After a 7-1 victory over Salzburg, Bayern advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with an aggregate score of 8-2, creating a series of brilliant records while also making their opponents feel a little afraid.
The first leg of the two teams drew 1-1, giving the second leg a bit of suspense. However, Levan quickly lost suspense, and in just 23 minutes, Levan completed a hat-trick. The outstanding performances of Gnabry, Müller and Sane allowed Bayern to win easily.
After defeating Salzburg, Bayern advanced to the quarter-finals, their 20th time since the 1992-93 Champions League restructuring, ranking first among all teams, with Barca and Real Madrid ranking second and third with 18 and 17 times respectively.
In the last three seasons, Bayern have scored 100 goals in the Champions League, at least 31 more than other teams. Meanwhile, Bayern have won the Champions League 26 times, at least four more than other teams.
At the same time, Bayern also reached another milestone in the Champions League. After scoring seven goals in this campaign, Bayern became the first team in the history of the Champions League to score 200 goals in the knockout rounds, which real madrid and Barcelona could not do. In the Champions League, Bayern have scored more than 7 goals in a single game seven times, also setting a new Record in the Champions League.
One of the key reasons Bayern was able to reach this milestone was its ability to create "tragedies". Bayern scored four goals in the first half of the campaign, the fourth time Bayern has scored four goals in the first half of the Champions League knockout rounds, while the other teams have only scored four times combined.
In the Champions League quarter-finals, there have been six single-game net wins of six goals, with Bayern having four, a 7-1 win over Sporting Portugal in 2009, a 7-0 win over Basel in 2012, a 7–0 win over Miners in 2015, two others being Manchester City's 7–0 win over Schalke 04 in 2019 and Barca's 7–1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in 2012.
7-1, 8-2, Brazilian and Barca fans are no strangers to these two scores. In the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup, Germany defeated Brazil 7-1, and in the quarterfinals of the 2019-20 Champions League, Bayern defeated Barca 8-2, and with this campaign, Müller became the only player to experience three "tragedies".
Why did Bayern repeatedly create tragedies? Salzburg defender Christensen said, "We gave everything, but it was still not enough. It's not about attitude, focus or game planning, they're just doing better in every way, it's as simple as that! ”