In many games the teams would have gone conservative at that point, but Saturday was different. Neither Muller nor Mandzukic are particularly creative, so cutting

Mario… Have you forgotten where you’re headed next year?Every neutral in the house is now firmly behind Borussia – huge cheers for the penalty, huge cheers for the equalizer and huge cheers just then for the goal-line challenge by Subotic. There are plenty of police officers on duty, but they are mostly standing with their Michael Steiner, 32, a Bayern Munich fan from Pfaffenhofen, thinks the start could be crucial, with Bayern’s record of reaching two other finals since 2010 proving pivotal. have added the unusual touch of wearing lederhosen; not sure about the fashion sense, but full marks for dedication to the cause. I’m sure the atmosphere will get a little more heated as kick-off approaches and the game starts, but let’s hope for a trouble-free encounter the match so far.Grosskreutz, and then Ribery, are whistled for fouls. While Barcelona or Real Madrid would Mandzukic, oddly, since he’s been absolutely invisible otherwise, Gotze has gone to Bayern already, Lewandowski’s future is far from certain, and this But Dortmund is back fast.As Weidenfeller pulls in a high ball, one thing is clear: neither one of these goalkeepers is going to be beaten easily. will be interviews with players, coaches and notable soccer fans, as well as a weekly blog column by Red Bulls forward Jozy Altidore. He was studiously mute when Bayern scored. But he was going so fast he had little choice but to shoot. The Croatian has been invisible.He slips Alaba and fires — right at Neuer. Muller looked furious – he certainly thought he’d been impeded.“We will have added time,” Gus Johnson intones with five minutes left.He gets a header at the back post but it’s deflected over.

Careful now, fellow soccer fans. They are all supporting Borussia Dortmund because of Paul Lambert, Javi Martinez and Bastian Schweinsteiger for Bayern, against Ilkay Gundogan and Sven Bender for Borussia.

But they started to drift inside in the second half and Robben, in particular, stuck at it. year’s at home.Oh boy. standard in European club football for the foreseeable future.Bayern’s players for two lines, as has become customary, and clap to salute their rivals as they ascend the stairs to pick up their runner-up medals.Jupp Heynckes, Bayern’s 68-year-old coach, might be the biggest winner today. Follow live build-up and coverage on skysports.com and the Sky Sports app.Opt in and bet £25 or more before 23:59 on Sunday to earn a free £5. Ivan Perisic's cross was scuffed goalwards by Lewandowski, and from Lopes' save Gnabry stabbed home to double his tally for the night and give Bayern one foot in the final.Lyon regrouped at the break, though, and showed they were not done when Houssem Aouar picked out Ekambi on the right of the box with a perfect pass, but the forward was denied by an onrushing Neuer as another fine chance passed the French side by.With 10 minutes to go, substitute Philippe Coutinho looked to have put the game beyond doubt when he touched in Thomas Muller's threaded pass, only to be denied by an offside flag.But Lyon's task would become impossible with barely 90 seconds remaining, as Lewandowski rose easily above Marcal to nod in Kimmich's free-kick as Bayern secured another comprehensive victory - and their 10th in a row in this season's Champions League - to reach the final.The West Brom statistic will be brought up until the cows come home but Gnabry has always had the talent, just not always the attitude.This season has been the pinnacle of the 25-year-old's career so far and this game among the best.The quality of his first strike was the spark Bayern needed to extinguish Lyon's bright start, and his second showed the anticipation which has earned him 23 goals this season.Bayern Munich will take on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final on Sunday at 8pm.

Robben is not going to sleep very well tonight if Bayern lose. great chance.No! I wonder if Gotze is one of them.Heynckes’ first European final as manager was 12,071 days ago.No matter if in the stadium, at home or anywhere in the world: We’re all one big Yellow Wall tonight!