SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE, THE HERO
Villarreal epic! The 'Submarine' draws in Munich and kicks Bayern (1-1)
Published:12/04/2022 - 23:20h
Updated:13/04/2022 - 00:00h
The Villarreal of Unay Emery gave the thump of the season and deleted to the powerful Bayern Munich of the Champions League after drawing 1-1 in Germany. Samuel Chukwueze annotated the goal of the classification in the 88
16 years after his first classification to some semifinals of the Champions League, the Villarreal will return to the previous instance to the final of the maximum tournament of European clubs. The 'yellow Submarine' threw of epic to delete to one of the big favourites of the season, the Bayern Munich, doing cost the 1-0 achieved in the gone in the Madrigal. The ones of Unay Emery resisted the German siege and went out alive of the Allianz Sand (1-1), thanks to a goal of the Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze in the minute 88.
Emery Repeated the XI of the past week, but this time with a much more conservative posture in front of a Bayern fearsome home. The Bavarians finished in 21 opportunities, but only four of them to the arch defended by Gerónimo Rulli. Robert Lewandowski was the only that could vulnerar the Spanish resistance, thanks to a stray of Dani Parejo that left descolocada to the defence visitor in the 55'. After the goal, the venues had several opportunities to expand the marker, but did not have puntería.
The clearest for the Bavarian team was Thomas Müller in the 71st minute. The experienced German striker received only a cross from Leroy Sané, but missed the goal when it seemed more difficult to fumble than to score. Kingsley Coman, one of those who tried the most for the locals, was very close to converting the 2-0 partial, but his shot went slightly wide after fishing a rebound from Coquelin.
Emery's changes revived Villarreal
In the minute 83, when the German siege was total, Emery moved the bench. Coqueli And Danjuma outside by Pedraza and Chukwueze. Five minutes afterwards, the Nigerian took advantage of a pass of Gerard Moreno to beat to Manuel Neuer in the only finish to door of the Villarreal in the party. With hardly a pair of minutes for playing and four more in the addition, the Bayern lució powerless after the goal of the Spaniards and the marker did not move .
The 1-1 allows him to the valid champion of the Europe League be still in career and the ones of Munich sack by second consecutive season in the quarter-finals.
Huge disappointment for Julian Nagelsmann's men, who could lose their star '9' in the summer if Lewandowski ends up leaving for FC Barcelona. Villarreal, meanwhile, will wait for Benfica or Liverpool in the semis, in a series that the 'reds' are well on their way to.
