Key events
And here’s another plug for the brilliant Jonathan Liew. He watched Harry Kane’s Bayern run through Lazio last night. Could Kane’s first trophy be the biggest one?
ICYMI: Here’s how it played out last month at the RB Arena.
Preamble
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to coverage of RB Leipzig’s trip to the Bernabéu. Real Madrid nicked the first leg, with Brahim Díaz’s staggering solo goal giving them a 1-0 advantage heading into tonight. The 14-time European Cup/Champions League winners got through that game without the injured Jude Bellingham, but he’ll be in for this one, even after things got a little bit rowdy on the weekend.
Madrid are obviously one of the favourites to ride the Jubilee Line to Wembley Park in June – they’ve got the goods, glitz and history. But Leipzig, fifth in the Bundesliga, made a game of it in the opening round, with Madrid keeper Andriy Lunin making nine saves to hold the fort. Leipzig’s manager Marco Rose has admitted his side will need a little bit of luck, but he’s bigged up his boys, too. Here’s to a last-16 thriller, with kick-off at 8pm GMT. (Oh, and here’s Daniel Sturridge setting the scene way better than me.)
