{"id":1978,"date":"2026-04-16T18:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:37:27","slug":"madrid-are-madrid-they-are-always-a-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/madrid-are-madrid-they-are-always-a-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Madrid are Madrid; they are always a threat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-13.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-13-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-13-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vincent Kompany hailed his Bayern Munich side following their thrilling victory over Real Madrid (4-3, 5-4 on aggregate), which secured their place in the Champions League semi-finals. The head coach also reflected on the persistent danger of facing &#8216;Los Merengues&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After dumping Real Madrid out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage on Wednesday, Bayern Munchen boss Vincent Kompany lauded his squad&#8217;s character, noting they never lost faith that their &#8220;moment&#8221; would arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was an emotionally charged encounter. We controlled the play and always felt a goal was coming. But Madrid are Madrid; they are a perpetual threat,&#8221; the coach told &#8216;DAZN&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The players showed remarkable mental fortitude to overcome the challenges. The home support was also vital. We kept our heads, believing our time would come,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked if this was the most significant match of his coaching career, Kompany was clinical: &#8220;Yes, but the next match is always the most important. We stay focused,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent Kompany hailed his Bayern Munich side following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1980,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978\/revisions\/1980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}