Bayern Munich 4 Real Madrid 1

Lothar Matthaeus helped to destroy Real Madrid's European pretensions for this season in his last game for Bayern Munich.

The veteran 38 year old sweeper is just days away from a new job with Metro Stars in the MLS and the conclusion of his career with Bayern has turned into a national event in Germany. The defender helped Bayern to six titles and his glory days were saluted with fireworks on a deserved lap of honour.

Matthaeus left the game with a minute to go to bask in an ovation from the crowd all his own but behind him on the pitch the German great left the wreckage of Real.

Bayern ensured their place in the last eight of the Champions League by adding to the four goals they hammered into the Spanish net last week.

It only took the home team four minutes to get back into the scoring habit but Mehmet Scholl looked offside as he collected a through pass to produce a neat finish.

Elber scored the second in the 30th minute when Hierro alllowed him to run through and chip teenage goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

Real revived a little in the second half and scored the best goal of the night when Ivan Helguera scored from distance in the 69th minute but Bayern were able to pad the victory with two more goals.

Substitute Alexander Zickler hit a close range shot into the net in the 79th minute and ran in on a low cross to repeat the trick in the last minute of play.