Villarreal stun Bayern Munich to succeed in Champions League semi-finals | Soccer Information – Occasions of India

MUNICH: Underdogs Villarreal scored an 88th minute equaliser by means of substitute Samuel Chukwueze to grab a shocking 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich and advance to the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 mixture win over the Germans on Tuesday.
Six-time European champions Bayern, who had gained 12 of their earlier 13 dwelling video games within the competitors, levelled the tie when Robert Lewandowski drilled the ball in off the put up after 52 minutes together with his thirteenth Champions League aim of the season.
However they failed to seek out the web once more regardless of intense stress within the second half and several other missed probabilities.
As a substitute it was Villarreal, semi-finalists in 2006, who scored in opposition to the run of play with Chukwueze beating goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a left-foot effort to silence the house crowd.

They may play Liverpool or Benfica within the final 4, with the English facet main 3-1 after the primary leg in Portugal.
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann fielded an especially attacking formation with Jamal Musiala, Lewandowski and Thomas Mueller up entrance however they’d just one effort on course within the first half with Musiala’s weak header on the half hour mark.

Villarreal, unchanged from final week’s 1-0 win in Spain, had been comfy with staying again and effectively absorbing the waves of Bayern assaults whereas remaining a risk on the break.
However Unai Emery’s crew appeared out of kinds after the break, piling up errors and dropping possession as Bayern immediately upped the stress.

Bayern defender Dayot Upamecano ought to have achieved higher when his shot from eight metres flew over the bar within the forty ninth minute however Lewandowski didn’t miss three minutes later.
Bayern intercepted a sloppy Villarreal move and the Pole completed the short transfer with a low drive off the put up.
The Bavarians, who had scored a complete of 20 targets of their earlier 4 dwelling video games within the competitors this time period, got here near a second aim within the 71st however Mueller’s diving header went huge.
It was left to Villarreal, Europa League winners final 12 months, to punished the homee facet on the break by means of Nigeria winger Chukwueze, to succeed in the semis for the primary time in 16 years.