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Bayern Beats Real Madrid In Semi-final of Champions League
Germany's Bayern Munich defeated Spain's Real Madrid 1-0 with the goal of Giovane Elber in the first leg of the semi-final of the European Champion League, on Tuesday in Madrid, Spain.
The victory puts Bayern firmly in the driving seat in the tie, and they will feel confident that they can hang on to their advantage when the two team's meet again in the second leg in Munich's Olympic Stadium on May 9.
Real Madrid, the reigning European champions, will feel dismayed that they were unable to find the net after dominating the match for long periods.
After Elber's 55th minute goal against the run of play, the hosts threw everything they could at Bayern and only heroics from Oliver Kahn in the Bayern goal prevented Real levelling the score, or even clinching victory.
Real Madrid's goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who had an outstanding match but stood little chance of keeping Elber's thunderbolt out of the net, admitted that the Real Madrid players left the field with the hearts in their boots.
"If life was fair this was a game we would have won," Casillas said. "The mood in the dressing room was very sombre after the whistle went, but we'll try to pick ourselves up in the next couple of days. We've got a league match on Sunday to concentrate on and we can still make the Champions League final as well. It's not over yet."
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