Salzburg, February 17 (BNA): Bayern Munich midfielder Kingsley Coman scored a goal in the 90th minute to snatch a 1-1 draw against Salzburg in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday.
The Austrian team took the lead midway through the first half with a goal on the counterattack from Chukobweke Adamu, Reuters reported.
Adamo, 20, came in in the 12th minute after striker Noah Okafor was injured.
But Frenchman Koeman, who scored the winning goal for Bayern in the 2020 Champions League final, secured the winner six times when he appeared at the far post to meet Thomas Muller’s header and hit the ball into the net from close range. Domain.
Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich lamented the lack of enthusiasm on his part before the first half.
“We didn’t do enough in the first half, we weren’t focused enough, we didn’t win the second balls and that allowed Salzburg to get dangerous chances on the counter,” he said.
“We controlled the game better in the second half, put more pressure and got the equalizer in the end, which is a good result for me.”
Koeman’s equalizing goal meant Bayern scored in 29 consecutive Champions League matches despite Robert Lewandowski’s record winning streak in the competition being interrupted.
The Polish striker had won 22 previous matches in the Champions League since Bayern lost 3-1 to Liverpool in 2019, and missed last season’s defeat in the quarter-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain due to injury.
Bayern entered the match as the best candidate after winning all six of their group matches, but arrived in Austria affected by Bochum’s 4-2 victory in the German League.
Julian Nagelsmann’s side were left in trouble early on by highly disciplined Salzburg, who qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League for the first time in their history under 33-year-old coach Matthias Gisele in his first season with the coach.
The hosts hit the first blow with an explosive move in the first half, starting with defender Omar Solette by sending off Bayern captain Mueller in the middle of the field and pumping a diagonal ball forward to Nicolas Capaldo on the right wing.
The Argentine walked across the field and passed the ball to Adamo, who shot into the far corner after receiving a shot from Brendan Aaronson.
Bayern struggled to create clear chances in the second half as well, but came close to a draw when Leroy Sane hit a low shot into the goal, which was saved by Salzburg goalkeeper Philip Kohn, who then jumped to hit the ball from the feet of Serge Gnabry.
Salzburg should have added a second goal to take with them to the second leg in Munich when, with 10 minutes remaining, Capaldo was pushed off Sven Ulrich’s foot, then Adamo saw his shot off the line by Benjamin Pavard.
Then the hosts stopped at the crucial moment when Pavard hit a cross into the penalty area and Muller looked at the far post, as Koeman was waiting to be directed inside.