shot from distance as the sides looked to register early efforts.
It was not long before the opening goal arrived though as Van Nistelrooy threaded a pass through to Raúl and the Madrid captain beats the offside trap to hone in on goal.
Kahn raced from goal, but the striker poked the ball against his knee and was able to roll in the opening goal from the rebound with the keeper stranded.
While Madrid were enjoying the majority of possession, the Germans were able to break and Schweinsteiger took two hopeful shots from outside the area in a bid to draw his team level.
Instead, it was Brazilian central defender Lucio who equalised for Bayern as he connected with Willy Sagnol free-kick to steer a header into the far corner of the net, beyond the despairing dive of Casillas after 23 minutes.
There was no let up in the play and the hosts were back in front within six minutes as Beckham found Iván Helguera in the area and he sent a looping header back across goal where Raúl was on hand to nod the ball over the line from a yard out.
Ten minutes before the break and it looked as though Madrid were going to make the second game of the tie meaningless as Beckham's flighted free-kick was flicked beyond the Bayern defence by Helguera and Van Nistelrooy stole in to steer the ball past Kahn for number three.
The question was then whether or not the home team cold maintain the pace or if they would be ordered to sit back and protect what they had already earned.
It proved to be the latter as Capello threw Robinho into the fray and took off the Miguel Higuaín and the Brazilian failed to find his feet as Bayern began to take control.
As the Germans pressed, Madrid began to hit long balls out of defence which then saw their opponents come back again.
In the end the pressure told as a header out of the area found Van Bommel lurking and the Dutch midfielder drilled home Bayern's second of the evening with 88 minutes on the clock.
<SPAN class=titolo>CL Report: Madrid Hold On To Win Thriller (Real 3-2 Bayern)</SPAN> <SPAN class=sommario>Bayern Munich scored a late goal to cap a scintillating encounter between these two European heavyweights, which Real Madrid won 3-2, in El Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday evening.
</SPAN>After a powerful display in the opening half, Real Madrid look to have the upper hand as Raúl scored twice and Ruud Van Nistelrooy added a third.
Lucio had netted for the visitors, but they looked to have too much work to do to turn the tie around after coming under such intense pressure from a rejuvenated home team.
The second half proved to be a different story, however, as Fabio Capello's side took their foot off the pedal and allowed Bayern time to build and pen them into their own half.
With just two minutes remaining Mark Van Bommel pushed the Bundesliga giants firmly back into the reckoning with a second away goal.
Over the course of the entire match, the scoreline is a fair reflection but Madrid will be wondering how they managed to allow their opponents to give themselves a real chance in two weeks time.
The game began at a hectic pace with both sides allowing no time for the chess-like probing that has been the feature of so many meetings between these two teams in the past.
Van Nistelrooy fired over after just four minutes, while Van Bommel tried a shot from distance as the sides looked to register early efforts.
It was not long before the opening goal arrived though as Van Nistelrooy threaded a pass through to Raúl and the Madrid captain beats the offside trap to hone in on goal.
Kahn raced from goal, but the striker poked the ball against his knee and was able to roll in the opening goal from the rebound with the keeper stranded.
While Madrid were enjoying the majority of possession, the Germans were able to break and Schweinsteiger took two hopeful shots from outside the area in a bid to draw his team level.
Instead, it was Brazilian central defender Lucio who equalised for Bayern as he connected with Willy Sagnol free-kick to steer a header into the far corner of the net, beyond the despairing dive of Casillas after 23 minutes.
There was no let up in the play and the hosts were back in front within six minutes as Beckham found Iván Helguera in the area and he sent a looping header back across goal where Raúl was on hand to nod the ball over the line from a yard out.
Ten minutes before the break and it looked as though Madrid were going to make the second game of the tie meaningless as Beckham's flighted free-kick was flicked beyond the Bayern defence by Helguera and Van Nistelrooy stole in to steer the ball past Kahn for number three.
The question was then whether or not the home team cold maintain the pace or if they would be ordered to sit back and protect what they had already earned.
It proved to be the latter as Capello threw Robinho into the fray and took off the Miguel Higuaín and the Brazilian failed to find his feet as Bayern began to take control.
As the Germans pressed, Madrid began to hit long balls out of defence which then saw their opponents come back again.
In the end the pressure told as a header out of the area found Van Bommel lurking and the Dutch midfielder drilled home Bayern's second of the evening with 88 minutes on the clock.
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