Scene of the game: Was there after the final whistle, as right after the end of the game Bayern-Trainer Hans-Dieter Flick and his Chelsea-Colleague Frank Lampard chatted relaxed and discussed the game in cool serenity. What everything says about this mandatory kick from Munich.
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Result of the game: After 3-0 in the first leg, Bayern also won the second leg of the second leg 4-1 (2-1). Robert Lewandowski (10th penalty / 84th) with two goals, Ivan Perisic (24th) and Corentin Tolisso (76th) ensured the easy Champions League gallop. Tammy Abraham scored what is called the honor goal in such cases just before the break. More detailed information on the course of the game can be read here.
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The first half: Got her lid on the line after ten minutes. Lewandowski was fouled in the penalty area by goalkeeper Willy Caballero, the champion himself did not miss the penalty and scored his twelfth Champions League goal. Ivan Perisic basically did the rest with the 2-0 win, Abraham’s subsequent goal after Manuel Neuer let the ball bounce, created a more virtual tension. That will not only have mattered more or less to Neuer.
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The second half: Had to be played, if only for the fact that Lewandowski had to increase his goal account. Joshua Kimmich and Thiago, threatened by yellow card suspensions, were replaced early, so this last risk was soon eliminated. If you looked at the suntanned Bayern executives, of whom sports director Hasan Salihamidzic now looks as if he had sprung from the opening scene from “Spiel mir das Lied von Tod”, you might have thought that this game was still part of the vacation.
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Player of the game: What in the world are you supposed to tell about Lewandowski? The Bayern striker scores, provides templates and seems more confident than ever. Presumably, after the Ballon d’Or’s failure, he has only one goal: to get Cristiano Ronaldo’s 17 Champions League goals in one season. He’s at 13.
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Change of game: Flick changed in the 63rd minute Jerome Boatengwho was struck off. Niklas Süle came along, and after all, he was once the national team’s head of defense and will probably be again in the future. It was his first appearance since his cruciate ligament rupture and you really can’t say that Bayern will be weakened by the fact that Süle is now also operational.
Number of the game: 165 days lay between the first and second leg. That should seem a bit long even to Champions League marketers. At the game in London on February 25, the temperature outside was five degrees and the news reported the first corona case in the Heinsberg district. Carnival was still celebrated happily, Violet Tuesday.
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Number of the game II: 3004 days lie between May 19, 2012 and August 8, 2020. Back when Lampard and his Chelsea boys destroyed the FC Bayern final party. And now Goal. That evening, Londoners were as far away from that as the number 3004 suggests. Sky presenter Sebastian Hellmann previously praised the station’s own series “The Gangs of London”: “Mega series, top cast, super exciting.” Chelsea FC wasn’t a gang that evening.
Number of the game III: This is not supposed to degenerate into numbers, but this game tempts you to talk less about the game itself than about statistics. Bayern are the record Bavarians this year. Thomas Müller made his 112th Champions League game and has now caught up with Philipp Lahm as the club’s internal leader. He will overtake him.
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Number of the game IV: Bayern now has 31 goals after eight Champions League games, all of which they have won. This has never happened before. The previous record was 30, held by FC Barcelona from the 2011/2012 season. It’s hard to imagine that Barça will just put up with it.
Knowledge of the game: The duty is done. Next Friday, the free program in the quarter-finals in Lisbon against Lionel Messi and his Gang of Barcelona awaits. If you don’t look forward to it, you’ve never loved the Champions League. And if you don’t regret that this game has to take place without a spectator, you won’t either.
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