Yesterday, Bayern only needed a victory (as in the case with Lazio, where Bayern needed at least a minimal victory in order not to be eliminated immediately but to send the game to extra time) and they were able to achieve it barely in stoppage time. It seems to me that Lazio and Leipzig are quite comparable in strength and the fact that Bayern is playing without any margin of safety is alarming. I don’t want to believe that they will be eliminated in the 1/8 finals, but in any case, they are now in no condition to compete with Real or City.
It's very hard to think about it caused by bayern really needs to perform even better compared to the first leg. In fact, bayern's performing was so awful during the first leg. It makes me doubtful it. The victory can be achieved only if bayern will able make at least two goals or even more. Bayern is now losing one goal for the second leg.
This puts club in disadvantage compared to the lazio. Im willing to see lazio to play defensively against it. Bayern was not in good condition to compete with real or city. The gap was very very big from bayern to be compared with real madrid or city.
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By the way, bookmakers are quite optimistic about Bayern's chances in the return game, here are the quotes:
1.28 - 5.49 - 9.02
Even a victory with a handicap of -1 goal is assessed as quite probable: as 1.87. But I think this is more likely based on the fact that Lazio is weak and their play is far from the same as last season. Bookmakers’ quotes on who will take the title are more eloquent:
Manchester City 2.45
Real Madrid 5.39
Arsenal 7.35
Fc Bayern Munich 8.82
It turns out that Bayern not only fell out of the big three, but is rated worse than Arsenal.