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Barcelona loses – Real Madrid are early Spanish champions
Status: 04.05.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes
“I have rarely experienced such a setting and such an atmosphere in the Allianz Arena”
FC Bayern and Real Madrid draw 2-2 in a thrilling Champions League semi-final first leg. “However, the players and coaches didn’t seem really satisfied after the game. Many people said the same thing: ‘There was more in there,’” said WELT reporter Philipp Röttger.
FC Bayern will play against Real Madrid on Wednesday. It’s about reaching the final of the Champions League. Real are already Spanish champions because of a defeat by FC Barcelona. Coach Carlo Ancelotti is resting his stars.
Real Madrid welcomes FC Bayern on Wednesday evening for the second leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League as Spanish football champions. The team around German national players Toni Kroos and Antonio Rüdiger won their home game against FC Cadiz 3-0 (0-0) on Saturday.
Because FC Girona then defeated FC Barcelona, previously second in the table, 4:2 (1:2), Real can no longer be pushed out of first place in the Primera Division on the remaining four match days.
Carlo Ancelotti leaves Toni Kroos out
Four days before the semi-final second leg in the premier class against Munich, coach Carlo Ancelotti again rested numerous regular players in the league, including Kroos and Rüdiger as well as Jude Bellingham, who was later substituted.
The Belgian national goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made his comeback after a month-long break due to a torn cruciate ligament. Brahim Diaz (51st minute), ex-Dortmunder Bellingham (68th) and Joselu (90th + 3) scored the goals for Real.
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Kroos obviously followed the Barcelona game intensively. The 34-year-old shared FC Girona’s post on X, formerly Twitter, about the last goal with his fans. The Real-affiliated Spanish newspaper “Marca” reported on Saturday evening with a live video from the capital. Another video showed the Real professionals celebrating in the evening with loud shouts of “Campeones”.
Real Madrid’s Joselu (l.) celebrates with his colleague Nacho Fernandez
Quelle: AFP/OSCAR DEL POZO
Real now have 87 points as leaders. Girona is now second in the table with 74 points ahead of Barcelona (73). Barcelona were leading 2-1 at the break after goals from Andreas Christensen (3rd) and Robert Lewandowski (45th+1) as well as a goal from Artem Dovbyk (4th).
In the second half, Portu (65th/75th) turned the game in favor of the hosts with a brace and Miguel Gutierrez (67th).