Comeback kings Real stun Bayern to reach Champions League final

Comeback kings Real stun Bayern to reach Champions League final

Real Madrid progress to their sixth Champions League final in 10 years.

Real Madrid’s Joselu shoots to score during the Champions League match against Bayern Munich. (AP pic)
MADRID:
Real Madrid’s Joselu scored twice in the final minutes as they fought back from the brink of elimination to reach the Champions League final with a dramatic 2-1 second-leg win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday that sent them through 4-3 on aggregate.

Real progressed to their sixth Champions League final in 10 years and will bid for a record-extending 15th title against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on June 1.

In a repeat of their spectacular semifinal comeback win over Manchester City two years ago, they saw their opponents take the lead after Bayern substitute Alphonso Davies scored from a counterattack in the 68th minute.

But Joselu climbed off the bench to equalise following a calamitous error from Manuel Neuer in the 88th minute and, two minutes later, he shinned a second into the Bayern goal from a cross by Antonio Ruediger.

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