Marie Mahé, Media365: published on Thursday October 3, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.
This Wednesday evening, as part of the second day of the Champions League, Aston Villa claimed the scalp of Bayern Munich (1-0). Villans coach Unai Emery was the last to beat the Bavarian club in the C1 group stage seven years ago.
41 matches. It was Bayern Munich’s unbeaten run in the Champions League group stage. This series officially ended this Wednesday, October 2. As part of the second day of the C1 League phase, the Bavarian club lost on the lawn of Aston Villa (1-0). At the head of the Villans since 2022, Unai Emery has necessarily been highlighted since this feat. Especially since it was already the Spanish coach who led the last team which beat Bayern in the group stage of the Champions League. It was September 27, 2017, with Paris Saint-Germain, at the Parc des Princes. At that time, PSG had not made details (3-0), thanks to goals scored by Dani Alves, Edinson Cavani and Neymar. Since then, Bayern Munich had gone on an incredible series of 41 matches without defeat, and more precisely 37 victories without forgetting four draws, in the group stage of the C1.
Emery also beat Bayern with Villarreal
This Wednesday evening, on the set of CBS Sports Golazo, Thierry Henry was full of praise for him: “He’s a tactical genius. He always makes sure that his team has a tactical advantage. We all know that that he did in Spain (…) I have enormous respect for him.” Henry also regretted that Unai Emery, dismissed in November 2019, did not have more of a chance on the Arsenal bench: “Without disrespect to Mikel Arteta, who is doing a very good job with Arsenal, I’m just saying that if we had kept him a little longer he would have been successful at Arsenal.” Just before arriving in England, Emery was in charge of Villarreal’s first team. A Spanish club which had also beaten Bayern Munich (1-0), under his orders. It was during the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League, April 6, 2022. The Bavarians, coached at that time by Julian Nagelsmann, were eliminated after the return match (1-1).
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