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UEFA Champions League Matchday 2 brings expected and unexpected surprises
Good morning, colleagues of Hive with my morning coffee I bring you my analysis and my impressions of the most important matches of the second day of the UEFA Champions League. And not surprisingly, I will start with what for me was the most important for all the media and emotional charge Bayern Munchen vs F. C. Barcelona.
Second day of the UEFA Champions :League, a great match that we have left and waste of soccer what both teams left apart from the result. For Barcelona F.C. it was the confirmation of their project, it was more important the result now than the result in terms of competition and it is a lot to say because we are just in the second date, but it was so much that Barcelona F.C. brought in the transfer market, therefore, they themselves caused that they themselves that today's game took an even greater dimension that it should have.
This competition has just begun and it is unfair to measure the team by this result, but it is the reality and losing was a possibility and perhaps for the coach. Xavi Hernandez got a better message for what his team did in the first half, and this means that the new Barcelona F.C. project still has time to build. Bayern wins where they should win, in the penalty areas, that is where they win games and it is a tactic already impregnated in the squad with a waste of talent and watch out, this young Bayern still has a lot to achieve from what we saw, it is a team that adapts to the opponent very easily.
In the 11 that the coach proposed. Xavi Hernandez is important to highlight that Marcos Alonso (he comes in because of his experience in major competitions), Andreas Christensen (using his height to accompany Araujo) playing as a center back with Koundé on the side. On the other hand, the Baryern coach brings in Jamal Musiala, Sadio Mané and Thomas Muller up front, an approach of youth and experience, Musiala starts as a midfielder behind Muller with Sané and Mané on the outside, and 4-2-3-1. What really leads to Barcelona's imbalance are the lost balls in transitions from the top right at the start of the match. After Bayern's recovery, when they discovered Barcelona's tactics, the German team was quicker.
The first chances were for Barcelona F.C., Pedri had one that forced Neuer to stretch with great effort, Rafinha against Davies, one of Lewandowki over the crossbar. Definitely, the space gave opportunities to both teams and what we all enjoyed at some point was that the match was becoming a back and forth game, really in 20 minutes the chances were clearer for Barcelona F.C. already in that time Lewandowski would have had 3 chances to score.
A first half that Barcelona F.C. had better game than result, unfortunately it was forgotten everything that the team achieved in the first half, because the team came out still asleep and totally unconcentrated to the field. After a corner kick Lucas Hernandez just wins the ball without any noticeable markings. 3 minutes later, still without recovering from the first goal, Sané with his great talent occupies a corridor left by Andreas Christensen and Koundé who fails to close and there comes the second marking of Bayern who makes it clear that the fear that Barcelona F.C. felt for visiting them was real. After that, every time the German team reached the area, they left the Spaniards trembling. In fact, I had the feeling that it was a rout.
It is very important in these events that you can't miss chances against Bayern because it ends up taking its toll. Bayern didn't do much more in the game, they just did the most important thing in the game of soccer - score goals.
For Atlético Madrid a defeat prior to the Madrid derby against a team that is at the bottom of the German soccer table, Atlético was exposed in its defensive deficiencies, with lack of weight in attack, although it generates and reaches the opposite field. It is valid to highlight that Atletico does reach the opponent's field, but the threat is not noticeable. From the beginning of the match there was a feeling of parity between the two teams, but the advantage was already falling on the small details. The first valid detail to recognize was a penalty that was not given to Atlético Madrid that even Michael Oliver the English referee did not want to whistle and did not even go to see BAR (in my opinion the English referees do not suit BAR). Griezzmann enters the 62nd minute not noticing much as we have become accustomed to 8 minutes before the end Jeremie Frimpong beat Mario Hermoso on the left and Robert Andrich took advantage of the diagonal and Bayern Leverkusen went 1 - 0. And just as quickly Moussa Diaby in a counterattack put the 2-0 on the left side of the defense of Atletico Madrid. And victory for the second last place in the Bundesliga.
At Anfield, the minute's silence for the death of the Queen was impressive and the UEFA Champions League anthem was not played. Important result for Liverpool, honestly more important than the game they showed, they won, but not at all a victory against this Ajax that should not be a reason to think that they have regained the quality they have always had, Salah's goal that started from Alisson's clearance. It is curious to say that Ajax's first shot on goal Mohamed Kudus, a 22 year old player, shot very hard into the corner as a result of the bad defense of the English team. Ajax came close in the second half, but it is valid that in this half of the match that had only one chance Darwin Nuñez does not find evolution in this team from my perspective and my personal opinion. Liverpool right now has nothing overhanging that makes you think of a great performance in this competition.
