Real Madrid is flying on the wings of luck

In the press conference after the match, coach Jupp Heynckes could not hide his disappointment: “Yes! These are gifts. We gave them two goals. You don’t often see matches like this in the Champions League. You have many chances but you can’t take them. It doesn’t happen often. The difference is that they took the few chances and we didn’t.”

Like his coach, defender Kimmich expressed regret about the good chances Bayern Munich had in this match. The German international said: “I think it should be 7-2. You must have watched the match. We had 2 or 3 chances in the first half, and in the second half Franck Ribery had a few more chances. I can’t list the chances but Bayern must have had 6 or 7 good chances.”

Bayern Munich (red) had to accept a 1-2 defeat against Real Madrid due to less luck. Photo: Internet

On the other side of the front line, Real Madrid captain Zinedine Zidane also had to admit: “The general mood is satisfied with this result. But Real Madrid had many problems in the first minutes because they wanted to control the game. We had to play with resignation at some points. It was a difficult and hard-fought victory.”

Witnessing the full match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Stadium, most people agreed that the Spanish visitors were very lucky to leave Bavaria with a victory in hand. It was not only the 2 goals of Marcelo and Asensio, the missed chances of Lewandowski, Franck Ribery, Muller... that people said Real Madrid was lucky.

Just look at Bayern Munich's squad. Number 1 goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has not yet returned from injury, central midfielder Arturo Vidal suffered a serious injury a few days ago and the mainstay duo Robben - Boateng had to leave the field due to pain when the first half had just passed 30 minutes. Obviously, Real Madrid was lucky because Bayern Munich's squad was seriously damaged.

Star Robben had to leave the field at the beginning of the first half due to injury. Photo: Internet

If coach Jupp Heynckes had all the above cards, the Royal team would not have scored 2 goals so easily (a mistake by the home team's defense), and goalkeeper Keylor Navas would have had to pick the ball out of the net more than once. It seems that the goddess of luck will be the companion of coach Zinedine Zidane and his team in the Champions League this season.

This is completely normal because luck is a part of football. Basically, as coach Jupp Heynckes assessed: "The difference is that they (Real Madrid) took advantage of the few opportunities, while we did not." The Royal team deserved to win, simply because they knew how to take full advantage of the lucky factor./.