Julien Laurens
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, absolutely.
I thought they played well, especially in the first half.
Melvin Mallard, Paris born and bred, of course.
With the goal, she's had an amazing season.
And then it felt to me, that second half, that they just dropped deeper and defended and defended.
And the game was at the Allianz Arena.
Loads of fans there, great atmosphere.
And Bayern are a very good team, obviously.
They hadn't qualified for the Champions League semi-final for five years now.
But they're very good and they pushed, they pushed.
And you knew the goal was coming.
There was some heroic defending by United.
But in the end, two goals on set-pieces, the first one straight away, the second one on the second phase of set-piece, was just too much, I think, for United to maybe just try to defend that lead a little bit too much, I thought, too early, certainly, instead of keeping playing maybe and going for a second, because that goal was extra time, not winning for them.
So it's good to be 1-0 up.
But you felt that even if he'd gone to extra time, that they would have struggled even more there.
So maybe the game plan was not the best.
It's been a great run for them in the Champions League.
They might not make it next season.
One of them, Chelsea or Arsenal, but probably more them or Chelsea, will not make it.
That'd be big if they don't know.