There wasn’t a miracle in Munich but Bayern München put in a spirited second half performance against Barcelona. An early brace from Neymar and a stunning performance between the sticks from Marc-André ter Stegen helped the Spanish side get to the final. Bayern lost the first leg 3-0 but won 3-2 in the Allianz Arena on Tuesday. Barca will face Real Madrid or Juventus in June’s final, which takes place in Berlin.
Medhi Benatia headed Bayern in front early on (7’) but Neymar’s brace (15’ and 29’) put the visitors in front. Goals from Robert Lewandowski (60’) and Thomas Müller (74’) gave the Bavarians hope but it was too little too late ultimately.
“We hoped for a miracle but we couldn’t quite pull it off,” explained Philipp Lahm to ZDF after the game. “We didn’t lose the tie today – that happened last week. They gave it their all. We created a lot of chances.”
Bayern take the lead early on
The ball hit the back of ter Stegen’s net after just six minutes and 45 seconds. Medhi Benatia powerfully headed home an accurate Xabi Alonso corner to give Bayern hope of pulling off an unlikely turnaround in the Allianz Arena.
However, Barcelona were threatening from the off. Ivan Rakitic had a volley tipped away by Manuel Neuer after just four minutes and they levelled the scores soon after Benatia’s header. Lionel Messi played the perfect through ball to Luis Suarez, who tapped the ball across to Neymar, who coolly slotted home. The goal made it 1-1 on the night, but crucially 4-1 to Barca on aggregate.
That goal pretty much killed off hopes of a Bayern fightback, however, they never gave up and could’ve regained the lead a number of times before the half hour mark. Germany’s Marc-André ter Stegen did well to keep out Müller and Lewandowski on numerous occasions.
Late turnaround gives Bayern hope
There wasn’t a miracle in Munich but Bayern München put in a spirited second half performance against Barcelona. An early brace from Neymar and a stunning performance between the sticks from Marc-André ter Stegen helped the Spanish side get to the final. Bayern lost the first leg 3-0 but won 3-2 in the Allianz Arena on Tuesday. Barca will face Real Madrid or Juventus in June’s final, which takes place in Berlin.
Medhi Benatia headed Bayern in front early on (7’) but Neymar’s brace (15’ and 29’) put the visitors in front. Goals from Robert Lewandowski (60’) and Thomas Müller (74’) gave the Bavarians hope but it was too little too late ultimately.
“We hoped for a miracle but we couldn’t quite pull it off,” explained Philipp Lahm to ZDF after the game. “We didn’t lose the tie today – that happened last week. They gave it their all. We created a lot of chances.”
Bayern take the lead early on
The ball hit the back of ter Stegen’s net after just six minutes and 45 seconds. Medhi Benatia powerfully headed home an accurate Xabi Alonso corner to give Bayern hope of pulling off an unlikely turnaround in the Allianz Arena.
However, Barcelona were threatening from the off. Ivan Rakitic had a volley tipped away by Manuel Neuer after just four minutes and they levelled the scores soon after Benatia’s header. Lionel Messi played the perfect through ball to Luis Suarez, who tapped the ball across to Neymar, who coolly slotted home. The goal made it 1-1 on the night, but crucially 4-1 to Barca on aggregate.
That goal pretty much killed off hopes of a Bayern fightback, however, they never gave up and could’ve regained the lead a number of times before the half hour mark. Germany’s Marc-André ter Stegen did well to keep out Müller and Lewandowski on numerous occasions.
Late turnaround gives Bayern hope
A devastating counterattack after one of these chances saw Barcelona regain the lead. Messi’s header found Suarez, who crossed to Neymar. The Brazilian took a few touches before calmly beating Manuel Neuer at his near post. At this point the visiting defence dropped off a bit and Bayern could have levelled before the break, but ter Stegen parried a powerful shot from Lewandowski and recovered just in time to clear the ball off the line.
The first 15 minutes of the second half were relatively quiet but the game sprung into life when Lewandowski’s deflected effort hit the back of the net with half an hour to go. Bayern pressed for the goals needed to get them into the final but came up short. Thomas Müller fired home with 15 minutes to go but at that point Bayern still required three more goals, which proved too tricky a task.
