After a true humiliation against Red Bull Salzburg, Bayern Munich can prepare for the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Already for the tenth time in eleven seasons. Thanks to Robert Lewandowski who paved the way with a hat-trick after 23 (!) minutes and turned it into a one-man show for the umpteenth time at the Rekordmeister. Although the indestructible Thomas Müller also contributed after the break: 7-1!
Actually, we should be grateful to RB Salzburg. Many teams would dig themselves into the Allianz Arena after a 1-1 in the first leg. Not the Red Bull boys from Salzburg. With high pressure and a lot of guts, the Austrians went for it. The opening phase whirled. A blistering pace, clever combinations and an abundance of opportunities.
Salzburg’s vollgassfussball is attractive, but also a bit aggressive. No team has committed more violations (116) in this CL campaign. They cost the visitors dearly against Bayern. In minute ten, Wöber went too far into Lewandowski in the sixteen. penalty kick. A breeze for the Pole. A cold shower for the Austrians: 1-0.
Too many violations
More than five minutes later, Wöber bumped into the same stone. On the edge of the sixteen, he again knocked out Lewandowski. The VAR ruled that the violation was committed inside. Lewandoski scored his second penalty of the evening. In contrast to the first, now with eyes to goal and a nice place ball in the free corner.
The visitors kept looking for the connecting goal – attractive also rhymes with naive. Bayern showed no mercy. On the counter, Müller found Lewandoski. In two times, the Pole kicked in his third of the evening. Three goals in 23 minutes: the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history. Marco Simone and his hat-trick in 24 minutes were swept off the tables. Rappe Robert was immediately able to call himself Champions League top scorer with his 12th goal in this campaign.
One goal from Gnabry before half time and two goals from the indestructible Thomas Müller after half time turned out to be footnotes in the great Robert Lewandowski show. Just like Kjaergard’s savior across the street. Leroy Sané finally got the honor of capturing the impressive 7-1 final figures after a nice heel from… Lewandowski.
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