The second game of Wednesday night was also incredible, in which we saw Bayern Munich destroy Shakhtar Donetsk in a seven goal frenzy and not allowing Shakhtar to once get inside the net. Bayern Munich showed that they were the team we are used to seeing before VfL Wolfsburg destroyed them back in January.
Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller scored two goals during the match while Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery, Holger Badstuber, Robert Lewandowski and Mario Gotze all found the net as well. Bayern looked strong throughout the whole game and were deserving of the win. Along with three other teams they were able to advance to the Quarterfinals of the Champions League and wait for their next opponent, which will be announced later on this month.
The first goal for Bayern Munich came in the fourth minute thanks to a penalty Shakhtar committed on midfielder Mario Gotze. Thomas Muller stepped up to the plate and got it past goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov to make it a 1-0 lead.
Later in the 34 minute, Jerome Boateng scored the second goal when he got a cross pass from Mario Gotze and headed it towards Muller. Muller then passed it to Lewandowski, turned and went for goal only to be saved by Shakhtar’s goalkeeper. Jerome Boateng was there though to get the rebound and make it a 2-0 game.
In the 49 minute, it was Franck Ribery that made it a 3-0 lead. A pass to David Alaba inside the box and then receiving the pass back, Ribery was able to take on a defender and curve it under the gloves of goalkeeper Pyatov.
Three minutes later, Thomas Muller made it a 4-0 lead. A ball going out of bounds, Franck Ribery quickly saved it just before it went out of the line and bounced of Lewandowski’s back only for Muller to find the ball and get it past two defenders that quickly tried to block the ball from going in but were not quick enough.
In the 63 minute, Holger Badstuber made it a 5-0 game when Rafinha crossed pass the ball inside the box and Badstuber was able to find the ball with his head and see it go past Andriy Pyatov after it took a deflection of his glove and into the net.
Robert Lewandowski made it a 6-0 lead a teammate passed it to him from the other side of the field. Robert brought the ball down with his chest, went against two defenders and as he kicked the ball, he saw it take a deflection of the goalkeeper and go inside the net.
The last goal of the match was put through the net to world cup hero, Mario Gotze. At this point of the game, you can see that the Shakhtar defense was exhausted. A cross from Jerome Boateng saw Mario Gotze get the pass inside the box. Gotze then took his sweet time controlling the ball, making a whole 360 turn and finding the opportunity to find an open shot. He dribbled the ball for a couple seconds and then between two defenders saw an opening and went for the shot to make it a 7-0 game.
The game ended with Shakhtar being exhausted from all the defense they had to play. Bayern looked strong though with every chance they took converting into a goal. The man of the match goes out to Thomas Müller who got two goals in the match. Bayern Munich will await their opponent and the first leg will kick off in the middle of April.
Photo by: Markus Schreiber
