VILLARREAL CF | Villarreal let the giant Bayern Munich escape alive

El Bayernyes Bayern Munich also fell on the canvas against the Champions version of Villarreal. The night will go down in history in the town of Castellón. Grandparents will tell their grandchildren many years from now. Yellow flags in the wind. And a single shout facing the return: “If possible!”. In Munich it will be another story. But in La Cerámica the one that took the almighty Munich team ahead was Villarreal.

A goal from Danjuma was the rent that Villarreal takes to the Allianz. That and the feeling of having been better than Nagelsmann’s. As they were also better than Juve. In fact, Bayern escaped alive from Vila-real. Gerard, on three occasions, and Pedraza had the second. Even the VAR annulled a goal to Coquelin. Emery’s men knew how to contain Bayern and come out with sense when the play required it. With a Lo Celso huge. With two lungs like Coquelin and Capoue. and with a granite defense that made Müller and Lewandowski look like apprentices.

The plan came out to Emery just as he had thought on your sleepless nights. Villarreal scored in the first one that reached the area. After a braided play that started from Gerard, who was everywhere, Lo Celso crossed and finished off the Danjuma network, after a semi-miss shot by Parejo. Ceramics exploded. The first hit of the tie was yellow.

The Basque coach had surprised with a trivote with Coquelin in eleven, sacrificing Yeremy. And he came out of pearls. The French balanced the team when Bayern pressed. And he helped a lot at the start under pressure from Nagelsmann’s block. This allowed him to pose some transitions that put fear in the body of the Bavarian defense. Lucas could never with Gerard. And from there the attack flowed.

Bayern seemed surprised. The self-proclaimed “favorite” hardly created anything solid. Villarreal, well organized, with concentrated defenses and barely leaving any gaps, was making life very difficult for them. And when he went on the attack he would bite. Thus, after a warning from Capoue, Coquelin’s goal that Taylor gave as good and the VAR annulled. The Frenchman was offside for two foot numbers. Imperceptible to the eye, relentless for the VAR. The Bavarians breathed. It would have been very hard for them to go into the break with a 2-0 lead.

Another Bayern was expected after passing through the locker room. Even more so when Müller narrowly missed out on a Gnabry service. A mirage. Villarreal recovered from the shock and he seized the Teutonic giant again by the lapels. But he left him alive on several occasions. First Gerard sent a whiplash to the post. The impact on the wood rang throughout the stadium before the Uyyy. Then Upamecano saved a shot from Gerard in extremis after a great move down the left by Estupiñán and Coquelin. And finally, a shot from Gerard, after a prawn from Neuer, from the center of the field to an empty goal. Three very clear

Bayern was out. He couldn’t believe how he was still alive. The entrances of Sané and Goretzka gave another face to the Bavarian team and Davies was close to equalizing but Rulli denied it. Coman’s mobility started to hurt and Villarreal began to back down. Lo Celso’s starts gave him some air but it was almost more a matter of resisting. And so he did. Even Pedraza could finish off with the second after the umpteenth game of Lo Celso. In Munich there are the semis.