Lewandowski smashes the Real Madrid legend ... and Jiro's "scissor" thrills Chelsea

Bayern Munich, the defending champion, broke its teeth and cut a huge way with Chelsea to qualify for the quarter-finals, by beating Lazio 4-1 and Atletico Madrid 1-0 yesterday in the first leg of the Champions League final.

And on the Olympic stadium in Rome, Bayern proved that it is still the difficult number in the old continent, despite some recent local stumbling, whether in the cup or the league, by sweeping Lazio in a match that was decided in the half by scoring three goals.

And shattered

Bayern opened the match in the best way, as after being the most dangerous since the start whistle, he succeeded in opening the scoring, taking advantage of a fatal mistake by Argentine Matteo Musaccio in a pass in the ball in front of his team's area, so Lewandowski kidnapped it and Briana manipulated before he hit the empty net (9).

And the Polish raised his score to 32 goals this season in all competitions and 72 in the entirety of his career in the competition, to stand alone in the third place that he shared with Raul Gonzales and behind Portugal's Ronaldo (134) and Argentine Lionel Messi (119).

Lazio tried to return quickly to the meeting, but was unable to reach goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, then his resolve was completely frustrated when Bayern surprised him with a second goal through the young Musiala, who reached the ball from Leon Goritska after a distinguished effort by Canadian Alfonso Davis, and he shot it from the outskirts of the region to the right of Reina (24) ).

Lazio woke up in the last minutes of the first half, but without success in front of the goal, so he paid the price with a third goal of a counterattack after an incursion by French Kingsley Coman on the left side before he tampered with the defender and passed to Le Roy Sané, who deposited it with Reina (42), so that the capital club received three Goals in the first half for the first time in the history of his participation in the competition.

Bayern began the second half by finishing the first and added the fourth goal with a gift from Francesco Acherby, who accidentally diverted the ball into his team's net the moment he intercepted the Sanne ball (47), but Lazio reduced the damage after seconds thanks to Argentine Joaquin Correa after a wonderful individual effort (49).

Giroud's scissor

in Bucharest, where the Atletico-Chelsea match was held, instead of the capital, Madrid, due to travel restrictions imposed on British residents, veteran French striker Olivier Giroud scored a goal from a wonderful scissor kick to give Chelsea a valuable victory over Atletico.

Giro scored his goal in the 71st minute, knowing that it was not counted at first because the referee considered him an offside, before the video assistant referee drew the attention of the main referee that the last ball was received by Giro from one of Atletico's defenders to return and calculate the goal. The two teams meet on 17 next month at the stadium. Stamford Bridge in London, where Chelsea need only a draw to qualify.

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