In the city of Mozart, the little prodigies of coach Matthias Jaissle - the youngest team in the competition this season - have however long believed in achieving a major feat, by foiling the "Rekordmeister".

In the lead since the 21st minute thanks to a goal from Chikwubuike Adamu, the RB played their counter-attacking football without complex in the first period, jostling the German champion.

In the second half, the Austrians fiercely resisted the enormous Bavarian pressure... until the 90th minute.

The joy of Salzburg striker Chikwubuike Adamu, after opening the scoring at home against Bayern Munich, in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, February 16, 2022 KERSTIN JOENSSON AFP

Kingsley Coman, who had been the most dangerous of the Bavarians before that, rewarded his team for their efforts by taking a ball from the corner of six meters to snatch the draw (1-1, 90th).

The joy of the French striker of Bayern Munich Kingsley Coman, after having equalized (1-1) on the ground of Salzburg, in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, on February 16, 2022 by KERSTIN JOENSSON AFP

Knocked out on Saturday in the Bundesliga by the promoted Bochum (4-2), Bayern had nevertheless sworn that they had learned their lesson.

Thomas Müller, with his crooked smile and his famous wink, had warned: when Bayern takes a slap like in Bochum, "it tickles our pride" he had launched.

"Maybe it's not good for Salzburg that we lost on Saturday."

Bayern, if it sometimes shows defensive shortcomings, generally wins thanks to its fiery attack (23 goals scored in the group stage).

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But in Austria, in a stadium in fusion and full to bursting, the machine jammed.

The cutting-edge Müller/Lewandowski duo remained surprisingly discreet.

And even Kingsley Coman's repeated outbursts on the left wing did not offer any real scoring opportunity for a long time.

Bayern Munich's French striker Kingsley Coman, struggling with Salzburg's Danish defender Rasmus Kristensen, in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, on February 16, 2022 in Salzburg KERSTIN JOENSSON AFP

It was on the other side of the field that the forwards first shone.

The young Karim Adeyemi, already a German international at 20, was a poison for the Bavarian defense, especially in the first period.

In the 21st minute, on a flash counter-attack typical of "Red Bull football", he obliterated Lucas Hernandez and served his teammate Chikwubuike Adamu, unmarked in the area.

Salzburg striker Karim Adeyemi tries to pass between Bayern Munich's French defender Benjamin Pavard and midfielder Leroy Sané in the Champions League round of 16 home leg on February 16, 2022 KERSTIN JOENSSON AFP

Too slow, Niklas Süle and Benjamin Pavard couldn't do anything, and Adamu opened the scoring (1-0).

He had just come into play ten minutes earlier to replace Noah Okafor, star of the Austrian championship, who was injured.

Led 1-0 at the break, the Munich, who consider themselves one of the favorites of the Champions League, had to react.

They then put enormous pressure on Salzburg.

Sané, Coman and Gnabry rammed, pushed, jostled and manhandled the Austrian defense.

But the young people of Salzburg, pushed by a white-hot Red Bull Arena, felt the feat within their reach and fought like starvation on each ball.

And in the 80th minute, it took a double intervention in extremis from Ulreich and Pavard to save a 2-0 ball, which arrived on a counter, which had already made the supporters stand up.

Coman's goal leaves Bayern as favorites for the second leg, but the alert was high.

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