The first leg: Bayern sweeps Lazio and Lewandowski overtakes Raúl
The 1-4 achieved by Bayern at the Olympic Games in Rome made the second leg of the crossing little more than a formality.
Thinking that Lazio could score four goals in Munich was nothing short of a utopia and, indeed, it was never even close to getting into the tie.
For the current champion it was just a procedure to confirm his pass to the quarterfinals.
The Italian team was served at least by the shock to make up the bad image it offered in the first leg, despite playing with several substitutes.
It was not enough, however, to avoid defeat.
Lewandowski
, from a penalty, and
Choupo-Moting
scored the Bayern goals, while
Parolo
made up the result in the final stretch.
In Rome, Lazio had behaved like a fragile team without a bite, surrendered to a Bayern that had not even needed to play at an outstanding level to score four goals away from home, a rarity at this stage of the competition.
He was no longer going to make it to the quarterfinals, but the return could serve him at least to show the world that he can be much better than he had shown.
And although men like
Patric
,
Lucas Leiva
and
Immobile
were substitutes (the priority is Serie A),
Simone Inzaghi's team
managed to offer another sensation.
During the first few minutes, he managed to get to Bayern, without giving up playing the ball from behind but also resorting to direct play when Bavarian pressure demanded it, Lazio exhibited its purpose of amendment.
If
Milinkovic-Savic's
header
in the 15th minute had moved away from the center of the goal, perhaps the story could have been different, although Bayern always gave the impression of regulating their efforts.
A penalty at least debatable
But the Serbian's shot was comfortably cradled by
Nübel
(a substitute for a
touched
Neuer
) and Lazio missed their train, if they ever had the option to get on it.
What he was found shortly after a penalty against the less controversial, the
result of a grab of
Muriqi
to
Goretzka
as there are dozens in the corners of a game.
The VAR, you know, does not intervene in this type of situation, so the ball was left by Lewandowski to overtake Bayern from eleven meters.
There were already four goals of margin in the tie, an already unattainable margin for Lazio and surely for any team in the world that was playing in that scenario.
There was not much interest anymore, but at least the game did not decline as much as could be expected.
Flick
started booking
Boateng
, Lewandowski, Goretzka ... But the substitutes kept the team's level high.
There was Choupo-Moting, who shortly after replacing the Pole (from whom the stick had snatched the double) scored the second after a great pass from Alaba.
Parolo, already in the final section, made up the result by heading an indirect free kick.
The Germans and Chelsea joined Liverpool, Dortmund, PSG, Porto, Real Madrid and Manchester City as winners of the round of 16 crosses on Wednesday.
The quarter-final draw will be held this Friday in Nyon starting at 12 noon.
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