In the early morning of Beijing time today (9th), in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Bayern won 7-1 at home to Red Bull Salzburg, and the total score of the two legs was 8-2.
Lewandowski set the record for the fastest opening hat-trick in Champions League history, with Müller scoring twice as Bayern Munich beat Red Bull Salzburg 7-1 at home to advance 8-2 on aggregate, reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the 20th time in history.
Compared to last weekend's squad against Bayer Leverkusen, Neuer returned in time to start with an injury of nearly a month, making 104 Champions League appearances, surpassing Kahn as the Bayern goalkeeper who made the most Appearances in the Champions League. Sane replaced Omar Richards, who played as left-winger, and Two attacking players, Coman and Gnabry, as left and right wing-backs, and Nagelsman continued to adopt the tactic of combining 6 attackers, with some media listing the formation as 3241 and Musiara as Kimmich's back-up partner. Pavard, Jules and Hernandez played as three centre-backs, and Yu Palmecano could only sit on the bench.
After two games of dudding in the league, Levan regained the feeling of scoring in the Champions League, scoring a hat trick in 10 minutes and 22 seconds: in the opening 11 minutes, Comand crossed obliquely from the left, Levan took the ball and quickly turned around, Weber shoveled Levan, the referee took a penalty, Levan kicked it off; in the 19th minute, Levan forced a turn on the line of the penalty area again, Weber fouled again, the referee first awarded a free kick outside the box, VAR intervened and changed the penalty, levan hit again.
Salzburg, who was two goals behind, was confused, and in the 23rd minute, Levan fought hard in the counterattack, received a pass from Müller, and slammed the ball into front of the goal in the middle of the foot with the goalkeeper, and easily filled the empty goal after the ball was in the middle of the post to complete the hat-trick. The fastest hat-trick from the champions league's original start was created by Marco Simeone in 1996 against Rosenborg at AC Milan, 24 minutes later, now refreshed by Levan. No wonder Sky Stage guest Mateus said: "Such a quick hat-trick reminds me of the game against Wolfsburg. ”
Poles' fiery form in the Champions League is evident, with 12 goals in eight Champions League games this season, with Ajax's Alai and Liverpool's Salah topping the top scorers list, scoring a total of 85 goals in 104 Champions League games. In the history of the Champions League, only 3 players have scored more than 5 hat-tricks, 8 each for Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, and 5 for Levan. In addition, Levan has scored 40+ goals in seven consecutive seasons.
In the 31st minute, Comand was crossed in the middle and Gnabry's shot from a tight angle on the right extended the score to 4-0 for Bayern. Bayern continued to extend their results in the second half, with Müller following Levan's smooth turn and his left-footed shot 5-0. Bayern then came on the benches of Bunna Sal, Shupo Motin and Rocca, and Salzburg's Kelgault finally had a chance to score a face-saving goal for the away team in the 70th minute.
But the goal also drew revenge from Mueller and Sane, who rarely completed a left-footed double, both of which were of high quality. The Austrians could only accept a 1-7 defeat – they had not won the Champions League away this season. The last time Salzburg scored seven goals was in a 7-0 defeat to Vienna In March 2008, when the manager was Trapattoni. In the history of the Champions League quarter-finals, a team's highest goal record in a single game is 7 goals, Bayern has done it four times, and Manchester City and Barca have 1 each.
The game was not perfect, Bayern remained defencely unstable and had been thrilling before scoring. Mateus commented: "If Salzburg can seize the opportunity, it will lead 1-0 and the game will become completely different. But Salzburg wasn't smart enough, and they punished themselves for unnecessary fouls. ”
Although Mateus and Effenberg disagreed at many times, both of them publicly stated through different channels that it was Bayern's top priority to renew Levan's contract as soon as possible, and the old horse said on sky platform: "If I were (Bayern chairman) Kahn, I would call Levan and Müller tonight and say that I would come to my office tomorrow to renew my contract." ”
Unfortunately, Sky Tv revealed that Kahn was also positive in the rapid test of the new crown and could not go to the scene to watch the game, and he was recruited with sports director Sali hamidzic, so at least until mid-March, Levan's contract extension is still in suspense. Speaking about Levan's contract extension, Nagelsman said: "It has to be asked to Sully and Kahn, I have talked to Levan many times and he is an indispensable player for me. ”
Bayern once again showed their crushing attacking power, scoring seven goals from 17 shots on goal, which is very different from the opportunity to grasp in previous games. 19 shots against Bayer Leverkusen, 21 shots against Frankfurt and 22 shots on goal in the first leg against Salzburg, but only one goal each scored in each of those three games, with a 4-1 win over Fürth, who is the bundesliga vice-captain and Bayern who gave the worst half of the season. As a result, Skydeck joked: "Bayern finally know where the goal is. ”
Bayern have only failed to reach the Champions League Quarter-Finals once in the past 10 years. After beating Salzburg, Bayern reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the 20th time, the most of any Champions League team, followed by Barca with 18.
Ballack's comment: Red Bull's confrontation with Bayern is too naïve
Salzburg are a very young team and very impactful and we saw how well they did in the first leg. Bayern must pay attention to the change of pace in this game. I would like to point out that bayern's attacking power has dropped significantly compared to the first half, which may be due to laxity in the points lead in the league on the one hand, and on the other hand, the absence of core players like Alfonso Davies and Goretska still has a great impact on Bayern. Neuer's comeback means a lot to Bayern.
Bayern's three-back formation is still hidden, players like Adejemi are very good at using the counter-attack space on the wing, Capaldo and Seyvalde have good chances in the first half, but this team's ability to seize opportunities is obviously not a small gap with Bayern, I don't know if Bayern will still have such good luck in the quarter-finals.
Levan showed very good form, in fact he had a chance to break the goal in the opening minute, and the penalty he created showed the style of a real goalscorer: completing the turn in a very small space. This has also become his best weapon against the opposing centre-back, and the second penalty he made was almost a copy of the first, with a very small turn radius to complete the pass. That's the experience of a striker who can quickly spot the weaknesses of the opposing defender and exploit him.
Bayern's focus on the Champions League and the league is obviously different, while Salzburg clearly lacks knockout experience, the Champions League knockout round is a completely different competition from the group stage, Salzburg obviously wants to play against Bayern, has too many attacking players, and the game ended early after Levan scored a hat-trick. Bayern's 7 attackers showed great attack power. Levan is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to Bayern's victory, but the most important thing Bayern can win is that the two flanks, Comand and Gnabry, are also fully activated, which is in stark contrast to the first leg. Salzburg paid the price for being young, and they have a lot of room for tactical change.
Seeing Müller's goal, we can basically conclude about Nagelsmann's tactical arrangement for this game: given salzburg's centre-back's rather poor ability to move laterally, Bayern's attacking players are mindful of this lateral pull at the edge of the penalty area and the steering during lateral movement. Müller's two goals, Levan's two penalties, plus the one scored by Gnabry, were all opportunities to be obtained through this combination of sides and centres.
Kyle Gao's goal actually shows the problem with the current Bayern team's defense, that is, whether it is playing three or four, it gives the opponent too much room to move. The victory was a matter of course for Bayern, a Team Salzburg with a strong home capable team, but on the road they are a completely different team.
Congratulations to Bayern on qualifying, but their opponents in the quarter-finals will be stronger. I don't think Bayern's failure to renew dating Levan has affected his performance, he is a mature player who can cope with all this. The key issue for Levan's contract extension is his age, and bayern's management has to blend the team's vision with the current record, which is not easy.
Wen | Yang Zijiang
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