Soccer: European Champions League: Gomez's late goal leads Bayern past Real 2-1

Mario Gomez scored in the 90th minute Tuesday to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal.

Gomez's 12th goal of this year's competition boosted Bayern's hopes of becoming the first team to play the Champions League final at its own stadium, and earn its fifth title.

Franck Ribery opened the scoring in the 17th minute for Bayern Munich and Mesut Oezil equalized in the 53rd.

The second legof the two teams is next week in Madrid.

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Soccer: Spain-Real Madrid - "Huntelaar Will Be The New Van Nistelrooy says Schuster"

It's crunch time for Real Madrid as they face Sevilla and Barcelona in games which could well determine whether or not German coach, Bernd Schuster, is still in a job at Christmas. The former Getafe man has come under some pressure lately but speaking to Marca today he sounded fairly relaxed about the situation. The German started by musing about the first winter signing, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, and said he expects him to do well. "He is a good signing who we have been looking at for some time," he declared.