It's a German Champions League semi-final: After Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern also advances. Joshua Kimmich becomes the match winner. The second leg can be read in the ticker.
Champions League: FC Bayern - FC Arsenal 1:0 (0:0)
After Borussia Dortmund: Munich is also in the Champions League semi-finals.
The quarter-final second leg can be read in the ticker.
Conclusion:
FC Bayern can have hopes for the Champions League final in Wembley (June 1st). The Munich team reached the semi-finals of the premier class with a 1-0 (0-0) win in the second leg against Arsenal FC. After the 2-2 draw in the quarter-final first leg, Joshua Kimmich (63rd minute) headed the German record champions one round further against weak Londoners. Bayern acted very defensively and cautiously in the first half, but were extremely compact and focused. After the break, the “Reds” increased the number of hits and, thanks to the strong-willed Kimmich, used a punch against the English who were passive for long stretches. In the semi-finals (April 30th/May 8th), coach Thomas Tuchel's team will now face Real Madrid. After a 3-3 draw in the first leg, the Madrilenians now prevailed 5-4 (1-1) on penalties in the exciting second leg at Manchester City. Borussia Dortmund had already moved into the semi-finals (against Paris Saint-Germain) on Tuesday evening.
FC Bayern - FC Arsenal 1:0 (0:0)
Bayern line-up: |
Neuer - Kimmich, de Ligt, Dier, Mazraoui (76th Kim) - Laimer, Goretzka - Sané (89th Upamecano), Musiala, Guerreiro - Kane |
Arsenal line-up: |
Raya - White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu (86. Nketiah) - Jorginho (68. Gabriel Jesus), Odegaard, Rice - Saka, Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli (68. Trossard) |
Gates: |
1:0 Kimmich (63.) |
After Borussia Dortmund: Munich is also in the Champions League semi-finals
90th minute + 5: The game is over! After a great fight and with a lot of discipline, FC Bayern reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. This means that after Borussia Dortmund, the second German team is in the semi-finals of the premier class.
90th minute + 2: Offensive foul against Kimmich. That looks good. Arsenal seem too hectic in this crucial phase of the game.
90th minute + 1: Dangerous! The Londoners bring a chip ball to the six-yard box. Saka crosses from close range - but the Englishman was probably offside. That was tight.
90th minute: Four minutes of added time. Is that exciting! Is it enough for Bayern?
89th minute: Change at Bayern:
Sané leaves the pitch exhausted, Tuchel brings in another defender in Upamecano.
88th minute: Be careful! Odegaard forces himself into the box with strong will and takes a flat shot. Neuer directs the ball into the side netting - and surprisingly the Londoners are not awarded a corner.
86th minute: Change at Arsenal:
Nketiah is the next man on the offensive, the Japanese Tomiyasu goes down.
84th minute: Rice gets stuck with a pass in front of the penalty area. Bayern are extremely compact around their own penalty area. The English cannot make it through the Bavarian bulwark.
81st minute: Arsenal should react on the field, but there is little from the team from London. Bayern are moving into the semi-finals of the premier class here and now.
78th minute: View from the other pitch: Manchester City equalized 1-1 against Real Madrid through De Bruyne. This would mean that this duel would go into extra time, while Munich would, as of now, move straight into the semi-finals.
76th minute: Change at Bayern:
Tuchel replaces the ailing Mazraoui with the South Korean Kim. They want to keep the narrow lead over time.
75th minute: Two corners in a row for the English. Yes: you commit an offensive foul. Munich is in possession of the ball again. They slowly get the time from the clock.
72nd minute: It's Bayern's turn and the pressure is on. Arsenal play cautiously to ensure that the English are behind. But be careful of Gabriel Jesus, the Brazilian is a real snapper.
68th minute: Double substitution at Arsenal:
Trossard comes on for Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus comes on for Jorginho. Coach Arteta is on the offensive.
