Madrid Within Touching Distance Of A Third Consecutive Champions League Triumph.

European champions Real Madrid scraped into their third successive Champions League final as they edged out Bayern Munich in a thrilling encounter with Karim Benzema grabbing a brace to take Madrid through to their third successive Champions League final in a breath taking contest against Bayern Munich with a 4-3 aggregate win at the Bernabeu.

Joshua Kimmich repeated same feat, just like he did put the German side ahead in the first leg, he tapped in a loose ball from close range to draw the game level on aggregate just three minutes into the game but Benzema levelled the score line with a headed goal.

Sven Ulreich then gifted Madrid the lead in the game after a poor attempt to clear a back pass, Benzema made no mistake to bury the ball in an empty net following the german keeper disastrous mistake but James Rodriguez draws the game level on the night

Bayern pushed until the very end, but Corentin Tolisso and Thomas Muller's efforts were saved by Keylor Navas and Mats Hummels headed wide as the Spanish side held on. Real will face either Liverpool or Roma in the final in Kiev, Ukraine, on 26 May.

Real Madrid are now within touching distance of a third consecutive Champions League triumph.