Champions League: Bayern Munich v Real Madrid - in pictures
The Bayern fans do know how to put on a nice showPhotograph: Matthew Childs/Action ImagesThey're pretty handy with the silver foil tooPhotograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty ImagesDespite Bayern being 1-0 down from the first leg, Franck Ribery seems to be in confident moodPhotograph: Matthias Schrader/AP
Having recovered from a bout of flu, Gareth Bale is back in the Real Madrid starting line up Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesJust after the 15-minute mark, the Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos puts his heading ability to good use in the Bayern box when Luca Modric swings in a corner, he is unmarked and leaps up to meet the ball ... Photograph: Adam Pretty/Bongarts/Getty ImagesWhich flies past Manuel Nueur and Bayern now need to score three goals to go throughPhotograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesHe's rather happy about that Photograph: Adam Pretty/Bongarts/Getty ImagesMake that four as just four minutes later Ramos grabs his and Madrid's second with a diving headerPhotograph: Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty ImagesWonder what the odds were on Ramos bagging the first two goals of the game? Photograph: Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty ImagesGareth Bale gets the better of Toni KroosPhotograph: Kieran McManus/BPI/REXWith Bayern having to chase the game, they are vunerable to the counter and that's exactly what happens just after the half hour mark. Di Maria, fed Benzema, who played in the rampaging Bale, who flipped over to Ronaldo, who slammed it under Manuel Neuer from the edge of the area. That's his 15th goal in the Champions League this season, a new recordPhotograph: Adam Pretty/Bongarts/Getty ImagesGareth Bale of Real Madrid celebrates with team mate Cristiano Ronaldo Photograph: Kieran McManus/BPI/REXIt's becoming a humiliation for Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Mueller and the rest of the team-mates. Bayern are going to need something incredible to get back into this tiePhotograph: Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty ImagesIt's not pretty viewing for the Bayern fans eitherPhotograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesArjen Robben and Bayern push forward towards the end of the half but can't fashion anything to trouble Iker Casillas in the Madrid goal. Half-time score: Bayern Munich 0-3 Real MadridPhotograph: Sven Hoppe/EPAReal Madrid's Ronaldo keeps his eye on the ballPhotograph: Ralph Orlowski/ReutersClaudio Pizarro can't find a way past Real defender PepePhotograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesArjen Robben doesn't like how things are turning outPhotograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesNor do some of the Bayern fans, they're off home earlyPhotograph: Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty ImagesIn the last minute Real Madrid get a free kick 22 yards out, as the Bayern players make up a wall Pepe starts the celebrations early with the Real fansPhotograph: Kerstin Joensson/APDespite having hit one into the wall a couple of minutes previously Ronaldo steps up again and strikes the ball … Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action ImagesWith the Bayern wall expecting the free-kick to be whipped over the wall like the last one, they jump to block, but Ronaldo has double bluffed them and fires an grass cutter underneath the wall and it fizzes past Neuer and into the netPhotograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty ImagesCue joyous celebrations Photograph: Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty ImagesThe final whistle goes and Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer comforts his teammates Franck Ribery, left, and Toni KroosPhotograph: Matthias Schrader/APThe Madrid players celebrate after reaching the Champions League final, the club's first for 12 years. They will face either their former manager Jose Mourinho or their Madrid rivals Atletico. Final score: Bayern Munich 0-4 Real Madrid (agg 0-5)Photograph: Kieran McManus/BPI/REX
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