“The soccer ball is round.”
It is an expression used in the soccer world when a weak team catches a strong team, etc. Bayern Munich, which became the world’s strongest football club by recording’Treble’ last year, lost to the second division team.
The British daily The Sun reported on the 13th (local time) that German giant Bayern Munich lost to the second division Holstein Kiel in the 16th round of the DFB Focal Cup.
Kill is a team with Lee Jae-sung, which is familiar to Korean fans as well.
Focal Cup defending champion Munich lost 5-6 after a penalty shootout in a match that ended 2-2 regular time.
It is the first time since 2004 that Munich has been defeated by the second division team.
It wasn’t that I gave the star players a break.
Captain Manuel Neuer, Alfonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Thomas Muller, Leroy Sane and Serge Gnavri all started as the starters, while leading striker Robert Lewandowski started playing from the bench.
In the penalty shootout, Munich’s Mark Roca’s shot was blocked by Kiel’s goalkeeper and Kiel’s Pin Bartels scored the winning goal.
The game should have been held in December. Bayern Munich was postponed to January after digesting the Champions League schedule.
It was a dramatic match for Kill, who is in third place with one draw and one loss in two recent matches in the second division.
Munich winger Gnabri went ahead, scoring the opening goal in the first 15 minutes.
As a result of the screen analysis, Gnabri’s goal was offside, but the video reading system (VAR) was applied from the next round, and Munich was able to get ahead thanks to a mistake.
The game went on like if Munich got ahead, then the kill followed.
Kiel’s forward Finn Bartels equalized the goal, and Sane’s free kick scored Munich’s lead again. Just before the end of regular time, Hawk Bal’s header scored the game.
In the ensuing overtime draw without a goal, both teams entered the penalty shootout and the kill won 6:5.
Korean midfielder Jaesung Lee proved his worth by making a big success in the game against the world’s best team.
Although it was judged as offside, he scored through Manuel Neuer, the world’s best chieftain.
The menacing dribble breakthrough and cross made the conversation in Munich cool. By scoring a goal in a penalty shootout, he added strength to the team’s victory.
Kill faces Darmstadt in the quarterfinals. Darmstadt is the team of another Korean Bundesliger Baek Seung-ho.
Lee Jae-sung and Baek Seung-ho are expected to face-to-face in the quarterfinals of the Focal Cup, which will be unfolded in the’Korean Derby’. Ⓒ Safe Times
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