FC Bayern Munich gained a good starting point for reaching the round of 16 in the playoff first leg of the Champions League at Celtic Glasgow on Wednesday evening (12.02.2025). In the end it got tight.
Michael Olise gave the guests in the lead in the 45th minute, Harry Kane increased four minutes after the restart. Daizen Maeda scored in the 79th minute for the Scots – it remained.
“That was deserved. We gave everything”said Bavaria’s defender Dayot Upamecano afterwards. “It was a very, very difficult game with a great stadium and a great opponent.” Coach Vincent Kompany agreed with: “Celtic is very home in international games, so it was a really good victory for us.”
FC Bayern: Former shock without consistency
The game started with a bang effect, which Bayern survived without harmless. The ex-Bayern amateur player Nicolas Kühn, who had not been found to be good enough for the professionals, hit Munich’s network after 28 seconds. The goal was not recognized, however, because Celtic center striker Adam Idah had blocked the view in the side.
In the statistics of the goal shots, Kühn’s attempt was immediately deleted – and in fact, no further end of the Scots was added until the break. The Bavarians, on the other hand, worked out some chances after the first minute of terror, but whether Harry Kane, Leroy Sané from a short distance from Kasper Schmeichel or Michael Olise von Halbrechts – the last conviction, the last print, the last shot will will be missing – all of this was missing in The first 44 minutes.
Class goal from Olise shortly before the change
But when everything looked for a break after a goalless draw, Olise then rewarded Bayern’s superiority in midfield with almost 65 percent possession. He moved from half-right to the center of good old Arjen-Robbenman and fired a left-hand shot under the crossbar from the penalty area, in which the 20-year profile experience of goalkeeper Schmeichel could not do anything.
Michael Olise scores 1-0 against Celtic Glasgow.
The guests took a completely deserved lead into the break-and the almost grotesque high Celtic leadership in duel statistics thus turned out to be useless: In fact, 73 percent of all direct duels had won the Scots, but in the decisive ones They hadn’t even got into a duel due to the lack of a counter -player at Olise.
Kane is completely free and meets Celtic
Exactly this problem from a Glasgow perspective was also 0: 2. After a corner of Joshua Kimmich, Kane stood as blank on the five -meter room as he rarely experienced this in training: the English, which the Scottish fans kept with whistles, made it easy to make a preliminary decision by volley.
Manzano denies Glasgow clear penalty
But with the two-goal lead in the back, Bayern became sloppy. Reo Harate already had the chance to connect with a blocked low shot (52nd), three minutes later there should have been a penalty for the “Celts”: Dayot Upamecano is slipping on the former Augsburg Arne Engels in the penalty area with the tunnels, the line judge showed the clear foul immediately.
Disputed scene: Dayot upamecano (left) in a duel with Glasgows Arne Engels.
Referee Jesús Gil Manzano initially gave a free kick, but was then asked to use the video screen. There it was clear that the crime scene was in the sixteen – but because Upamecano had also played the ball in front of the foul, Manzano surprisingly saw the subsequent step as not worthy of punishment.
In the end, the new saves the victory
Glasgow continued to fight with a lot of passion and almost used a weak back pass from Raphael Guerreiro for the connection. Daizen Maeda deservedly made it after a poorly defended corner – and as a result it could have been worse for Bayern.
But once a somewhat wild excursion by Manuel Neuer remained unpunished, then Serge Gnabry successfully threw himself into Jeffrey Schlupp’s shot and in added time, Neuer saved with a class reflex against Alistair Johnston.
Bavaria threatens more unpleasant Round of 16
Tournament tree of the playoffs of the Champions League
The second leg in the Allianz Arena will take place next Tuesday (February 18, from 8:50 p.m. on the radio report). When moving into the round of 16, FC Bayern would meet either at Atlético Madrid or the German champion Bayer Leverkusen.
The encounters will be drawn on February 21. In the league, Bavaria will certainly meet Leverkusen – and next Saturday in the top game from 6.30 p.m. (live ticker at Sportschau)