Real sees red as Bayern advances

Bayern Munich turned the tables on old rival Real Madrid.

Luis Diaz and Michael Olise scored late for the Bavarian powerhouse to beat Madrid 4-3 and advance to the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday.

In the last four two-legged ties between the sides, the Spanish giant had prevailed each time.

The second-leg quarterfinal game ended in acrimony, with Madrid's players furious that referee Slavko Vincic sent off substitute Eduardo Camavinga in the 86th minute with a second yellow card for an innocuous challenge on Harry Kane.

Diaz fired inside the right post three minutes later and Olise ended the contest definitively with a spectacular strike in stoppage time to give Bayern a 6-4 win on aggregate after the Bundesliga giant won the first leg of the quarterfinal tie 2-1 in Madrid last week.

Madrid's players surrounded Vincic after the game. Arda Guler, who scored two brilliant goals to spark the visitors' hopes of a famed "remontada" (comeback), was shown a red card for his vehement complaints.

"Everything was over with the red card," Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa said of Camavinga's sending off. "It's unbelievable. You cannot send off a player for this action."

Bayern will play defending champion Paris Saint-Germain in the semifinals.

Blistering start

Guler opened the scoring for Los Blancos after just 34 seconds thanks to a mistake from Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer — who was outstanding in the first leg — whose attempted pass went straight to the 21-year-old Turkiye star and he fired the ball into the empty net from distance.

Bayern seemed unfazed, and Aleksandar Pavlovic equalized with a point-blank header from a Joshua Kimmich corner in the sixth minute. Bayern maintained its dominance with Madrid patiently looking for breaks.

Konrad Laimer did well to block Kylian Mbappe, who had an adhesive bandage above his right eye after taking a heavy blow to his face last weekend.

Guler beat Neuer again in the 29th minute with a brilliant freekick, but Bayern had legitimate complaints that it should not have been awarded after Brahim Diaz went down under minimal contact from Laimer.

Bayern again seized control, and it was no surprise when Harry Kane equalized in the 38th inside the right post, after being left unmarked by English compatriot Trent Alexander-Arnold.

It was the England captain's 12th Champions League goal this season, and his 50th across all competitions for Bayern.

Vinicius Junior then struck the crossbar before setting up Mbappe to restore Madrid's lead on the night in the 42nd minute.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany was booked for complaining about a foul from Antonio Rudiger on Josip Stanisic in the buildup. It means he's suspended for the semifinal first leg.

"The boys were mentally strong today to recover from setbacks," Kompany said. "The fans helped us as well. We stayed calm and always felt that our moment would come. The boys deserved this win.

"What remains for me is the total togetherness that we showed. That's what we take from the game. We showed absolute belief and will to fight our way back into the game."

"During the game our team has a lot of talent and experience to deal with these situations. To concede a goal after 35 seconds in this game, you then have to press the reset button. We stayed focused on our game," Kompany said.

There were no more goals, however, until the late drama.

"I hope all the kids in Germany were allowed to stay awake a little longer," Kimmich said. "I hope my wife let my son stay up a bit longer and then late to school tomorrow."

On target for a treble

Bayern, which smashed the Bundesliga goals record last weekend, can clinch yet another German league title on Sunday — the 13th in 14 years — if Borussia Dortmund drops points the day before.

Bayern also faces Bayer Leverkusen in the semifinals of the German Cup on April 22 as it chases a repeat of the treble it won in 2013.

The Champions League was Madrid's best remaining chance of salvaging a trophy from a troubled season. The 15-time European champion is now facing a second year without a trophy after its fourth match without a win across all competitions.

Madrid was held 1-1 at home by Girona in La Liga last weekend, allowing Barcelona to open a nine-point lead at the top, while Madrid was knocked out of the Spanish Cup by second-division side Albacete Balompie in January, a result that contributed to Xabi Alonso's dismissal as coach.

Unless Barcelona squanders its sizable lead in the remaining seven rounds of the league, Mbappe's major trophy drought since joining the club in 2024 will continue.