Villarreal creates sensation by eliminating Bayern Munich in the Champions League

The match: 1-1 It was an explosion, an earthquake that hit the Champions League on Tuesday evening. While he was among the big favorites in the competition, Bayern Munich have already said goodbye to the Champions League. Largely dominated in the first leg (0-1), unable to definitively break the Spanish lock on the return (1-1), the German club ultimately deserved no better against an incredible Villarreal team. Julian Nagelsmann wanted to “punish” the Spanish team? It was the Munich coach who was punished for believing that his team was going to make short work of his opponent, as was the case with RB Salzburg in the previous round (1-1, 7-1). Driven by a finally full Allianz Arena, Bayern always pushed, Villarreal always defended intelligently, giving this meeting the air of Manchester City-Atlético de Madrid. Symbol of its difficulty in being dangerous in the first period, Bayern had only framed a shot before the break, but it may have thought it had done the hardest part when the inevitable Lewandowski found the fault (1- 0.52nd). Müller then missed an incredible chance, alone with a header from close range (71st), Villarreal started to place some banderillas and everything changed at the end of the game when Chukwueze, after a superb counter, put the ogre Munich down (1-1, 88th). Already beaten by Juventus (1-1, 3-0), Villarreal is huge. The player: Lewandowski, the 13 of misfortune A huge tifo in memory of Gerd Müller had been deployed at the Allianz Arena before kick-off and Robert Lewandowski paid tribute in his own way to the “Bomber”. Unable to find the fault, Bayern relied on their modern-day gunner to believe in their destiny when the striker, found by Müller after an action initiated by a bad Spanish recovery, handed over his formation to the place of a slightly deflected shot from the right (1-0, 52nd). The German champion then believed in it more than ever. But the Pole’s thirteenth achievement in the event this season was ultimately in vain for the Munich residents. The fact: Villarreal, 16 years later At the final whistle, he leapt with joy, as usual at great moments, and we can understand that. For the first time, Unai Emery will play in the semi-finals of the Champions League and the Spanish coach can be proud of the performance of his team, solid at first, then heroic then effective to conclude. Thanks to this clearly established game plan, the winner of the last Europa League will be present in the last four of the C1, a stage of the competition that the Yellow Submarine had not reached since the 2005-2006 season. 6 Bayern have been knocked out the last 6 times they have lost the first leg in the Champions League knockout stage.