Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 2–0 at home, once again sparking heated discussion throughout world football.
The whole world was watching the Champions League semifinals. Real Madrid's 2–0 home victory over Bayern Munich was both astonishing and entirely within expectations, because so far this season, Real Madrid had unquestionably been the most consistent and outstanding team in the Champions League.
Especially after the winter break, Yang Yang's work with the team had been steadily bearing fruit. Real Madrid's overall performance had grown increasingly impressive, to the point that almost everyone now believed Real Madrid would be the overwhelming favorite to win the Champions League this season.
At another stadium, Ajax hosted Man City.
Ten Hag's team had shown tremendous competitiveness, going toe-to-toe with Man City. In some respects, Ajax had even performed better, ultimately defeating Man City 1–0 with Van de Beek's first-half goal.
The world's media and fans had all praised the result.
As the defending champions, Ajax had once again reached the Champions League semifinals this season. Their 1–0 first-leg victory over Man City showed just how strong they were. Even after selling a large number of players the previous summer, the Eredivisie giants remained formidable, and their young players continued to amaze.
After the first legs, Real Madrid had become the top favorite to win the title, with Man City still in second. Ajax had overtaken Bayern Munich to rank third, while Bayern, after losing 2–0 at home in the first leg, had the worst odds of winning the title.
This was not merely because of the 2–0 away scoreline. On the contrary, that score itself was not enough to inspire despair. What truly made people despair was that Flick's team had shown not the slightest sign during the match that they could overturn the tie against