Champions League: Real Madrid stuns Bayern Munich in semifinal romp
One issue Real will have to deal with is the absence through suspension of Xabi Alonso, banned for the final after picking up a decisive yellow card for a

One issue Real will have to deal with is the absence through suspension of Xabi Alonso, banned for the final after picking up a decisive yellow card for a needless foul on Bastian Schweinsteiger. Sami Khedira, who suffered knee ligament damage in November, is back in training, so there is an outside chance he could return, but more likely is that Asier Illaramendi comes in for Alonso.
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An accomplished author of multiple books, Jonathan Wilson is one of the world’s preeminent minds on soccer tactics and history.