Bayern punished the waste of Lewandowski - VG

HARD REVIEW: Robert Lewandowski was in a good mood when he said goodbye to all his old teammates at Bayern Munich before the game, but he will likely sleep badly after several mistakes. Photo: Andreas Schaad / AP

(Bayern Munich 2-0 Barcelona) Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski wasted several chances on his old home ground. He cost him dearly after Bayern’s magical four minutes.

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This summer, Lewandowski replaced Bayern with Barcelona after eight years and 238 goals in 253 games.

In his return to the Allianz Arena, on the occasion of the group stage of the Champions League, he scored a gigantic opportunity in the 18 ‘. The attempt with the right foot was unsuccessful.

Robert Lewandowski’s campaign with Bayern Munich. Photo: Sofascore

Not long after, Manuel Neuer stopped the Pole’s header. Lewandowski’s other four or five attempts were also stopped by Neuer or a wall.

It wasn’t Lewandowski’s game. He played with too much emotion and was not as clinical as usual, commented Mario Gómez, a former German striker at Amazon.

– For Lewy, there were a lot of emotions today, after all the success he’s had here. She had no edge on her side at crucial moments and that was lucky for us, “Neuer told Amazon.

Pedri and Raphiha also created good chances for the visitors before the teams went on the break 0-0.

– The result does not tell the truth. We should have done more before the break, says Pedri.

– We had six or seven great chances without scoring and Bayern took chances. If we had scored, it would have been a completely different game. But this is the Champions League, Barcelona coach Xavi.

After a scare from Raphinha early in the second half, Bayern finally woke up and came close. Lucas Hernández freed himself from goalkeeper Marcos Alonso and headed Joshua Kimmich’s corner into goal for 1-0 in the 50th minute.

Four minutes later, Leroy Sane exploded from the Barcelona defense and scored 2-0 alone with Barça goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, a crazy goal.

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