After a 1-0 loss to Lazio within the first leg of the Champions League spherical of 16, lots wants to alter for Bayern Munich heading again to Germany for the second leg. Bayern lacked cohesion on the Stadio Olimpico and had been inclined to Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio gameplan with issues going from unhealthy to worse when heart again Dayot Upamecano was dismissed within the 67th minute of the match. Ciro Motionless sank the following penalty to offer Lazio the victory.
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Bayern appeared helpless and lacked cohesion taking 17 pictures with none discovering the goal as star striker Harry Kane registered his third efficiency within the final 5 video games with out placing a shot on body. And but, they’re going to return to Allianz Enviornment solely needing a objective to drive penalties and two objectives to advance to the final eight groups remaining within the competitors. For as poor as this match towards Lazio was — and it was very poor — that is Bayern’s tie to lose for a number of causes.
It begins with confidence which Thomas Muller touched on following the match.
“We missed our probabilities within the first half. I feel we had a great begin to the sport, we had a great strategy within the recreation additionally, the coach had a great plan for the sport but it surely’s on us gamers to attain the objectives after we create the probabilities,” he stated.
“The primary half was good however we now have to be trustworthy, the second half we gave it away. We made errors, horrible errors at this stage. The penalty was slightly unfortunate however you additionally need to say Ciro Motionless pressured two, three, 4 guys to combat with him with out successful the ball and in the long run with the pink card and possibly half-hour with one man down, it is an okay consequence. I am lengthy sufficient on this enterprise, 1-0 shouldn’t be good, we needed extra, however they’ve to return to Munich and we are going to see what’s going to occur however with one man down with the 1-0, I am advantageous.”
Muller is true to have that confidence returning house to Munich as nicely. In league play and Champions League, Bayern have an 11-2-1 report at house scoring 43 objectives and permitting 11. After they go away the pleasant confines of Germany, they’ve a 10-1-3 report, scoring 28 objectives and permitting 18. This raises issues for later rounds within the Champions League however dealing with Lazio, who’ve solely received six of their 15 highway matches in Serie A and Champions League play, a crew like Bayern ought to be assured.
Ultimately, Bayern might want to carry out higher in highway matches if they’re to win UCL for the primary time since 2020 however the place issues are presently, all Thomas Tuchel must do is steer his aspect to the following spherical of the event and use that to construct confidence for advancing additional whereas making an attempt to catch Bayer Leverkusen atop the Bundesliga. Trying any additional down the highway will solely result in Bayen tripping over their toes extra like Wednesday’s loss as stress on Tuchel grows.
