Vincent Kompany says Bayern showed 'absolute belief' in brave comeback win over Real

[p]Kompany, who was booked during the game and will miss their last-four ‌first leg against holders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a], said ‌the Bavarians, who are chasing a treble of titles, had to ‌dig deep to overcome record 15-time European champions Real ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bayern-munich-nVp0wiqd/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=zXC8QVx3"]6-4 on aggregate in a classic tie[/a].[/p][p][b]"The boys were mentally strong today to recover from setbacks,"[/b] Kompany said. [b]"The fans helped us as well. ‌We stayed calm and always felt that ⁠our moment would come. The ‌boys deserved this win.[/b][/p][p][b]"What remains for me is the total togetherness ​that we showed. That's what we take from the game. We showed absolute belief and will to fight ​our way back into the game."[/b][/p][p][b]"During the game our team has a lot of talent and experience to deal with ⁠these situations. After ​35 seconds in this game to concede a goal, you then have to press the reset button. We stayed focused on our game,"[/b] Kompany said.[/p][embed guid="17ce520f-8ab2-4b8e-9f06-4bd96515287d" url="https://x.com/FCBayernEN/status/2044547363558027321" social-type="twitter" /][p]Hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a] trailed 1-0 after 35 seconds when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guler-arda/CUU9qDpb/"]‌Arda Guler[/a] took advantage of a bad mistake by goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/neuer-manuel/Sh5KwIo6/"]Manuel Neuer[/a], and Real twice more took the lead to go into half-time 3-2 ahead.[/p][p]Bayern, 2-1 winners of the first leg in Spain, kept their composure, however, and struck twice in the dying stages through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diaz-luis/SKjMUHVm/"]Luis Diaz[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olise-michael/E5pvwqkK/"]Michael Olise[/a] to snatch victory and advance to the last four.[/p][p]The six-time European champions can potentially clinch the Bundesliga title this weekend, ‌with a 12-point advantage and five matches remaining, before facing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayer-leverkusen/4jcj2zMd/"]Bayer ​Leverkusen[/a] in the German Cup semi-finals.[/p][p][b]"It was a very ‌emotional game," [/b]said Kompany, in his second season at Bayern. [b]"We had a lot of possession and always had the feeling we could score. But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] remain Real Madrid. They have very quick players and are always ⁠a threat."[/b][/p][p]Kompany became the ⁠11th coach to lead ‌Bayern to the European Cup semi-finals.[/p]