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Late goals take Real Madrid into Champions League final

Updated May 9 2024 - 7:20am, first published 7:14am
A late brace by Real Madrid's Joselu has taken his side into the Champions League final. (AP PHOTO)
A late brace by Real Madrid's Joselu has taken his side into the Champions League final. (AP PHOTO)

Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 to reach the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons.

Joselu scored in the 88th minute and then in stoppage time for the record 14-time European champions, who advanced 4-3 on aggregate to set up a final against Borussia Dortmund on June 1 in London.

Bayern had taken the lead on an Alphonso Davies goal in the 68th minute on Wednesday (Thursday AEST).

Joselu's first goal was a tap-in after Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer spilled an easy save. The second was initially called off for offside but was eventually allowed after video review.

It will be Madrid's record-extending 18th European Cup final, and ninth in the Champions League era, also a record. Madrid beat Liverpool when they last made it to the final in 2022.

Six-time European champions Bayern were looking to return to the final for the first time since winning the competition in 2019-20.

The loss meant there will be no rematch of the all-German final in 2013, when Bayern beat Dortmund to win their fifth European title.

Australian Associated Press