Vulnerable and low on resources, the lukewarmness of Lazio had a balsamic effect on the delicate Bayern, a team in search of reconstruction that, nevertheless, exposes its greatness with Germanic punctuality: in the last thirteen seasons only one occasion (2019) they failed to place among the eight best teams in the Champions League. There he arrives once again willing to assert a rank that helped him overcome the minimal disadvantage he had brought from Rome. It did not require a great display to leave behind a Lazio short of resources, which still had the only option to increase its advantage in the final stretch of the first half. An Immobile shot brought unrest to the Munich Coliseum. It was then that Bayern took out the hammer, in seven minutes they scored two goals and something else.
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Neuer, Raphael Guerreiro (Alphonso Davies, min. 78), Joshua Kimmich, Matthijs de Ligt, Eric Dier, Leon Goretzka, Sane (Laimer, min. 89), Jamal Musiala (Gnabry, min. 90), Aleksandar Pavlovic, Müller ( Mathys Tel, min. 78) y Kane
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Ivan Provedel, Adam Marusic, Luca Pellegrini, Gila Fuentes, Romagnoli, Matias Vecino (Cataldi, 60 minutes), Matteo Guendouzi, Luis Alberto (Daichi Kamada, 79 minutes), Zaccagni (Gustav Isaksen, 60 minutes), Immobile ( Valentine Castellanos (61 mins) and Philip Anderson (75 mins)
Goals 1-0 min. 38: Kane. 2-0 min. 46: Müller. 3-0 min. 65: Kane.
Ãrbitro Slavko Vincic
Yellow cards Romagnoli (min. 80), Cataldi (min. 88) and Luca Pellegrini (min. 91)
The rubric was given by two types of hierarchy, a value that this week the now retired Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, one of those legends championed by the mia san mia (we are us), that Bavarian expression that defines the greatness of Bayern from a character that is born of pride. In difficult times, Harry Kane and Thomas Müller are two good refuges to find that type of certainty. The English striker does not stop contributing goals in Bayern with less offensive flow in recent years; The German off-roader seems to have no expiration date on its batteries. Kane got a header after a botched shot by Guerreiro. Müller deflected a shot from De Ligt in the last action before the break. In one fell swoop they dispelled emergencies.
There was no response from Lazio, who left without shooting between the sticks. At game time Sarri began to make moves, but the Italian strategist did not dare to double the lead. He slowed down Bayern to control the situation even more, step on the accelerator just once more and seal the game through the inevitable Harry Kane. Wounded as it is, ten points from the lead in the Bundesliga, Europe is its lifeline to avoid shipwreck.
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