Leon Goretzka scored twice as Bayern Munich clinched their spot in the UEFA Champions League 2022-23 knockout stage with a 4-2 win at Czech champion Viktoria Plzen on Wednesday. (More Football News)
Sadio Mane and Thomas Muller also scored as Bayern wrapped up the result in the first half to ensure it will finish among the top two teams in Group C due to Inter Milan바카라s dramatic 3-3 draw at Barcelona in the other group game.
Bayern leads with 12 points, followed by Inter with 7, then Barcelona with 4, while Plzeň is bottom with zero points after four games so far. Many of the few traveling Bayern supporters missed their team바카라s first goal due to a boycott of the first 12 minutes in protest against high ticket prices.
Members of Club No. 12 and other Südkurve Bayern fan groups issued a statement before the game saying 70 euros ($68) for the cheapest ticket is too much for the average supporter, and that they should be 20 euros ($19). They called on their own club to use its position 바카라to campaign for fundamental changes in order to save football as we know and love it.바카라
Meanwhile, the team keeps scoring. Bayern hammered Plzeň 5-0 in Munich last week and wasted little time before starting in Pilsen.
Mané played a one-two with Goretzka before opening the scoring in the 10th minute, then Kingsley Coman set up Müller for the second goal four minutes later, when Plzeň바카라s defenders were all too late.
Müller set up Goretzka for an easy third as Plzeň바카라s defense again left the Bayern attackers much more space than they바카라re accustomed to in the Bundesliga. But Müller left the field straightaway due to an apparent injury.
바카라It바카라s nothing serious, a nerve issue,바카라 Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said. 바카라Nothing dramatic, no risk for the weekend.바카라 The 17-year-old Mathys Tel came on Müller바카라s place and Bayern carried as before.
Leroy Sané played a straight ball in behind the home defense for Goretzka to chip the goalkeeper for Bayern바카라s fourth in the 35th.
Plzeň coach Michal Bílek reacted with three changes at the break in a bid to provoke a response and was rewarded in the 62nd when Adam Vlkanova scored the first goal Bayern conceded in the competition so far after the visitors바카라 defense failed to clear the ball.
Jan Kliment then scored arguably the nicest goal of the evening in the 75th when he took Libor Holík바카라s pass with his first touch then turned to smash it past Sven Ulreich in the Bayern goal with his next.
Nagelsmann had already made his five changes, including bringing on the 16-year-old defender Paul Wanner for his Champions League debut.
바카라It바카라s not about resting (players), it바카라s about getting them all into rhythm,바카라 Nagelsmann said. 바카라I think we could have won both halves. Everyone always wants to play.바카라 Despite the goals conceded, Nagelsmann was ultimately pleased with his team바카라s performance.
바카라A very, very good game, much better than the home game. And we바카라re in the group with 12 points,바카라 Nagelsmann said. 바카라Twelve points from a Champions League group that was certainly the most difficult.바카라
Bayern players Manuel Neuer (shoulder injury), Matthijs de Ligt (hip problem), Alphonso Davies (bruised skull), Serge Gnabry (knee injury) and Jamal Musiala (coronavirus infection) all skipped the game and stayed in Munich.
