The second leg of the Champions League round of 16 kicked off tonight (Tuesday) with a pair of intriguing meetings as Bayern Munich hosted Lazio at the Allianz Arena in the midst of a difficult season trailing 1:0 from the first leg while PSG hosted Real Sociedad with a 0:2 lead. From the first game two weeks ago that took place in the city of lights. At the end of the day, there were no special surprises when the German champion and the French champion qualified for the quarter-finals.
Bayern Munich – Lazio 0:3 (1:3 on aggregate)
It’s no secret that Bayern Munich is going through its most difficult season since the 2011/12 season when they finished without a single title and lost in the Champions League final, the German Cup final and only second in the league after Dortmund. If you add to this the tensions between Thomas Tuchel, who will surely leave at the end of the season, and the fact that already at the beginning of March, the gap between the Bavarians and the leading Leverkusen stands at 10 points, you get the understanding that the atmosphere at the host these days is not at its peak.
With this baggage, the red-whites arrived today for the rematch against Lazio slightly behind from the first game but with the understanding that they need to return to their audience some of the respect lost in recent weeks. The crowd itself waved a decoration that read “In the name of the city” before the whistle and the players did not let the spurring message pass them by. To the delight of the crowd at Allianz, Harry Kane with a brace and the unstoppable Thomas Mรผller gave a smooth victory and a place in the last eight of the factory.
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Real Sociedad – PSG 2:1 (4:1 on aggregate)
PSG has also not been quiet at all in recent weeks since it was reported that Kylian Mbappe will leave the city of lights for good at the end of the season and will most likely sign with Real Madrid. Last Friday in the league game against Monaco, the big star was replaced at halftime, went up to the stand to sit next to his mother and again caused quite a bit of talk around him in the media.
Luis Enrique’s words on the bus before the match if he is not sure if he will start with his best player in the 11 tonight did not really contribute to the atmosphere. In the end, Mbappe started, scored a brace and Sociedad, who had not won at home since the end of November, realized that Even if her opponent is busy with quite a few things that are not related to football, the differences in levels between the teams are still very large.
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