Bayern is human – AS.com

Neither Messi, nor the French giant killer, nor anyone else. This Bayern Munich is a gale that leaves scorched earth wherever it passes. The last victim of the Bavarian killer team was a Lyon out of the rush of knocking down Cristiano's Juve and Pep's City. He started with the hopes of striking the bell against a big one again, but this time he did run into a bone that was too hard to gnaw. Accompanied by some suffering, but with the same efficiency with which he sent Barça to the grave, the army commanded by Flick put three to Rudi's and he was planted in a final in which Neymar and Mbappé are the last obstacles against the second triplet after 2013. The French star of PSG said that he preferred Lyon in the closing ceremony in Lisbon. Normal.

If the Parisians want to raise the first orejona in their history, they will have to endorse the Bundesliga champion his first defeat since December 7 of last year. Of course, the Teutonic Goliath, like all giants, too has his little Achilles heel that makes him vulnerable. That small deficit is right at Boateng and Alaba's back, two centers on which the whole weight of his team's approach falls. Bayern lives by pushing the ball out of their rival with a multitude of players. On most occasions, as he put to the test against Barça, he tends to regain his leather immediately and put behind in serious trouble. Yes, when the opponent breaks free, he usually encounters countless highways that pass between the advanced defenders and lead directly towards the Neuer frame.

Rudi knew it and he sent Depay and Ekambi to run when theirs managed to get the leather played. And they ran. Bayern were reeling when both stood, alone at one o'clock, in front of a Neuer who had to work harder during the first quarter of an hour of the game than in the entire match against Barça. The first to be left alone before the German goal was Depay. Thiago made an improper mistake in construction, Caqueret sent it deep and the Dutch forward's shot went wide. Skimming the stick. It was a shot of adrenaline for Lyon. He began to believe it. And he again shook the foundations of the German champion in a shot from Ekambi that crashed into the post. However, and very unlike the game against City, he left Bayern alive. And he paid for it. Very expensive.

Bayern did not take a minute to punish Lyon's lack of aim in a real gnabry artwork. The German international was left wanting after his goal against Barça and opened the pass to the final. The former Bremen player received on the wing, began a slalom that reduced the role of the components of the French rearguard to that of traffic cones and finished a play of pure quality with a left-footed shot from outside the area at medium height. It was the beginning of the end for Lyon. It was inevitable, especially considering that, with the result already in favor, those of Flick began to like each other. Especially Gnabry. He was unleashed. Lewandowski failed to shoot Lopes after a low cross from Perisic from the left, but only a few meters behind the Polish the end appeared to sentence the crash.

There could have been more party, but Müller and Lewandowski were not as fine as last Friday. Nor Perisic, who was left alone against Lopes as soon as the second half began. It was proof that Bayern's predators, although it may not seem like it, are also made of flesh and blood. It served Rudi's men to try one more time. Avoid the inevitable. And he made merits to get back into the game. What happens is that the Munich, in addition to a perfectly conceived team of players, also have a lifeguard in the goal. Neuer had to appear, once again, against a Ekambi who stood alone before the German mark, to get a shot from the former Villareal with his right foot. Bayern shook, Lewy made the third (Coutinho's was canceled by the lineman) and took the ship to the mainland. A ship sailing towards the triplet, but manned by humans. It was clear yesterday. And Neymar will have taken note.