Bayern Munich reaches the quarterfinals with enormous force majeure: 7-1


Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 10:48 PM• Dominic Mostert

Bayern Munich have qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League with great force majeure. After a 1-1 draw in the first leg against Red Bull Salzburg, the battle was not yet over, but won in front of the home crowd. of the Rekordmeister Tuesday evening 7-1. Robert Lewandowski had already scored three goals in just 23 minutes, the earliest Champions League hat-trick of all time. He also increased his total of the current Champions League season to twelve goals, passing Sébastien Haller of Ajax (eleven).

It was 3-0 halfway through the first half, but Salzburg was not without a chance. In the second minute, a dangerous shot by Nicolás Capaldo was deflected by Kingsley Coman; from the ensuing corner, former Ajax right back Rasmus Kristensen headed wide. A hard shot by Nicolas Seiwald was barely tapped over the goal by Manuel Neuer. Salzburg was mainly affected by two fouls by Maximilian Wöber, who twice did not know what to do with the agile Lewandowski. Lewandowski successfully turned away from Wöber in the penalty area, who pulled on the brake.

Both times, referee Clément Turpin pointed to the penalty spot, although the second time it took some time before the referee realized that the violation had been committed inside the penalty area. The first time it was immediately clear that a penalty had to follow: Lewandowski beautifully received a cross from Coman, turned away and was torpedoed. He hit the left corner. After twenty minutes, Wöber attacked Lewandowski at the sixteen-meter line and again opted for the left corner, this time after a hop.

Wöber also played a remarkable role in Lewandowski’s 3-0. The defender lost a header in midfield, rushed back to his own goal and held back after a pass from Thomas Müller to Lewandowski. Goalkeeper Philipp Köhn was unable to repair the damage, however, and in the end Lewandowski rounded off into an empty goal. After half an hour, Serge Gnabry pushed the ball under goalkeeper Köhn after Coman’s preparatory work. Eight minutes after the break, Thomas Müller lifted the lead to 5-0 with a hard shot from the turn.

Twenty minutes before the end, substitute Maurits Kjaergaard saved the honor for Salzburg. The only eighteen-year-old midfielder received the ball from Brenden Aaronson, who had made a creditable attack across the axis of the field. Kjaergaard had the necessary space in the penalty area and hit the top left corner. Bayern increased the margin again, however, with a contrarian shot by Müller after a low pass from Leroy Sané. Salzburg’s careless loss of the ball also resulted in a quick counterattack and Sané’s 7-1. Bayern qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the third season in a row. Last season that was the final station, because Paris Saint-Germain was too strong over two games.