It was a very painful and cruel
defeat by Chelsea right at the very last second of extra time and in the shoot
out of the UEFA Super Cup last night. It was cruel because they twice lead in
the match only for Bayern Munich to snatch a goal at the last second of injury
time in the extra time, sending the game into penalty shoot out. Both teams
started so well in the shoot out with Bayern perfectly slotted all five
opportunities at the back of the net and the same goes to Chelsea until Lukaku
missed the last and decisive spot kick or should I say, was perfectly saved by
Bayern’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
I was still at work when the
match started and it was already past 30 minutes in the first half when I saw
the match and Chelsea has scored a goal too. And after the first half ended, I
said to myself that I have seen a different Bayern side. This is not the kind
of Bayern who won the Champions League last May at Wembley against arch rival
Dortmund, who demolished the great Barca in the semifinals of the Champions
League. In fact, there opening three matches in the current Bundesliga season
was that impressive as well in terms of goal scoring comparing to what they
have shown last season.
When the match restarted for the
second half, it took only a couple of minutes before Ribery equalized and sent
the match into extra time. It was the same story in the extra time as Hazard
restored Chelsea’s lead immediately after the restart and it looks like the
match will end up like that with Chelsea contented to defend deep. But then the
patience of Bayern was rewarded with only several minutes left in the second
half in extra time when Javi Martinez poked home from close range and set-up
yet another dramatic penalty shout out.
Perhaps, Bayern Munich’s struggle
in the season is probably due to their new coach that comes with new methods
and ideas that will take time to get used to.
Image from wikimedia commons.
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