How To Watch
- Date: Wednesday, May 8
- Start Time: 3 p.m. ET
- Location: Santiago Bernabeu -- Madrid
- TV: CBS
- Live stream: Paramount+
Real Madrid: Bar a brief late flurry of pressure from RB Leipzig in the first leg, Madrid were not particularly put off their stride early in the competition as they convincingly topped their group with six wins from six. Having negotiated German opposition in the round of 16 last year's conquerors Manchester City lay in wait in the quarters. Their 3-3 draw in the Bernabeu may have been the tie of the round, Federico Valverde's 79th-minute strike giving Madrid a crucial foothold in the Etihad Stadium. Rodrygo netted early for the visitors but wave after wave of City pressure resulted only in an equalizer from Kevin De Bruyne. Luka Modric might have missed his penalty but Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic missed theirs too, Madrid into the final four once more.
Bayern Munich: Tuchel's men rarely looked like not getting top spot in Group A even if a fairly ordinary field of Galatasaray, Copenhagen and Manchester United gave them plenty of difficulties. That sort of heavy weather was carried through to a round of 16 tie where Lazio won the first leg -- prompting Bayern to announce that Tuchel would be leaving at the end of the season -- before Thomas Muller and Kane led an impressive fightback at the Allianz Arena. Perhaps Bayern's best performances of the campaign so far came against Arsenal. Fighting back from an early deficit, the visitors drew 2-2 in London before Joshua Kimmich's only goal capped off an impressive home win for the six-time champions.
