Bayern advances despite a 3-2 loss to Fiorentina
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March 11, 2010, Thursday
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BAYERN Munich lost 3-2 to Fiorentina in Florence, Italy, but still managed to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals on away goals on Tuesday.
Bayern, a four-time European champion, won the opening leg 2-1.
Arjen Robben scored the decisive goal for Bayern with a precise shot from 25 meters in the 65th minute at the Artemio Franchi stadium, deflating a crowd that was still cheering Stevan Jovetic's second goal a minute earlier.
Robben dribbled freely before launching his shot just inside the left post and the crossbar.
Juan Vargas had put Fiorentina in front in the 28th and Mark van Bommel scored Bayern's first goal in the 60th with another long shot, after Franck Ribery freed himself from three defenders to provide a cross.
"We made a lot of individual mistakes on defense, which made the game very complicated," said Bayern coach Louis Van Gaal. "It wasn't an easy game, but in the second half we kept the ball on the ground more and we scored two beautiful goals."
Jovetic found the target in the 54th and 64th to snap Bayern's unbeaten run at 18 matches.
In the first leg, substitute striker Miroslav Klose scored a contested goal in the 89th minute over 10-man Fiorentina. Klose acknowledged that he felt offside and many Fiorentina fans remained in the stadium after the return game to chant their displeasure with UEFA president Michel Platini.
"The result of the first leg is upsetting. If it was 1-1 things would have been different tonight," Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastien Frey said. "We didn't achieve our goal, but I don't think that's our fault. We really put on a great performance and we can take a lot of pride in that."
Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli was also still bitter over Klose's goal.
"We gave up a goal that shouldn't have counted for anything, and instead we're here talking about getting eliminated by a goal that was two meters offside," Prandelli said.
Bayern lost to Barcelona in the quarterfinals last season.
"I can also understand that Fiorentina is upset, since the deciding goal was scored offside," Van Gaal said.
Bayern, a four-time European champion, won the opening leg 2-1.
Arjen Robben scored the decisive goal for Bayern with a precise shot from 25 meters in the 65th minute at the Artemio Franchi stadium, deflating a crowd that was still cheering Stevan Jovetic's second goal a minute earlier.
Robben dribbled freely before launching his shot just inside the left post and the crossbar.
Juan Vargas had put Fiorentina in front in the 28th and Mark van Bommel scored Bayern's first goal in the 60th with another long shot, after Franck Ribery freed himself from three defenders to provide a cross.
"We made a lot of individual mistakes on defense, which made the game very complicated," said Bayern coach Louis Van Gaal. "It wasn't an easy game, but in the second half we kept the ball on the ground more and we scored two beautiful goals."
Jovetic found the target in the 54th and 64th to snap Bayern's unbeaten run at 18 matches.
In the first leg, substitute striker Miroslav Klose scored a contested goal in the 89th minute over 10-man Fiorentina. Klose acknowledged that he felt offside and many Fiorentina fans remained in the stadium after the return game to chant their displeasure with UEFA president Michel Platini.
"The result of the first leg is upsetting. If it was 1-1 things would have been different tonight," Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastien Frey said. "We didn't achieve our goal, but I don't think that's our fault. We really put on a great performance and we can take a lot of pride in that."
Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli was also still bitter over Klose's goal.
"We gave up a goal that shouldn't have counted for anything, and instead we're here talking about getting eliminated by a goal that was two meters offside," Prandelli said.
Bayern lost to Barcelona in the quarterfinals last season.
"I can also understand that Fiorentina is upset, since the deciding goal was scored offside," Van Gaal said.
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