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Real Madrid has the support of numerous European sports websites and is just one step away from making it to their second Champions League final in three years.
Lifting the Champions League trophy is a pinnacle achievement for any European club, demonstrating their continental standing and setting them apart from their counterparts.
However, for Madrid, it's a part of the routine, as if it were just another workday, a routine activity that is carried out virtually without effort, season after season.
Los Blancos have participated in five Champions League finals since Carlo Ancelotti joined the team in 2013, and they have, somewhat predictably, won each one.
Bayern Munich is trying to stop the Spaniards in their tracks, and two games may separate the most successful club in Europe from a record-extending 18th appearance in the title-deciding event.
The Bavarians view the Champions League as their final opportunity to prevent a trophyless season after losing their 11-year reign on the Bundesliga to Xavi Alonso's unbeatable Bayer Leverkusen team.
In other news, Paris Saint-Germain will make their second-ever run to the final against Bayern's bitter domestic rivals, Borussia Dortmund, led by this year's top scorer, Kylian Mbappe.
The World Cup winner might face his future teammates in a fight for continental dominance at Wembley Stadium if he leads a more strongly favored PSG to success.
The Madridistas are nearly certain to reach their long-term goal in the most eagerly awaited match of the European football calendar this June, according to FootballToday's prediction.
A Winning Attitude
Los Merengues, as previously mentioned, have been in 17 Champions League finals, which is at least six more than any other team in the competition's storied past.
The fact that they have only lost three title deciders, the most recent being in 1981, is what makes their opponents shudder.
Madrid has won all eight of their Champions League finals since Alan Kennedy led Liverpool to victory in the Parc des Princes finale forty years ago.
Given their legendary past, they will most likely win the trophy if they make it to the final.
It is nearly hard to exclude the club from consideration for any trophy, regardless of who gets in their way, because winning is ingrained in their DNA and code.
Defending champions In the quarterfinals, Manchester City had to learn that the hard way when Ancelotti's team upset Pep Guardiola's treble-chasing team against overwhelming odds.
German Clubs Cannot Handle the Heat
Madrid will be playing in the Champions League final four for the sixteenth time since the year 2000 when they play Bayern in the semi-final.
Los Merengues has a stellar record in the grand finals, but this stage has frequently hampered their chances of making it to the continental level; in 15 last-four matches in the 21st century, they have lost eight times (W7).
Given that they have been merciless in their recent knockout matches against Bundesliga clubs, the dominant La Liga leaders will be happy to have German opponents on the other side.
In this season's round of 16, Madrid defeated RB Leipzig 2-1 on aggregate, their ninth straight triumph over the Germans in two-leg matches in UEFA competition.
The last time they lost against a Bundesliga team in the Champions League knockout stage was in 2012–13, when Borussia Dortmund eliminated them in the semifinals.
Having lost all three of their knockout matches against Los Blancos since 2014, the Bavarian heavyweights are well aware that it has been all Madrid ever since.
Don Carlo
The most decorated manager in Champions League history, Ancelotti is aptly known as "Don Carlo" in Spain. He has won four trophies, including two with Real Madrid.
The 64-year-old Italian manager, who is the only one to have led teams to five Champions League finals, is the expert on securing continental dominance.
And it says volumes that he only lost once, on the famous "Istanbul night," when Liverpool overcame a 3-0 halftime deficit to defeat AC Milan on penalties.
With Jude Bellingham, a top Ballon d'Or candidate, and 2022 Champions League hero Vinicius Junior driving Ancelotti's pursuit of glory, another triumphant European tale is all but certain.
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