Get the latest United transfer window updates, news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free The evening sun kissed the Allianz Arena and it glowed red at dusk.
Inside the bowl, Bayern Munich supporters simmered and turned a similar shade, embarrassed by a 4-0 trouncing against Real Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo had inflicted personal embarrassment on Manuel Neuer, beating him with a free-kick hit under a Bayern wall with shaky foundations.
He was savouring the evisceration of Pep Guardiola's hosts in one corner of the stadium, looking high up at the Real Madrid followers planning their first Champions League final in 12 years.
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