After 11 years, Bayern Munich lost the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 for the first time. Ciro Immobile scores the winning goal for Lazio.
Alarms sounded in Munich: After being hammered by Leverkusen in the Bundesliga last weekend, Bayern ended their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 defeat. LazyThis Wednesday in the first leg of the Round of 16.
Ciro Immobile He scored a penalty for the light blue team in the 69th minute. France player Dayot was sent off with the maximum penalty. UpameganoSomething made the path very difficult for him. BayernAt least think about the return match and avoid more failure.
Two consecutive failures are exits Bayern In a complicated situation, especially considering that Champions He is the team's best hope of salvaging the season as they are five points adrift of Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and have already been knocked out of the German Cup by Joby Alonso.
The Lazy, seventh in Serie A, thereby securing a valuable win against one of the competition's big favourites. After 11 years, Bayern Munich lost for the first time in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.
Immovable, who reached the symbolic threshold of 200 goals in the Italian league last weekend, has scored four goals in the current Champions League. It was his first goal in the direct elimination rounds of the tournament after scoring twelve in his career in the group stages.
In the first half, both teams tested each other with a bit of caution, but Bayern came out more fluid.
Jamal Musiala had a great chance in the 40th minute, but he pushed high. Earlier, Harry Kane (7) and Leroy Sane (32) came close to opening the scoring, while Lazio had more problems finding space, with Luis Alberto the biggest danger with a lofted effort in the 22nd minute.
In the second half, Lazio came out with more momentum and Dane Gustav Isaksen (47) missed a one-on-one against Manuel Neuer.
In 67, Upamecano's stamp was red carded and fined in favor of the locals. Immobile (69) was unrepentant and Lazio took control.
Against an outnumbered and defensively organized opponent, Bayern could not avoid defeat, but at least they managed to get away with a narrow defeat, which they will hope to overcome in the second leg in Munich on Wednesday, March 5.
Before that crucial event, Bochum, RB Leipzig and Freiburg will test Bayern in the German Championship, where they will need to correct course without delay to avoid a complete collapse.
In the game at Lazio, Albanian Elsayed Hysaj and Spaniard Mario Gila were injured and both were substituted in the second half due to physical problems.
