Match report as Samuel Chukwueze’s late strike sends Bayern Munich crashing out of the Champions League; Villarreal win 2-1 on aggregate after 1-1 draw at the Allianz Arena; Unai Emery’s side will face Liverpool or Benfica in the semi-finals.
Bayern Munich vs Villarreal: Result| Highlights| H2H
Result:
Substitute Samuel Chukwueze was the hero for Villarreal as they shocked Bayern Munich to reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
Chukwueze had been on the pitch for only four minutes when he got on the end of Gerard Moreno’s cross to find the net and earn Unai Emery’s side a 1-1 draw on the night and a 2-1 victory on aggregate in the quarter-final tie.
“We feel a lot of happiness,” says the Villarreal striker. “Ever since the draw paired us with Bayern, we have been telling ourselves that we could do it. The belief and the way this team competes has helped us to achieve it.”
Highlights:
Unai Emery showed again that he’s a top-class manager. He and his team made a huge surprise in the first match when they beat Bayern Munich 1:0 in Spain.
Emery organized his team as they were defensively compact and also managed to take their chance in the dying moments of the match.
There were not many stand-out performers on Villarreal’s team, and the whole team played as a unit, and combined with a bit of luck and good tactics from their coach, they managed to find themselves in the Champions League semi-finals.
H2H:
I thought the backline was decent throughout until the 88th minute. Hernandez snuffed out everything that came his way and reminded us all why he is so highly rated as a defender.
Hernandez’s substitution might have inadvertently ended the tie as well but that is debatable.
