In the early morning of April 7, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals continued, with Bayern Munich away to Villarreal. Less than 10 minutes into the opening, the Yellow Submarine relied on a smooth fit in front of the pitch, scoring by Danjuma to give bayern Munich an unexpected 1-0 lead.
As champions of last season's Europa League, the Yellow Submarines are the first seeded team in this Champions League, and they are together with Manchester United and Atalanta in the group stage. As a result, after a difficult 6 rounds of group matches, Villarreal qualified for the second place in the group stage. In the round of 16, Villarreal eliminated Juventus, the big brother of Serie A, in the case of not being optimistic.
Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are also seeded in the Champions League and have won six consecutive games in their group stage. In the round of 16 matches, although Bayern was forced to draw by the Red Bull Salzburg in the first leg, relying on the big victory in the second leg, the South King still achieved the promotion without any danger.
Although Villarreal is only 7th in La Liga, their European results this season are enough to surprise fans. For head coach Emery, this is also the first time he has led the team to the top 8 of the Champions League. Against the powerful Bayern, the yellow submarines are all under pressure and can play at home.
As a result, just 7 minutes after the start of the game, the originally thought gift package scored on the South King. The Yellow Submarines played smoothly in front of the field once, and finally Parejo assisted Danjuma to score successfully. This time defensively, Bayern at least 5 people in defense, but they just failed to block the attack of Emery's team.
In this game, most of Bayern's theoretical main players were played, including Davis, who played for the team again after a gap of 4 months. However, in the first half of the game, Bayern's state was completely absent, and it could even be said that they were overpowered by their opponents. Before half-time, Villarreal almost finished taking a two-goal lead.
In the 41st minute, Cochrane scored a rather sharp arcing shot, which was ruled invalid due to offside. If you have a 2-goal advantage, Villarreal will instantly succeed in the big hit of 2 rounds of promotion. I have to say that the big gift package that I originally thought was in the explosives package.
It is indeed surprising that the Champions League superstar, who is worth 800 million, was in the inferior position in the first half of this game. In the first half, although Bayern held 60% of the ball, they fell behind 5-6 in the number of shots on goal, and did not have any foot into the goal frame or anything like that.
If Villarreal successfully eliminated Bayern Munich, then the happiest in addition to themselves, there must be Liverpool in the same district, so that the scum's way through the final will be smoother.