A year after Gregor Kobel, another Swiss goalkeeper will play the Champions League final. On May 31 in Munich, Yann Sommer will have an appointment with glory.
The Basel and Inter Milan eliminated FC Barcelona, perhaps the big favorite of the competition, in a completely crazy semi-final, undoubtedly the most beautiful in the history of competition. Six days after 3-3 reversing the first leg, the Nerazzurri won 4-3 in San Siro after the extensions to afford a second final in two years. In 2023, they bowed to Istanbul in front of Manuel Akanji’s Manuel Manchester City.
The qualification of the Milanese is almost miraculous even if they led 2-0 at the break. Central defender, Francesco Acerbi has, in fact, marked as a real center-before to tear off extensions in the 93rd, a few seconds after a shot on the lamine Yamal post which would have allowed FC Barcelona to lead 4-2. Then, it was Davide Frattesi, already a scorer in Munich in the quarter -final who was to score the goal of victory in the 99th. Despite Yamal’s crazy talent, who will still wonder for a long time how Yann Sommer was able to deviate from his strike from the 114th, the Catalans were not able, this time, to return to the score.
Never so strong
Author of a judgment from nowhere ahead of Eric Garcia in the 57th minute and …. five others on Yamal fire, Yann Sommer played a decisive role. Without the narcotic reflexes and the Olympian calm of his goalkeeper, the Inter would never have been able to thwart the forecasts in this semi-final. At 36, the native of Morges was never so strong. Today, he has nothing more to envy a courtyard Thibaut. The one who was a German champion with Bayern and Italian champion with the Inter merit the supreme consecration on May 31 in Munich against PSG or Arsenal.
After eliminating FC Barcelona in such a stunning scenario, Yann Sommer and his teammates can really believe that nothing can oppose their coronation. Failing to recite the most beautiful football in this Champions League, they seem simply invulnerable. Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona had to recognize it.
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