German powerhouse Bayern Munich will welcome Spanish giants Real Madrid in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal tie while Borussia Dortmund will host Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the final-four tie between the sides.
Bayern-Madrid is on April 30, and Madrid will stage the return leg on May 8. Dortmund-PSG is on May 1, and PSG has the second leg on May 7. The scheduling was on Thursday.
Madrid edged out defending champion Manchester City 4-3 on penalties at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday after the game finished 1-1 on the night.
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The aggregate was level 4-4 after the first leg of the mouthwatering clash finished 3-3 at the Santiago Bernabeu a week earlier.
Rodrygo netted the solitary strike for Madrid away from home on Wednesday before Kevin De Bruyne levelled for the home side, only for the Pep Guardiola-managed outfit to lose out to the record 14-time winners.
Julian Alvarez netted the first penalty for the holders before Luka Modric missed his effort as Madrid were off to a shaky start in the tie-breaker. However, Andriy Lunin rose to the occasion as he stopped spot kicks from Bernardo Silva and Matteo Kovacic.
Phil Foden and Ederson converted their penalty kicks for City, but the English side came up short as Jude Bellingham, Nacho, Lucas Vazquez and Antonio Rudiger all made no mistake from the spot to take Madrid into the semifinal of the elite European competition for yet another season.
Bayern got the better of Arsenal 1-0, thanks to Joshua Kimmich’s lone strike at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday, as the German heavyweights advanced 3-2 on aggregate.
PSG shocked Barcelona with a 4-1 win on the road a day earlier to advance 6-4 on aggregate and will take on Borussia Dortmund, who pipped Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid 4-2 to advance to the final-four 5-4 on aggregate.
The final of the European trophy is scheduled to be held at Wembley Stadium in London on June 1.
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