[Trending News] Debacle for Leverkusen: FC Bayern wins the second leg clearly

Highly concentrated, defensively strong, confident: FC Bayern Munich is in the quarter -finals of the Champions League. In the round of 16 second leg, the record champion won 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday evening.

Bayern had already won the first leg 3-0. Harry Kane (52nd minute) and Alphonso Davies (71st) met for the Munich team before 30,210 fans in the BayArena.

Bayern, who lie in the Bundesliga there were eight points in front of the (still) champion, showed the borders to the Leverkuseners in the Champions League. It was an impressive performance over both games.

Bavaria now against Inter Milan

And the dream of the “Title Dahoam” lives on, the Champions League final takes place in Munich.

In the quarter -finals, Bayern will have to go against Inter Milan on April 9th ​​and on April 16 – first in Munich. The Italian champion won 2-1 against Feyenoord Rotterdam after winning the first leg 2-0.

Bayer goalkeeper Hradecky: “Better team got on”

The miracle failed for Leverkusen. Goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky explained after the game at the Sportschau microphone: “You have to honestly say about two games that the better team has clearly progressed.”

And Bayer managing director Simon Rolfes said: “We lacked this, this one goal, perhaps with this standard situation shortly before the break, to put a few doubts about Bavaria. The team did it well until the final whistle, but of course we took the mortgage out of the first leg. “

Satisfaction with Bayern. Joshua Kimmich said at the Sportschau-Microphone: “I think we definitely deserved both games.”

Leverkusen with chic in the storm

Leverkusen's coach Xabi Alonso started again with a real striker against Bayern, he ordered Patrik Schick to the attack center. In the goal, the Spaniard trusted Hradecky, Matej Kovar had clung in the first leg the previous week.

Bayer, however, had to do without his exceptional player Florian Wirtz, injured on the ankle. On the other hand, Bayern coach Vincent Kompany was able to send almost his best team onto the field. In the goal, Jonas Urbig stood again for the injured Manuel Neuer.

Bayer runs, Munich unimpressed

The game started as expected. With the 0: 3 mortgage on the shoulders, the Leverkusen people were in a hurry, put pressure on the start and ran up the Bavarians high and aggressively. After just a few minutes there was the first ring combat insert between Exequiel Palacios and Kingsley Coman.

Bayern – that was also to be expected – were only moderately impressed. And shortly afterwards they had their first big chance. Jamal Musiala prevailed on the right side with a fine trick, in the middle Harry Kane then fails on Hradecky – tightly pressed by Jonathan Tah. Nevertheless, from the perspective of the Munich, Konrad Laimer (8th) and Kingsley Coman (10th) it remained the yellow card from the Slovenian referee Lavko Vincic. One thing was clear: the record champion held against it.

Only Bayern had good chances

At first Kane pulled off the distance and failed again on Hradecky, then Michael Olise narrowly missed the goal with a left -wing shot. And Bayern forced Leverkusen to mistake. Tah covered the ball in the forward movement, but Musiala then made too little out of the counterattack. Then Coman also set the ball next to the goal from a shot of six meters.

It was only shortly before half -time that the Werkelf also had the first good chance, but after a corner, Schick only hit the outside. Leverkusen delivered an enormously intensive game, but had no more to offer. It wasn't dominant, there were hardly any chances. The break went 0-0.

Bavaria meets ice cold after the break

Whatever Leverkusen had planned for the second round, it was obsolete shortly after the restart. In the 52nd minute, Kimmich played a sugar free kick into the top, chic hit the ball, Hradecky stayed on the line and Kane pushed the ball out of the bustle into the goal.

You couldn't blame the workself afterwards, she continued to try. But what she also brought about, the Bavarians remained defensively. And when a ball came on the goal, Urbig was there – like in the 65th minute when he defused a shot from Jeremie Frimpong and shortly afterwards a header from Schick. It was the best time of the Leverkusen.

Decision in Leverkusen urge phase

Bayern answered in their own way – with the 2-0. Serge Gnabry took a long ball deep in Leverkusen's half. About Kimmich and Kane landed the leather near Davies, who hit the right corner against the direction of Hradecky.

It was the preliminary decision and it could have been worse, but Kane and Co. left other good chances. In the 81st minute, Musiala only hit the crossbar and a little later the post.