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 THE CHAMPIONS BLOG: SEMI FINAL PREVIEW Picture Above: The semi finalists of this season's Champions League.  32 teams have started the tournament and now only 4 remain. However, despite these teams and their heroics being the highlights of the season, only 2 can move on to the highly anticipated final in London. However, we cannot deny that these four teams have been sensational all season. In this special article on the Champions Blog, we look into the two semifinal games and how they got here.  Semi Final 1: Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid First Leg: 30th April 2024 (Allianz Arena, Munich) 11:00 PM* Second Leg: 8th May 2024 (Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid) 11:00 PM Last Encounter: Real Madrid 4-3 Bayern Munich (on aggregate) 2017/18 Semi Finals Last Final: Bayern Munich (1-0, PSG, 2020 Lisbon)                        Real Madrid (1-0, Liverpool, 2022 Paris) * note: Gulf Standard Time Over the years, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have had some classic Champions League encounters, which ma

 THE CHAMPIONS BLOG  What a quarter final we had in store. It had everything. Crazy comebacks, heated tensions and late drama. What else can you ask for? This might as well go down as one of the greatest quarter finals in the history of the competition. This is the Champions Blog. The 2 days of football started off in Catalonia, where Barcelona and PSG would meet again. There have been many great memories in the Champions League between these two sides, most notably in 2017, when Barcelona came from 4-0 down to produce one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the competition. Barcelona would be off to a flying start as Xavi's men hit the front within the first 12 minutes, with Raphina scoring again against PSG, giving Barca a 4-2 lead on aggregate. As constant jeers from the home supporters turned to Ousmane Dembele, Barca's hopes of reaching the last 4 were slightly dampened due to a sudden sending off for Barcelona, as Ronald Araujo was asked to leave the pitch due to

The Champions Blog Please Note: Original Creation Date was 16th April 2024 The quarter finals in underway for the season, and we have been treated to some highly fancied matches with some exciting drama. Some club reunions where witnessed while some matches were good enough to make Champions League classics. This is the Champions Blog.  The week of football started off with a classic encounter between Real Madrid and Manchester City, the two most recent champions. This is the fourth time in five seasons in which Real Madrid and Man City have met with each other with Man City being successful twice with Real only once. Their most recent meeting came in last season's semi final with Man City being successful 5-1 on aggregate, en route to their historic run towards glory in Istanbul. Despite the hosts being favourites to go through, it was the visitors who were off to a flying start, when Bernardo Silva tucked home a clever free kick which caught Real Madrid goalkeeper, Andriy Lunin b