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At 12:00 tomorrow Real Madrid will discover who it meets in the champions league semi-final

At 12:00 tomorrow, Real Madrid will discover who they will meet in the semi-finals of the Champions League. The draw takes place in the House of European Football in Nyon (Switzerland) and will include, as well as the Whites, Bayern Munich, Atlético de Madrid and Chelsea. The first leg will be played on Tuesday the 22nd or Wednesday the 23rd of April and the second will take place on Tuesday the 29th or Wednesday the 30th of the same month. Bayern Munich It is hard to criticize the current European champions' exceptional season. The arrival of Pep Guardiola has given a team that were crowned champions of the Bundesliga with seven matches to spare even more competitive instinct. They reached the semi-finals by knocking out Manchester United with a 4-2 aggregate win and have only lost one match in the European Cup, but it was the last in the Group Stage and they had already qualified. They are historically superior against Real Madrid with 11 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeat...

Carlo Ancelotti cools fear over Cristiano's injury

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However much Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti insisted there was no cause for concern, the sight of Cristiano Ronaldo limping off near the end of Wednesday's 3-0 Champions League win over Borussia Dortmund will have set alarm bells ringing in the forward's native Portugal. The national team captain, the leading marksman in both La Liga and the  Champions League  this term, will need to maintain his scintillating goal-scoring form if Portugal are to advance to the later stages of the World Cup finals in Brazil, starting in June. However, the 29-year-old former Manchester United player has been complaining of discomfort in his left knee in recent weeks and has been playing on while receiving treatment from Real medical staff. He netted a record-equalling 14th goal of the latest edition of the Champions League in Wednesday's quarter-final, first leg win at home to Borussia Dortmund before asking to come off 10 minutes from time. "...

Carvajal: "When i hear the champions league anthem i get goose bumps"

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“I am delighted with the amount of trust the manager has given me from day one”, the right back revealed with an interview with UEFA. Dani Carvajal gave an interview to UEFA in which he spoke about his return to Real Madrid, his first impressions of playing in the Champions League and his experiences of being in a youth academy of such high quality as that of the Whites. “It was like a dream. On top of that, it ended be a match we scored six in. I'll never forget it”, the Real Madrid defender said of his Champions League debut against Galatasaray. How would you rate your return season to the club so far? I have always been ambitious and have wanted to train and play more, but I am very happy with things at the moment. Especially because of the amount of trust the manager has placed in me from day one. The rotation with Arbeloa has been really good for both of us and the team, because we are both fresher. Now, with Álvaro injured, it looks as though I'll play mor...