For the third season in a row, FC Bayern crashed out of the
Champions League semifinals. Amid all questions asked of Pep Guardiola,
can he be blamed for Bayern exiting at this stage once again?
Nobody
can say Bayern did not try, but in the end their effort came up just
short, going out on away goals. Joining Scott and Michel is, once more,
Robbie Dunne of Into the Calderon to review everything that happened.
The
referee was a huge fixture of this match, calling two penalties and
letting a suspect goal stand, judging Koke to be onside when he made his
run that eventually beat everyone, even Manuel Neuer. All of the big
decisions are up for discussion. And though Bayern took the game to
Atlético Madrid, Müller's missed penalty proved crucial.
The gang
debates Bayern's first leg tactics and not pushing more for an away
goal, that now in hindsight, would have made a world of difference. And
this brings under scrutiny several themes of the Guardiola era.
We promise it is not all doom and gloom, though! Just mostly.
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