Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich: Champions League – team news, start, lineups
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Madrid host Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for the first leg of their blockbuster Champions League quarterfinal tie.
Who: Real Madrid vs Bayern MunichWhat: Champions League quarterfinal, first legWhere: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, SpainWhen: Tuesday, April 7 at 9pm (19:00 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 16:00 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.
Vincent Kompany’s Bayern Munich visit Real Madrid high on confidence and looking like Europe’s most complete side, bolstered by the likely return of superstar striker Harry Kane.
Kane, who has scored 48 goals in 40 appearances across all competitions this season, missed Bayern’s battling 3-2 Bundesliga win at Freiburg on Saturday with an ankle issue.
“He’d play in a wheelchair,” said Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich, while Kompany added that he had “a feeling” that the England striker would be ready to face Madrid.
Despite Madrid’s prestige and troupe of attacking stars – Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham included, as well as City hat-trick hero Federico Valverde – Bayern are arguably favourites to lift the trophy.
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