Real Madrid-Bayern Munich: the destiny of Joselu, Bayern's 3 minutes in hell... The tops and the flops

TOPS

He discovered the Champions League this season with Real Madrid. He will surely remember it all his life. Joselu, 34, came on in the 81st minute to replace Valverde, as if in a desperate move from Ancelotti. It was a stroke of genius. The Spanish striker first took advantage of a hand fault from Neuer after a missed shot from Vinicius, to score the equalizing goal. At that point, the story is already beautiful. It became historic three minutes later when he took a cross from Rüdiger and sent Real to Wembley. Joselu enters the history of Real through the front door. Hat !

This Real is unsinkable! And if only it was the first time... This club really has a special relationship with this competition. We thought that Bayern had done the hardest in this semi-final by opening the score at the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium. And as always, this Real makes us lie. Through its collective strength and resilience. The Real players were able to highlight an individuality, Joselu. And when it came time to hit the nail on the head, they knew how to do what was impossible for Bayern, to be clinical and hurt their opponent. But it is the collective which is to be remembered from this performance and provokes this turnaround.

From the start of the match Vinicius showed that he was in good shape. First on the right with Carvajal in the first period. Then with his Brazilian friend Rodrygo. Vini Junior continued to create danger with his rushes and percussions. And even after Bayern opened the score, he continued to spin and press. On Joselu's first goal, it was he who caused Neuer's error with a shot. We could criticize him for his waste, but with such activity, it is more of a detail. If he is perhaps not THE leader of the Madrilenians (and even then…), he is certainly the main detonator.

FLOPS

What a finish! Watching the images again will be hard for the Bayern players, as he thought he was in the final in the 87th minute. So certainly, they did not dominate the match and could, or should, have conceded a goal earlier. But still, it's cruel. The equalizer first of all, on an error from the man who was until then the man of the match, Manuel Neuer. The German goalkeeper released his first ball of the game, which coincidentally fell on Joselu. All he has to do now is conclude and relaunch the Spanish club. The second goal is more attributable to the collective who, after the equalizer, began to retreat probably out of fear of what would happen three minutes later. These three minutes Thomas Tuchel and his men will surely replay them in their heads for a long time, wondering how the match could change so quickly.

Until the 88th minute he was probably man of the match. Author of numerous saves throughout the game, he saved his partners on numerous occasions and allowed them to stay in the match. Unfortunately football is cruel, and the German international goalkeeper learned it the hard way this Wednesday, May 8. On a harmless strike from Vinicius, he released the ball into the feet of Joselu who just had to finish. This save, surely one of the “simplest” of the game for a goalkeeper of his level, is the one that everyone will remember. The guard post can definitely be very cruel