67th minute: Bayern wants to follow up straight away. But Sané hits the ball from the backcourt into the upper tier. The national player had too much reserve when he finished.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Kimmich scores with his head
63rd minute: Goooooorrrrr!!! FC Bayern - FC Arsenal 1-0, goalscorer: Kimmich. The tour for the people of Munich! Sané gets through to the baseline and crosses to the second post. Guerreiro is largely free on the edge of the penalty area and crosses the ball into the back of the defense. Kimmich comes rushing in from the second row with a lot of steam and heaves the ball into the net against Raya's run with a lot of will. The arena is shaking!
61st minute: Guerreiro fights hard for the ball on the halfway line. There is applause for this. It's Bayern's turn. They just don't get decisively in front of the goal.
57th minute: Dangerous! Guerreiro passes to Kane on the counterattack. However, too weak. Tomiyasu is in between and wants to play backwards to Raya, but he obviously doesn't see his goalkeeper properly. The ball goes two meters away from the goal. A strange scene.
53rd minute: Once again the usually strong Saka runs past Bayern's left-back Mazraoui on the right. The Munich team takes the highly gifted attacker from London out of the game.
50th minute: Neuer comes very far out of his goal to prevent the Londoners from counterattacking. My dear, it takes courage to do something like this. After the break there is real life on the pitch.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Goretzka heads the post
47th minute: Huge opportunity for Bayern! Kimmich chips the ball into the six-yard box. Goretzka climbs up and heads the ball onto the left post. Guerreiro comes to the margin. Keeper Raya directs the ball to the post again. The arena is really awake after the break.
46th minute: No changes on either side. It smells a bit like extension.
46th minute: We continue with the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League!
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: No goals at halftime in Munich
45th minute + 1: Break in Munich. After a subdued first half with no goals, we head to the locker rooms.
45th minute: One minute of added time in Fröttmaning.
43rd minute: FC Bayern can't switch quickly yet. When you win the ball, things are too slow. Arsenal still have significantly more possession of the ball. As a reminder: If the score was 0-0, the game would go into extra time.
40th minute: Free kick from Rice in front of the box. Havertz extends with his head, but Neuer has the ball safely.
38th minute: Both Havertz at Arsenal and Kane at Bayern are not yet a factor up front. But they also have to help their colleagues a lot to get to the rooms.
35th minute: Kimmich now increasingly joins the Bavarian offensive game and moves a little further into the middle when in possession of the ball. He probably wants to create the majority with this. But you can't get into a good shooting position.
32nd minute: Next finish in London. Martinelli crosses in the box and shoots in the middle. But he shoots Neuer directly. Arsenal approaches the goal.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Neuer parries against Odegaard
30th minute: Wow! A shot from Odegaard becomes really dangerous because he is covered and Neuer is down early on the ground. But the world champion still gets his left arm up and can parry.
27th minute: Both teams continue to play cautiously, it's a matter of tactics. Bayern are tight defensively and allow Arsenal to do a lot, but they just can't get through.
23rd minute: Dangerous! The chance for Bayern, who are now on the counterattack. Guerreiro plays through the lane to Mazraoui, who moves up. The Moroccan's pass suddenly becomes a shot on goal because an Arsenal player takes a deflection. The ball rushes past the second post.
21st minute: Bayern positions themselves with all hands around their own penalty area. So the Munich team conquer the ball from the Gunners, but they don't really get into the counterattack.
18th minute: Looking from the other place: Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead at Manchester City thanks to a goal from Rodrygo and would be in the semi-finals with this result.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Musiala sends Sané
16th minute: Sané is through after a ball from Musiala. The national player goes to the baseline, but Gabriel stops the cross pass. A first murmur goes through the arena.
15th minute: Bayern sometimes retreat far from their own penalty area. They let Arsenal pass the ball back and forth. More than 70 percent ball possession for London currently. This is a house number.
11th minute: Saka passes Mazraoui on the right and hits the cross onto the second post. But the ball comes too long. The first few minutes in the Munich arena were characterized by restraint on both sides.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Munich are very low
9th minute: The Munich team is deep in their own half in the early stages. They let the Londoners come first. Martinelli tries a shot from half field, but it goes well wide of the box.
