The Champions League knockout rounds were over 4 matches, Paris 1-0 Real Madrid, and there were still changes in the second leg. Manchester City 5 away to Sport Of Portugal, the team basically locked in the promotion quota. Liverpool are 2-0 inter away and have a good chance of returning home in the second leg to qualify. The only cold is Bayern away 1-1 Salzburg Red Bull, the Bundesliga boss upset is also because the players are collectively lost, the second leg back to the home court will indeed bear more pressure, because in this round of matches, Salzburg Red Bull performance is indeed good, the manager is a complete victory over bayern manager, the next away game Salzburg also has the opportunity to upset.
Every season in the Champions League will have some cold spots, and the big package teams are not all tied up, but no one thought that Bayern would end in a draw in the first leg of the game, because people have the impression that Bayern's abuse is stress-free. In fact, Bayern have conceded few points this season, the Bundesliga opener team 1-1 away to Borussia Moncheng, and then the team won nine consecutive wins, but in the 7th round of the league was upset, Bayern sitting at home but 1-2 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt is indeed red gold. Later, bayern lost 5-0 away to Borussia Moncheng, who was indeed the nemesis of the Bundesliga boss. Bayern's last point conceded in 2021 was a 1-2 away defeat to Augsburg in the league, and Bayern still had some difficulties away from the mid-range team, so they would lose points three times.
After entering 2022, Bayern lost 1-2 at home to Borussia Borussia Moncheng again, who completed three consecutive cuts against the Bundesliga boss this season, I believe that Bayern Champions League opponents will also refer to Borussia Moncheng's way of dealing with the top team, while hoping to get points on this strong team, so bayern is also looked down by all parties after this round of Champions League draws, and the expectations of winning the championship have also declined. It is worth mentioning that Bayern has recently suffered two winless pressures, before the Champions League draw the team also lost 2-4 away to Bochum, it can be said that Bayern's problems have been completely revealed, so the probability of the Champions League upset has also increased.
Looking back at the champions league dark horses in recent seasons, Porto reached the quarter-finals last season, and the team eliminated Juventus. The teams that reached the quarter-finals in the 19/20 season included Atlanta, Leipzig and Lyon, and the results were somewhat unexpected, as they eliminated Juventus, Tottenham and Valencia, which were the teams that had reached the final. Even more shocking is that Leipzig and Lyon also eliminated Atletico and Manchester City to reach the semi-finals, but failed to reach the final. In the 18/19 season, Porto and Ajax reached the quarter-finals, with Ajax eliminating Juventus as the biggest dark horse. In the 17/18 season, Roma and Sevilla reached the quarterfinals, and Roma reached the semi-finals, which is also very bloody, so this season's Red Bull Salzburg also has dark horse potential.
The Champions League is always underdog and more attractive because every game comes with some unpredictability. Bayern's draw was also blessed by the referee, because a penalty from Salzburg was ignored by the referee, otherwise if the two goals were behind, Bayern might indeed lose, and the suspense of promotion would be greater. In fact, the two teams have met twice before, and the result is that Bayern won the opponent by a big score, and the first goal in this game was Salzburg, which can be said that the gap between the two teams has narrowed.
Bayern had some mistakes shortly after the start of the match, which was obviously the result of pressure from the opponent, and Jules stopped the ball and was snatched by Adeyemmi, which was already a warning. In the following game, Adeyami continued to create a threat, and his teammates also completed the shot after receiving the ball, because the opponent frequently pressed, so Bayern could only find counter-attack opportunities during this time, Gnabry's shot was easily defused by the goalkeeper, and it is certain that Bayern's threat weakened.
Bayern then gradually began to control the ball, but in the 21st minute the opponent took advantage of the counter-attack opportunity to score, from Adeyemi's breakthrough, his cross confused the opponent, Adamu scored the ball after the penalty. In fact, Adeyemmi has formed a threat many times, but Bayern's defense still allows him to easily cross, and such negligence leads to the loss of goals is inevitable. Sane and Gnabry missed scoring opportunities since then, and at the end of the first half Adeyami got up and completed the shot, but fortunately the Bayern goalkeeper was very focused, so the danger was defused.
There was a controversial penalty in the first half of stoppage time, and the penalty in the Pavard penalty area was suspected, but the referee did not give the penalty after communicating with the VAR referee, which also became a point of doubt after the game. Levan made a threat in the middle of the penalty area in the second half, but did not complete the shot under the interference of the opponent, and then Kingsley Koeman missed three attacking opportunities in succession, and the Bayern manager made a substitution adjustment, he replaced Gnabry with Shubo Motin and Sabicze to replace Tolisso. After both sides were substituted, the substitutes did not perform well, but Adeyami completed another shot, which can be seen that the manager adjusted the lineup, but the defense was still unstable.
In the 86th minute, Red Bull Salzburg replaced Adejemi with Kelgaard, which was also a failure, because the team conceded a goal four minutes later, when the oblique pass from Pavard found Mueller, who rubbed the assist after the header and hoped that Kingsley Koeman would complete the redemption, otherwise the big man would be questioned by all sides after the game. If Salzburg don't replace the most threatening player, maybe they can win bayern by one goal. It is strange that Bayern, which has Levan, Sane, Koeman and Müller, actually scored 1 point by scoring a lucky goal at the end, which is indeed a very ironic process and result.
In fact, from the fact that Bayern fell at the feet of Borussia Möncheng three times this season, it can be seen that the team's problems are not small, which will also appear again in the subsequent Champions League matches. Among them, the manager's responsibility is relatively large, in the previous matches he tried a single-back formation, the result was a loss, and the league upset also affected the morale of the team, against Salzburg Players also had some contempt for opponents, the team also lacked the ability to adapt to a goal behind.
The manager's attempt to change also made Bayern's front and back court disconnected, so the problems of the defensive line were also magnified, which is also a case of serial errors, the players have some discomfort, and what is even more tragic is that Levan did not stand up to reverse the disadvantage in the difficult situation, because he received insufficient support. Jules' mistakes are also related to the constant replacement, and the state of the players is not the best, and the teammates also have some freedom, so the opponent's core players can create threats many times. The manager's deployment formation also has some light enemies, and it ignores the difficulty of away combat, so bayern need to formulate a response strategy after reflection from the manager in the second leg.
Bayern do not lack attacking players, Levan, Müller, Koeman, Gnabry and Sane have a reasonable rotation to play to their respective advantages, and the appearance of the crowd will affect the stability of the defense. Bayern are favourites to win the title every season, but in recent seasons, there have been many upsets, and it is indeed time to sum up. The teams eliminated in the Champions League have their own strength, so the deployment of 3 centre-backs and single backs is indeed playing with fire, especially the arrangement of away combat is a hotbed of upset.
In this game, Gnabry made 3 of 6 shots on goal and passed 3 threatening balls. Koeman made 3 of 8 shots on goal and 4 threatening passes. Sane shot 2 of the 4 shots on goal, while Levan only had one shot on goal, and it can be seen that there are lone wolves in his teammates, so the lack of support levan received is very obvious. Müller only had 2 shots on goal and 1 shot on target and 4 threatening passes, although 1 assist still showed the crucialness. In fact, the Champions League still allows Levan to have more shooting opportunities to secure the victory, and other teammates are too lone wolves and the team may lose points. After this game, Bayern is no longer the favourite to win this season, compared to Paris, Manchester City and Liverpool, because the first leg of the knockout round shows strength, especially the advantage of the Premier League double is more obvious, and Bayern is in danger of being out.