Villarreal

First Juventus, now Bayern Munich. Villarreal is proving to be the giant killer in this season's Champions League.

In all, Bayern outshot Villarreal 23-4 and outpossessed the visitor 68%-32% as part of a one-sided statistical performance. Villarreal in Spain on Arnaut Danjuma’s goal, and perhaps even more surprisingly was held scoreless in the first half of the second leg at home. Villarreal withstood a barrage of chances and picked its spots wisely, and it moves onto the semifinals, where it’ll face Liverpool unless Benfica can overturn a 3–1 aggregate deficit at Anfield on Wednesday.

As Chelsea's comeback to take Real Madrid into extra time took center stage, elsewhere the biggest giant slaying of the tournament took place.

Los Blancos have a reason to be aggravated with Chelsea's goal from the corner but you can't lose Rudiger in the box and expect not to pay. Real Madrid will feel lucky but that is a showing of what is to come if things don't improve. Chukwueze with a late, late goal to flip the script! Chelsea was noticeably weaker when he was substituted in the 83rd minute but it feels like he has taken over the left wing position for now. If he made contact it would've been a red card but luckily for Madrid, the crisis was averted. The change of pace was needed after the starters went 90+ minutes at a torrid pace versus Madrid but the reserves let their team down. Chelsea thought they had someone of that caliber in Romelu Lukaku but he was absent from the match just like their Champions League chances. Had Bayern somehow scraped through, the possibility of a heavy defeat to Liverpool was strong. Christian Pulisic also had two good chances for the Blues in the closing minutes but was unable to finish them leading to extra time. Chukwueze ensured that it was ultimately a success by converting with Villarreal's only shot on target and this is a defeat that will hurt the 2020 winners. However, Bayern were far more creative that the Spaniards overall and that was partly due to Emery's game plan to absorb the pressure and try to counter. Julian Nagelsmann's side were unable to kick on, though, and it was Villarreal who found the crucial winning goal with a lethal counterattack finished off by Samuel Chukwueze to silence the home support.

The "Yellow Submarine" has claimed another of Europe's elite sides as Villarreal continue their run and make Bayern rue some missed opportunities.

Despite an array of attacking talent which saw them come out with five forwards, Bayern couldn't break through and Villarreal had the best first-half chances -- both wasted by Danjuma and Gerard Moreno. But when Robert Lewandowski put Bayern ahead and levelled the aggregate scores by finishing off a Thomas Muller pass on 52 minutes, it seemed inevitable that the home side would surge to the victory by exploiting gaps in the Villarreal defence. At one point in the first-half, every Villarreal player was behind the eighteen-yard line as they attempted to frustrate Bayern, and the tactic worked. Arnaut Danjuma's goal in the first-leg -- Francis Coquelin had another goal ruled out by VAR -- gave Villarreal a slender advantage going into this game and it seemed an impossible task for Emery's side considering that Bayern, with 30 goals in the competition this season prior to kick-off, were the top scorers in the Champions League by some distance, with Manchester City in second place on 24 goals. They are hard-working and committed and they have a taste for upsetting European football royalty. Emery's team stunned Juventus in Turin to eliminate the Italian giants in the Round of 16 and they have now beaten Bayern. And Villarreal are what they have always been, a team that punches way above their weight.

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Bayern, who have won the Champions League six times, most recently in 2020, were heavily favored against the LaLiga side, but lost the first leg 1-0 and had to wait until the 52nd minute of Tuesday’s contest to get on the board courtesy of Robert Lewandowski. Europa League holders Villarreal were looking at the prospect of extra time against Bayern at Munich’s Allianz Arena as the sides were deadlocked 1-1 on aggregate, but late sub Samuel Chukwueze scored with two minutes left in regulation to send the Spanish club into the semifinals. After falling 3-1 in the first leg in London, the Blues stormed out to a 3-0 lead at the Santiago Bernabeu to take a 4-3 edge in the tie, but youngster Rodrygo leveled the aggregate for the hosts in the 80th minute and veteran Karim Benzema got the winner in extra time.

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Especialmente dada la disparidad en el tamaño y nivel. Pero Chukwueze culminó un contragolpe, apenas cuatro minutos de ingresar al partido, que decretó el 1-1 en la vuelta y el 2-1 definitivo en el global, para prolongar la marcha del sorprendente club español en el torneo. “Ellos han cometido el error de no matarnos y hemos podido marcar el gol que nos ha dado el pase”, indicó el delantero del Villarreal Gerard Moreno. “Lo que ha hecho este equipo es muy grande. Pero con el mismo temple con el que el Villarreal derrotó al Manchester United en la final de la Europa League de 2021, el equipo de Unai Emery ha dejado en el camino tanto a la Juventus como al Bayern en la fase de eliminación directa de la Champions. No sé qué decir”. En el fútbol es muy difícil ganar y nos alegramos por el pase”.

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Tactically and intensity-wise, it was one of our best games in recent months." The belief and the way this team competes has helped us to achieve it." For 88 minutes, Bayern were in control of the match and looked the likelier team to progress to the semi-finals. But in the end, they were undone by a goal that epitomises their shortcomings this season. Yet for all their intent the Bundesliga champions reached the interval with little in the way of meaningful chances to show for it. Villarreal were rocking for a while, but 36-year-old Raúl Albiol helped them back onto their feet before Chukwueze unleashed the sucker punch.

Get a report of the Bayern Munich vs. Villarreal 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Quarterfinals football match.

With our performance today you saw the emotions and the good tactics we played. "We knew they can defend. "It counts as one of my top three defeats.

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