6th minute: Arsenal moves further forward. Martinelli tries to put pressure on Kimmich and the right defense. But the Swabian holds his ground in front of his own penalty area.
4th minute: First goal for Munich. Sané passes through the box for Kimmich, who crosses to the second post. Kane gets to the ball but doesn't get any pressure behind his shot. In the end, two meters are missing.
2nd minute: Arsenal is in possession of the ball. Bayern only attacks from the halfway line and is very compact in their own half at the start of the game.
1st minute: Kick-off for Bayern's second leg against Arsenal!
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: the balance clearly speaks for Munich
Update from April 17th, 8:50 p.m.:
Another quick look at the statistics: Bayern have won 5-1 three times in the last four meetings in the Champions League. Added to this is the 2-2 result from the first leg. Of 13 duels in the premier class, the Londoners were only able to win three, while Munich emerged victorious seven times. These are good omens for this showdown this evening in the north of the Isar metropolis. The excitement is almost palpable, it's about to begin!
Update from April 17th, 8:40 p.m.:
Mazraoui starts as a left-back. Tuchel explains that the Moroccan has already done this with the national team. Bayern really need a lot of legs and willingness to run at the back left. Saka and Odegaard behind them are considered the congenial right side of the Londoners. White also puts a lot of pressure on from behind. Mazraoui and Guerreiro should close this cross on the Munich side.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Tuchel is looking forward to a “big gift”
Update from April 17th, 8:30 p.m.:
Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel is on the microphone at DAZN. “It is a great gift, a privilege. We want to be ready. It's a big step necessary to get to the semi-finals," explains the Bavarian Swabian shortly before the start of the game and demands: "We have to be totally 'on'. We can’t switch off for a second, the opponent is too well-rehearsed and too fluid in the transitions.”
He is asked why Guerreiro starts attacking on the left instead of Müller. “You have to do a lot of defending on the side. In the first leg, Serge Gnabry filled up a five-man chain,” says Tuchel, and says of the English team’s right side of the attack: “It is the side where most attacks are initiated. That's why we chose Rapha. It’s not Thomas Müller’s role to play half left-back.”
Bayern against Arsenal in the live ticker: Real Madrid and ManCity in a parallel game
Update from April 17th, 8:20 p.m.:
On Tuesday evening, Borussia Dortmund reached the semi-finals of the premier class with a 4:2 (2:1) win against Atlético Madrid. The Westphalians now have to play against Paris Saint-Germain for superstar Kylian Mbappé. If FC Bayern progresses, they would be challenged against Real or ManCity under former coach Pep Guardiola.
Semi-finals, Champions League: |
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April 30th / May 8th |
Borussia Dortmund - Paris Saint Germain |
May 1st / May 7th |
FC Arsenal/FC Bayern - Real Madrid/ManCity |
Update from April 17th, 8:10 p.m.:
Manchester City and Real Madrid face each other in the parallel game this Wednesday evening. That could also be a Champions League final this season. In the end it was 3:3. Today the two German national players Toni Rüdiger and Toni Kroos are back in the thick of things. In this ticker we give interim results.
Thomas Tuchel surprises: Raphael Guerreiro starts instead of Thomas Müller
Update from April 17th, 7:52 p.m.: Bayern's lineup is here.
And actually: Tuchel brings Guerreiro on the left offensively. Müller sits on the bench instead of the Portuguese. This also applies to youngster Pavlovic. Laimer and Goretzka start in defensive midfield. Sané can begin. Canadian Davies is suspended.
Bayern line-up:
Neuer - Kimmich, de Ligt, Dier, Mazraoui - Laimer, Goretzka - Sané, Musiala, Guerreiro - Kane
Update from April 17th, 7:40 p.m.:
Is there a big surprise in Bayern's lineup today? As
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learned in Munich's Allianz Arena, Raphael Guerreiro is likely to play in the offensive three-man line instead of Thomas Müller alongside Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sané. Thomas Tuchel could choose this tactical feint in order to work on the lightning-quick and extremely strong Bukayo Saka on the English right-hand side of the attack with two men. We are excited.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Harry Kane is particularly motivated
Update from April 17th, 7:30 p.m.:
Unimaginable from today's perspective: super striker Harry Kane once failed as a young player at Arsenal FC and was not good enough for the “Gunners”. When he was seven to nine years old, the London native trained with the workers' club from the British cosmopolitan city, but then had to leave because, according to
Kicker
, he was too "chubby" and "not very sporty".
