Such is the might of FC Bayern that they remain favourites in any two-legged tie even when they get dominated and lose the first leg. It says a lot about the German team’s quality, but it doesn’t quite tell the whole story. In order to have the full picture, you really should have seen the match at El Madrigal last week.Arnaut Danjuma was in great form as he scored the only goal of the leg, but he wasn’t the only one who played well. Unai Emery’s side dominated from start to finish and are probably bitterly disappointed at not having another goal to show for their troubles. This way, Robert Lewandowski, Serge Gnabry and the crew have only a one-goal deficit to overturn. The Bavarians are the favourites, but they aren’t facing an inferior opponent tonight.Danjuma settled things in Villarreal. How will the Munich decider go? 🤷♂️#UCL pic.twitter.com/0tiCJMudCt— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) April 12, 2022 Former Bournemouth attacker Danjuma failed to set the Premier League alight but has done enough in the Championship to draw interest from Villareal, a club that spends money wisely. It was a great move. The Dutchman is playing well and allegedly drawing interest from Manchester United. But, for now, he is only focusing on how to better himself with the input of his head coach Unai Emery.”Unai was very clear when he explained how I could learn from him. I knew working under Unai would give me a boost because I could understand the game better. He is busy with me on a daily basis and I have a lot of conversations with him about how to better myself. He is a strategy mastermind.”Meet the world’s smallest league – only two teams and the Groundhog Day each SundayBayern players Bouna Sarr and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting missed the slender win over Augsburg due to injury as Lucas Hernandez, Alphonso Davies and Kingsley Coman were all rested. The three of them should return in the side. The visitors, meanwhile, have rested Danjuma, Giovani Lo Celso, Juan Foyth and Francis Coquelin over the weekend, making a total of ten changes. It’s a clear indication of how much the game at Allianz Arena is important to both clubs.Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer believes that his team’s experience will help them to reach the semi-final.”We have to show determination, be ambitious, and you can always count on us to do that. We lost the first leg, it hurt us, but we only lost 1-0. We weren’t happy with the performance, but it’s the best kind of defeat you can get. We have won a lot of games in the Champions League and we know we have to win. We’ve done that in the past, and we’re not to be messed with after we’ve lost a game as we did over there.”Manuel Neuer: “We have characters in the team who have big ambitions. We were more unhappy with our performance than with the result last week. The best part was that we only lost 1-0. Everything is still in our hands” #UCL pic.twitter.com/LeRC2cKGzs— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) April 11, 2022 Villarreal are playing in the Champions League quarter-finals for only the third time in their history, and it’s the first time they’ve made it this far in 13 years. Their recent history hasn’t been quite as impressive as Bayern’s but that shouldn’t be decisive over 90 minutes. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEQuarter-final, second legTuesday22.00: (2.60) Real Madrid (3.40) Chelsea (2.85) /first leg 3-1/22.00: (1.30) Bayern (6.25) Villareal (10.0) /first leg 0-1/Wednesday22.00: (5.00) Atl.Madrid (3.50) Man.City (1.85) /first leg 0-1/22.00: (1.30) Liverpool (6.25) Benfica (10.0) /first leg 3-1/***odds are subject to change
