Here is Bayern captain Lothar Matthäus before that match, shaking hand with Raul, Madrid captain Fernando Hierro on the right.  That was also Matthäus’s last season at Bayern.  

They again met in the semi final, this time in 2000.  Real Madrid won the first leg in Spain 2-0.  Bayern put up a brave fight in the second leg and won 2-1 (above Scholl, Lizarazu and Effenberg celebrate Jancker’s opening goal) but it wasn’t enough.  Madrid advanced and won lifted the trophy.  

Their next semi final encounter came in 1987.  Above Bayern goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff stops a shot as Norbert Nachtweih, Roland Wohlfahrt and Klaus Augenthaler look on.  The game finished 1-0 to Madrid but Bayern won the first leg in Munich 4-1 and thus moved on to the final, which they lost against Porto. 

Bayern and Real Madrid had their first European encounter in 1976 in the semi final.  After a 1-1 draw in Madrid Bayern won the second leg 2-0 in Munich thanks to two goals from Gerd Müller and advanced to the final.   

Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane against Bayern München captain Stefan Effenberg in the 2001/02 Champions League semi final.  

Günter Netzer celebrating with his fellow teammates at Real Madrid, amongst them former Bayern player Paul Breitner whose giant afro could not be missed.  

Bayern München celebrating a historic 4-2 win against Real Madrid in the 1999/2000 Champions League second phase.  It was the first win for a German team in Madrid. Bayern also won the home leg 4-1.  Both teams advanced from the group.

A young Michael Ballack walks past the Champions League trophy after his side was beaten by Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid in the 2001/02 final. 

Happy Birthday to one of football’s greatest ever players, Xavi, who turned 32 today.  Above the Spanish playmaker battled it out against Real Madrid and Germany’s Mesut Özil in the Clasico on December 10th last year. 

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Daniel Craig’s replacement and the new James Bond, Sami Khedira.