“
A superb Villarreal leaves Bayern out alive
” headlines
Marca
this Thursday morning.
In a single sentence, the tone is set.
This Wednesday evening, the "Groguets" won 1-0 at home against Munich, thanks to a goal from Arnaut Danjuma at the very start of the game (7th).
Still, the score could have been heavier.
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Bayern generally dominated the game (62% possession, 22 shots) but showed little danger with only four attempts hitting the frame.
Opposite, the locals have created many opportunities, leaving room for regret.
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“We remain bitter, the result could have been sharper”
Shortly before the break (40th), the Frenchman Francis Coquelin believes he is breaking with a superb, lucky strike, but the goal is - precisely - refused for an offside position.
After halftime, Gerard Moreno touches a post (53rd).
A few minutes later (64th), the Spanish international took advantage of a huge blunder from Manuel Neuer to attempt an impossible lob.
An attempt that passes very close to the Bavarian cage.
At the very end of the match (87th), it was Adrian Pedraza, alone in front of goal, who missed the break goal.
“We are satisfied with the match, not the result
” hammered Dani Parejo, at the microphone of
Movistar
+ after the match.
"
We won, and that was the most important thing, but we are still a little bitter, because I think the result could have been sharper.
We had a big game from the first minute, we knew how to suffer.
They barely created a few chances.
And we had four or five very clear chances.
We beat one of the best teams in the world, we beat them.
We had prepared very well for this match,
” summed up the Spanish midfielder.
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For his part, Unai Emery remains ambitious.
“
We are happy, but at the same time, cautious.
I want to beat Bayern Munich.
I want to do it, and if I can't, I'll be frustrated.
We have said to ourselves from the start that we do not want to make an anecdotal journey in the Champions League, to say to ourselves that it is already good to have arrived so far.
No.
We want to go to the semi-finals.
We must be more demanding, correct the few small mistakes we made today (
Wednesday
).
»
Unai Emery, executioner of Bayern
Back - surprise - in Spain last summer, the former PSG coach is now adored by supporters of the Yellows, and congratulated by the Spanish press this Thursday morning.
"
Unai Emery has done it again,
" says
Marca
.
And yes, because despite the legitimate regrets of the "Groguets", beating Bayern in the Champions League, regardless of the stage of the competition, remains an achievement.
This is only the 5th defeat of the Munich club in its… last 50 C1 matches.
But above all, Bayern - sometimes crumbly on their land - had not lost away for 25 games in the Champions League.
The last defeat away from its bases dates back to September 27, 2017. A 3-0 slap received at the Parc des Princes by Paris Saint-Germain… from Unai Emery.
"
It's a deserved loss, we weren't good.
In the first half, we had too little energy.
We didn't create any chances and we gave up control
, ”assured Julian Nagelsmann after the match.
Thomas Muller, vice-captain of this Bayern Munich, shares the words of his coach.
“
We failed to deliver the match we wanted.
Offensively we didn't have the energy, we didn't create many chances, we lacked the explosiveness.
We accept this 1-0, if it had gone wrong, the score could have been higher.
We have seen that Villarreal is not an opponent we can walk against, contrary to what some media said.
“, Details the German striker on
DAZN
.
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90 minutes to write history
This “revenge” will take place on Tuesday April 12 on the lawn of the Allianz Arena.
Caution all the same for the players of Unai Emery.
Bayern, who had conceded a draw at Salzburg in the last round, won 7-1 in the second leg at home.
“
The team was ambitious, they looked Bayern in the eye.
There, it will be a different game.
We will have to go there with the mentality of wanting to score.
But in football, anything is possible,
” assures Dani Parejo at the
Movistar
microphone .
The Spanish coach remains, meanwhile, still ambitious, for a team that has never done better than a semi-final in the Champions League (eliminated 1-0 in aggregate by Arsenal in 2006).
“
This can be a historic moment,
".
