Bayern recorded a third defeat in four trips to the Champions League on Wednesday evening, corrected in Rotterdam by Feyenoord (3-0), a defeat which complicates its mission to finish in the top 8 at the end of the group stage. .
Before the reception of Slovan Bratislava, the only team which has lost all of its seven matches so far in the Champions League, the Munich have 12 points. They are no longer masters of their destiny in the quest for the direct qualifying ticket for the round of 16 and the advantage of receiving the return match.
Against the Slovak team, they will have to win, by the biggest margin to take care of their goal difference, and count on missteps from their rivals, otherwise they will have to go through the play-off box, the stage of the competition which will give them has been at least assured since Wednesday evening, despite the defeat in the Netherlands.
Vincent Kompany’s men are traveling very poorly this season in the Champions League, with three losses in Birmingham against Aston Villa (1-0), in Barcelona (4-2) and now in Rotterdam against Feyenoord Rotterdam (3-0), formidable efficiency Wednesday evening.
Bijlow impressive in goals
Manuel Neuer’s teammates had possession of the ball at the start of the game, but were punished by a perfect opening behind the Munich defense for Santiago Gimenez, who controlled perfectly and struck hard to deceive the Munich goalkeeper.
And during a new counterattack carried out at high speed in added time of the first period, they caused a penalty conceded by Raphaël Guerreiro, which Gimenez transformed (45th + 8) to return to the locker room with a two-point lead.
-The Munich residents faltered in front of the Feyenoord goal, like Harry Kane, ideally served by Michael Olise behind but whose direct recovery arrived directly at the Rotterdam goalkeeper Justin Bijlow (42nd).
In the second half, Bijlow again put out a high-class parade, coming out of a tap, an attempted header from Jamal Musiala.
And when it was not the 27-year-old Dutch international (8 caps) who intervened, the Munich residents fell back into their clumsiness with Leroy Sané who found the base of the post on a cross from Kane, while the goal was empty.
At the end of the match, Ayase Ueda completed Feyenoord’s success with a new counter, against a beleaguered Munich defense (89th)
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