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Madrid count cost of Camavinga red but Diaz is a Bayern bargain
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Madrid count cost of Camavinga red but Diaz is a Bayern bargain

By ATW Editorial·April 16, 2026

What a game! What a tie, in fact! Bayern Munich's Champions League quarter-final clash with Real Madrid had a bit of everything: great goals, goalkeeping gaffes and incredibly controversial calls. The net result was the kind of engrossing encounter that makes a mockery of Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis' claim that we need to change the game to make it more appealing to young people.


One of the Italian's preposterous proposals was to reduce the length of halves to 25 minutes, the folly of which was laid bare at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night. There were five goals during a gripping first period, with Bayern twice pegging back a resurgent Real only to see Kylian Mbappe put Los Blancos back in front just before break to make it 3-3 on aggregate.


It was anyone's tie at that point, with the hosts dictating the play but Madrid looking absolutely lethal on the counter-attack. However, Eduardo Camavinga was sent off for a second bookable offence with less than five minutes of normal time remaining and Bayern capitalised, with Luis Diaz wresting the advantage back to the Bavarians before Michael Olise put the result beyond all doubt with a stunning strike in the dying seconds.