Return of the Champions League round of 16 after the 1-1 first leg: 3-1 for the Germans in the only previous match in Bavaria
Everything is still in the balance between Bayern Munich and Salzburg. But the Bavarians had a bad time in the first leg, with Kingsley Coman’s goal in the 90th minute setting the score at 1-1 after Adamu’s lead. A result that, considering the change in regulations regarding away goals, makes the return to the Allianz Arena a straight challenge: in the event of a draw (whatever the result), it goes to extra time. Kick-off on Tuesday at 9pm.
THE BAYERN
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There is a comforting figure for Nagelsmann: Bayern Munich have outlasted five of their previous seven Champions League knockout games in which they drew away from home in the first leg. But one of the two occasions in which there has not been the passage of the round is recent: round of 16 of the 2018/19 season, a 3-1 home defeat to Liverpool after the 0-0 at Anfield. Tuesday will be the second match in Bavaria between Bayern and Salzburg after the 3-1 for the Germans in November 2020: the Bavarians have won all five home games against Austrian teams, scoring a total of 15 goals and conceding only three.
THE NUMBERS OF SALZBURG
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Salzburg ended the Austrian championship in first place, with an advantage of 18 points over Sturm Graz. But that’s not all: the top six teams will have to face again in a mini-championship to determine who will win the title and will start with the halved points. But first, Matthias Jaissle’s team pursues the feat in the Champions League: it is since 1984/85, with Austria Vienna, that an Austrian team has not passed the round of 16 in the Champions League / Champions Cup. The first leg match was comforted, but now Salzburg must win their first away match in this edition of the competition (one draw and two defeats) and find their first success in Germany in the Champions League: the only two (out of nine games played) have in fact arrived in the Europa League, both in 2018 against Borussia Dortmund and Leipzig.
March 7 – 5:34 pm
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