Conceding 3 goals in the first leg a week ago at Man City's home ground, Bayern Munich created a huge barrier for themselves, with almost no way to overcome it when returning to their home ground, Allianz Arena, to play the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the early morning of April 20.
Jamal Musiala in a Man City attack
Seeing the shortcomings of the starting lineup a week ago in England, coach Thomas Tuchel decided to remove Serge Gnabry and replace him with Eric Choupo-Moting in attack. He also did not hesitate to put Joao Cancelo on the field from the start on the right wing, even though he was an "old player" of Man City... These changes helped Bayern Munich enter the game confidently, attacking strongly from the beginning of the match and continuously causing Man City's goal to be unstable. The opportunity also came early for the home team in the 17th minute when Leroy Sane escaped very quickly and defeated both center-back John Stone and goalkeeper Ederson, but unfortunately the ball went just wide of the goal post.
Leroy Sane missed Bayern Munich's best scoring chance in the first half
The Allianz Arena crowd was shocked when they saw defender Dayot Upamecano receive a red card in the 18th minute for tackling Erling Haaland, but the VAR determined that Haaland had been offside before, so the card was withdrawn. Upamecano continued to cause a "disaster" in the 35th minute when he let the ball touch his hand, causing Bayern Munich to be awarded a penalty. Luckily for the home team, in the subsequent free kick situation, Erling Haaland shot the ball over the bar.
Erling Haaland missed the penalty
After the break, Erling Haaland "made amends" in the 57th minute when he received the ball from De Bruyne, once again eliminated center-back Dayot Upamecano in a one-on-one position before breaking through to beat goalkeeper Yann Sommer. 1-0 for Man City in the second leg and the English team temporarily leads 4-0 after two matches.
...but successfully made up for his mistake with the opening goal in the 57th minute.
Haaland scored his 12th goal in the Champions League
The attack was not good, even deadlocked in ideas, but in the 80th minute, Bayern Munich suddenly received a "gift" when substitute striker Sadio Mane's shot hit the hand of defender Manuel Akanji in the Man City penalty area. On the 11m mark, Joshua Kimmich defeated Ederson with an accurate free kick, scoring an honorary goal for Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.
Joshua Kimmich scored an honorary goal for Bayern Munich from the 11m mark
Drawing 1-1 in the second leg to win 4-1 on aggregate after two matches, Man City has qualified for the semi-finals for the third consecutive season, waiting to meet Real Madrid to compete for a ticket to the Champions League final. The opportunity to win the "treble" this season is wide open for Pep Guardiola's team as they have booked a ticket to the FA Cup final, almost certainly have the right to decide in the Premier League title race with Arsenal and similarly the story in the Champions League...
Man City qualify for semi-finals for third consecutive season
Also in the early morning of April 20, at home at Giuseppe Meazza, Inter Milan opened the scoring and led the visiting team Benfica 3-1 from the 78th minute thanks to goals from Nicolo Barrella, Lautaro Martinez and Joaquin Correa. Inter Milan's complacency almost cost them as Benfica scored twice in stoppage time.
Inter Milan awaits the big match against AC Milan in the semi-finals
Drawing 3-3 in the second leg and winning 5-3 on aggregate in the two quarter-final matches, Inter Milan will have two "Derby della Madonnina" matches with city rivals AC Milan in the semi-finals of the Champions League this season.
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