Record-Breakers! Bayern and Real Madrid produce fastest both teams to score in UCL history

Europe 15 April 2026 at 16:39

Khaled Hegazy

News Editor

15.04.26 FT Champions League

Bayern Munich

4

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Real Madrid

3

Real Madrid finished first half with 3-2 lead over Bayern Munich on Wednesday 15 April 15 during their second leg of Champions League quarter final at the Allianz Arena.

Explosive start sets record pace

The game started at exceptional tempo. Real Madrid struck after just 1 minute, with Arda Guler capitalising on a mistake from Manuel Neuer to fire home from distance.

Bayern responded almost immediately. Aleksandar Pavlović equalised in the 6 minute ensuring both teams were level inside the opening stages.

According to Opta, this marked the fastest instance of both teams scoring in a Champions League knockout match highlighting the intensity of the opening exchanges.

Records and standout performers

The first half also underlined several individual milestones:

• Harry Kane has now registered 3 goal and 2 assist in his last 5 Champions League match against Real Madrid, the longest such run against the club in the competition’s history.
• Kane also joined Steven Gerrard (2007 /08) as only the second English player to score in five consecutive Champions League match.
• Vinícius Júnior continued his consistent European output becoming only the second Real Madrid player after Cristiano Ronaldo to score more than 10 goal across five or more Champions League campaigns.

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