“Maybe it's still in the back of my mind when I was released at a young age that there is always something to prove,” said the England captain before the reunion with Arsenal.
Update from April 17th, 7 p.m.:
Munich coach Thomas Tuchel is also hoping for the fans of the German record champions against Arsenal this evening. What is needed is an “extraordinary and unique atmosphere that supports our team, especially in our personnel situation,” said Tuchel at the press conference for the Champions League game. Every Bayern fan should come on Wednesday “with the willingness to push and help,” he said to the supporters.
FC Bayern vs FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Aleksandar Pavlovic is an option
Update from April 17th, 6:45 p.m.:
Which line-up will Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel choose against Arsenal? Konrad Laimer and Leon Goretzka could play next to each other in defensive midfield. Because: Aleksandar Pavlovic, who is only 19 years old, is probably still not at 100 percent after a persistent case of tonsillitis.
“Aleks hasn’t had a game or training rhythm since the Darmstadt game,” explained Tuchel after the win against Cologne on Saturday, in which Pavlovic started from the start and played for 79 minutes. However, the youngster “noticed that himself,” Tuchel continued. Is that why he's leaving him on the bench for now in this important game?
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Müller sees weaknesses in London
Update from April 17th, 6:30 p.m.:
Thomas Müller tried little psychological games before the second leg in the premier class. “The Arsenal team is very good, but not as experienced in the European Cup as, for example, Real Madrid or Manchester City - both from the coaching side and from the players,” said the Bayern star before the second duel with the “Gunners”: “I hope that we are having a great evening of football. The nice thing about the starting position is that the winner advances. There's no tactics there. We are ready!"
Update from April 17th, 6:15 p.m.: Hello and welcome to the live ticker! It's all set: FC Bayern and Arsenal will duel in the quarter-final second leg in Munich for a place in the semi-finals of the Champions League - we'll be there live for you.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Showdown for the semi-finals
First report from April 17th:
Munich - The Allianz Arena is ready for the big showdown between FC Bayern and Arsenal FC for a place in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
This Wednesday evening (from 9 p.m.) the Munich and London teams will face each other in Fröttmaning. After the 2:2 (1:2) in the first leg, everything is open between Bayern and Arsenal in the quarter-final second leg. In the event of a draw after regular time, the game would automatically go into extra time. The tension is almost palpable.
Leroy Sané is fit: Thomas Tuchel can use the X factor against London
Important: After two outside attackers, Serge Gnabry (torn muscle fiber) and Kingsley Coman (adductor injury), are out due to injury, FCB (current) coach Thomas Tuchel can at least use Leroy Sané against the footballers from the British metropolis. Because: The German national player reported fit in good time.
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: Müller is also relying on Sané
His appearance was shaky recently after the 28-year-old striker had to take a break in the Bundesliga against 1. FC Köln (2-0). To put it into perspective: Sané has been suffering from pain in his pubic bone for a long time. Tuchel explained that the attacker was “not able to recover from this persistent injury during ongoing operations” and predicted: “It will stay that way in the current season and at the European Championships.” He now has to “bite his teeth,” the Munich coach continued .
Sané had shown a strong performance in the first leg in London, including helping to prepare the 1-1 goal by Gnabry (18th minute) and winning the penalty to make it 2-1 by Harry Kane (32nd minute) with an explosive sprint into the box. It's not just veteran Thomas Müller who is now hoping for Sané before the second leg: "When I think of Leroy, it's obviously good for him if he has a bit of space in front of him where he can drive in at 36 km/h," said the 34-year-old from Upper Bavaria before the game. Will the much-praised man now become the X factor?
FC Bayern against FC Arsenal in the live ticker: quarter-final second leg in Munich
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