Champions League 2022-2023 Quarter-Finals Second Leg: Not Easy to Come Back

Early morning on April 20, at Allianz Stadium, Bayern Munich hosted Manchester City in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the 2022-2023 Champions League. Bayern Munich made the match, dubbed the "early final", more predictable when they left the Etihad Stadium with a 0-3 defeat a week ago.

This result makes even the most optimistic fans of the "gray tigers" not dare to believe in a happy ending for coach Thomas Tuchel. In fact, there have been teams that lost as badly as Bayern Munich, even more badly than them in the first leg of the Champions League but have successfully turned the tables. However, Bayern Munich is not among them. Statistics show that the "gray tigers" have never successfully turned the tables after being down 3-0 in a continental cup.

Not to mention, the reigning Bundesliga champions have not been in good form during the most important stage of the season. They have only won 2/6 recent matches, drawn 1, and lost 3. Bayern Munich's rapid decline is partly due to the club's sudden decision to change coaches, when they fired Julian Nagelsmann to appoint coach Thomas Tuchel. Bayern Munich's new head coach is still in the "probing" stage at Allianz.

Meanwhile, before entering the second leg, Manchester City had a series of 10 consecutive wins. Away from home, the reigning Premier League champions won all four of their last matches, scoring a total of 12 goals. Most of coach Pep Guardiola's players played brilliantly.

In particular, on the offensive line, Erling Haaland regularly scored goals with the strong support of teammates behind him such as: Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish... Leading by 3 goals, Machester City has too many advantages to qualify for the semi-finals.

On the same day, Inter Milan hosted Benfica at San Siro. Losing 0-2 at home in the first leg, Benfica had little chance of advancing when they had to play the second leg in Italy. Inter Milan accepted to give up the domestic front to focus all their mind and strength on the continental arena. This means that Coach Inzaghi's students are very energetic and ready to defeat Benfica once again.

FAME

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