After a light opening period, Olympique Lyonnais saw a number of great opportunities, a Serge Gnabry brace and a goal from Robert Lewandowski was enough for Bayern Munich to reach the UEFA Champions League final of 2019-20. Once again we bring you the best songs from the game.
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In the 65 years of the European Cup / Champions League, this is only the second time that a German team has met a French team in the final. The first happened in 1976, when Bayern Munich beat Saint-Étienne 1-0.
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Bayern Munich is just the second team to win all its UCL matches on its way to the final. The other team to do this? AC Milan in 1992-93 …. they lost in the final against a French team, Marseille.
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That, Thomas Muller was right, was he not? Lewan goal-ski, indeed. Robert Lewandowski has now scored in nine straight games at the UCL; the third time a player has scored in 9 straight games in the history of the European Cup (Cristiano Ronaldo (11 in 2018) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (9 in 2003).
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Serge Gnabry’s 9 UCL goals this season are the second most by a German in a single season. Only Mario Gomez (12 in 2011-12) scored more.
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Bayern Munich advancing to the final means that there will be a ninth European Treble winner this season, as both PSG and Bayern have won their domestic leagues and cups.
Bayern have won the European Treble once before, in 2012-13, so if they win this one, they will join Barcelona as the only club to have won the European Treble in multiple seasons.
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Bayern Munich will play its 11th European Cup / UCL final. This equates to AC Milan for second place in the all-time list. The team in the first place? Real Madrid, who have played 16 finals.
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Lewandowski’s 15 goals this UCL season are tied for the third most goals in a single UCL season (with Cristiano Ronaldo). He is now only the second player to score 15 or more goals in a single campaign after that man Ronaldo (who has done it three times – 15 in 17/18, 16 in 15/16, 17 in 13/14).
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The 24 combined goals scored by Lewandowski (15) and Gnabry (9) are the most by a few teammates in one UEFA Champions League season, and the count continues by Cristiano Ronaldo (17) and Gareth Bale (6) in 2013-14 for Real Madrid.
The 24 they have scored is more than any other team in the competition except PSG (who have scored 25)
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Bayern Munich have been undefeated in their last 29 matches. This is how their results look over that period (last first): WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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This is pretty much the stat. This season’s UCL final will see the attack of the top scorer (Bayern scored 42 goals) on the best defense (PSG, 5 goals, 7 clean sheets).
(Stats with courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)
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