▲ Munich players enjoying the joy of victory
Bayern Munich, who are suffering from the worst performance in German professional football Bundesliga, were relieved to progress to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League (UCL).
Munich won 3-0 over Lazio (Italy) in the 2023-2024 UCL round of 16 home match held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 6th (Korea time).
Munich, who lost 1-0 in the first leg, came from behind to win the first and second legs 3-1 and progressed to the quarter-finals.
The ‘monster defender’ Kim Min-jae, a member of the Korean national team, remained on the bench that day.
Eric Dier and Matthijs Delicht were the central defenders.
Previously, local media had predicted that Kim Min-jae would be on the candidate list behind Dyer.
This is the first time that Kim Min-jae, who wore the Munich uniform before this season, has been absent for reasons other than being called up to the national team or due to injury.
Dier and De Licht received ratings of 7.2 and 8.1 from FootMob and 7.1 and 7.7 from WhoScored.com, respectively.
Munich (54 points), who had been sluggish in the Bundesliga, languishing in second place, 10 points behind leaders Leverkusen (64 points), smiled for the first time in a long time as they advanced to quarter final with a comeback win.
Munich’s chances of winning the league are slim, and in the German Football Association (DFB) Pokal, they were eliminated early in the second round after a shock loss to third division Saarbrücken, so if they fail in the UCL , there is a possibility that they will not match for the first time in 12 years.
For Munich, which always aims to win every competition, its current performance this season can be said to be disgraceful.
The atmosphere in Munich was turbulent as they decided to leave the baton to manager Thomas Tuchel, whose original contract expires next summer, only until this summer, and look for a new head coach.
There were even predictions that coach Tuchel would be sacked immediately if he failed to progress to the UCL quarter-finals due to being pushed by Lazio.
‘Top gun’ Harry Kane led the way to Munich’s victory by scoring several goals.
In the 38th minute of the first half, Rafael Guerreiro’s right foot back pass was missed by Thomas Müller aiming for Kane, who finished the game with a diving header to score the first goal.
In extra time in the first half, Thomas Müller scored an extra goal by getting his head on De Ligt’s corner kick.
In the 21st minute of the second half, Kane scored the key to a 3-0 victory.
When Leroy Jaune’s shot was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper, he shot again and hit the net again.
Kane, who increased his tally in the tournament to 6 goals, rose to the top of the scoring charts with Kylian Mbappe, who scored several goals against Real Sociedad on the same day.
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