The German soccer record champions did not get more than 1: 1 (0: 0) in the second leg against FC Villarreal, the Munich team had lost the first leg in Spain 0: 1. The Spanish press writes about this:
AS: “Villarreal torpedoed FC Bayern and reached the semi-finals. A goal by Samu Chukwueze in the 87th minute took the U-boat to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the second time in its history. (…) It was 95 minutes of suffering, and the gate of Chukwueze will go down in the history of the “Yellow Submarine”.
Brand: “What an evening, what excitement. Madrid and Villarreal are in the semi-finals! (…) Villarreal is written in golden letters.”
Sports: “Villarreal is determined to turn European football upside down. After sweeping away Juventus in Turin, the ‘Yellow U-Boot’ knocked out Bayern in a competitive game in Munich.”
El Mundo Deportivo: “‘Herr’ Villarreal beat Bayern and reach the semi-finals! A last-minute goal from Chukwueze is enough for Unai Emery’s team to write one of the golden pages of their history.”
El Pais: “Villarreal’s lock was stronger than Bayern Munich. The Spanish team has reached the semi-finals after revealing the plight of the most consistent team in recent years in the Champions League, a team exhausted by an internal crisis pointing to a cycle change suggests.”
El Mundo: “Chukwueze keeps Villarreal dreaming. (…) Villarreal never tires of swimming against the tide. First they knocked out Juventus in the round of 16, now they defeated one of the biggest favorites to win the Champions League and are standing for the second time in his history in the semifinals.”
Source: dpa