Bayern Munich has to in the Champions League in the Playoff-round. The German record champions did not succeed in getting hold of one of the eight places that meant the direct qualification for the round of 16 on the last group game day. Munich would have needed both a victory and the help of other clubs. Munich defeated Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday on the eighth matchday of the group phase 3: 1 (1-0). But that was not enough.
“We somehow fulfilled our duty, not the freestyle. It is always funny if she doesn’t feel like a victory”said Thomas Müller after the game at DAZN, “But we knew beforehand that this could happen.” And he added: “The misconduct like last week in Rotterdam brought us into this situation. That’s life.”
When Thomas Müller met early (8th), Bayern’s hopes seemed to fulfill a high victory against the Slovaks. But another Bayern goal should fall until the break: Bratislava defended with “man and mouse” and makes the rooms extremely tight for Bayern. In front of the goal, Mathys Tel, whose departure from Munich is speculated, failed with a header from about eleven meters on goalkeeper Dominik Takac.
Slovan compensates for a hair
Again and again the Bavarians tried it through the middle or over Tel left or Sané on the right over the wings, but the precision was missing. However, there was a hair that fcb coach Vincent Kompany set up for reasons of stress control in defense on Josip Stanisic.
Because in the middle of the field it afforded a thick negligence that Tigran Barseghyan seemed to be able to take out ice cold. But Manuel Neuer could eradicate the mistake with an incredible reaction with his left arm.
Until the change of sides, only one ball flew dangerously towards the Slovan goal when Minjae Kim pulled off the distance, but scored well over the goal.
Change bring a lot of momentum
The hosts, driven further by the need to score as many goals as possible, had Munich pressed – the success alone did not want to appear. Tel, both defensive and offensive, failed with a shot attempt from a half -left position (55.). Müller also missed when he wiped a nice flank from Kimmich next to the goal (58th). Kimmich was also the one who had given the flank at Müller’s hit. Kim cared well when Cesar Blackman broke through a counterattack by the guests.
But only when Kompany brought Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala into the game in the 62nd minute did the game really get into the game. Because just a minute after the change, Musiala wiggled his opponent on the left, flanked precisely on Harry Kane, whose header fell unsustainably.
Coman also meets after Kane
And then Musiala again showed how important he is for the Munich attack game. After its opening of the player, the ball came to Gnabry, who pulled off from a half -right position. The repaid ball rolled in front of Coman’s feet, which only had to insert. Marko Tolic, who danced the late substitute Raphael Guerreiro Halbrecht, put the end of the 3-1 final score and drog the ball brilliantly under the crossbar.
Victory is not enough
But the view of the other places showed that the victory was not enough. Lilles Kanter victory against Bayern’s advisor Feyenoord Rotterdam, Aston Villas Success against Celtic Glasgow, Leverkusens 2-0 against Sparta Prague and last but not least the Dortmund victory against Donetsk prevented the direct qualification in Munich. Bayern Munich completed the group phase in eleventh place and must be on 11/12. and 18./19. February try to reach the round of the last 16. On Friday (12 p.m.) the draw of the playoffs will take place in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.
These are “Two games that hurt”Sports Director Max Eberl had already emphasized before the game. Trainer Vincent Kompany added: “We are no fear of the playoffs.” According to CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen, one will be “Then just accept the playoffs and expect what to expect”.
Now against Sporting or Manchester
Opponents of Bayern will either be Celtic Glasgow or Manchester City – the club, in which Kompany was on the pitch for eleven years.