BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Javi Martinez scored the winning goal in extra time when Bayern Munich beat Sevilla 2–1 at the UEFA Super Cup on Thursday in a fan-packed stadium.
Seven years after scoring some other purpose in extra time for Bayern to win their last Super Cup, Martinez overcame a crowd of players to take the lead when Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou stopped David Alaba’s speculative shot in the 104th minute.
It may be one of Martinez’s last matches with Bayern after President Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the German media last month that the flexible defensive player is looking to leave.
The overtime is far from ideal for either team in a season that started later than the overall season and will have a messier schedule amid the coronavirus pandemic. For Bayern and Sevilla, it is the start of a series of four. matches in 11 days. and he arrived here just a month after Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final.
Sevilla, the Europa League champion, temporarily took the lead when David Alaba committed a foul on Ivan Rakitic and Lucas Ocampos changed the penalty in the 13th minute. Champions League winner Bayern tied when Leon Goretzka hit a ball skillfully located by Robert Lewandowski in the 34th minute.
Bayern controlled the part of the moment, but saw two goals ruled, one offside, one by a push from Lewandowski, and Neuer to save Youssef En-Nesyri’s shot against the counterattack in the 87th minute.
The fit played with some 15,000 fans at the Puskas Arena, about a quarter of its capacity, while UEFA was attempting a partial kickback of fans in time for the organizing stages of the Champions League and Europa League.
However, the recent accumulation of coronavirus cases in Europe, and in Budapest in particular, has made it a debatable decision.
Around 800 of the 2,100 tickets sold to Bayern fans were returned before the attack after Bavarian state politicians warned fans who were against traveling to Budapest. Seville distributed around 500 tickets, which means that the vast majority of those offered at the stadium were residents of Hungary.
Social estbankment regulations were widely followed at Puskas Arena, with enthusiasts sitting in combination and two with empty seats in between.
The trips abroad of Bayern and Seville fans have also made the Super Cup an atypical case. European primary leagues that have resumed with fans, such as Germany and France, have limited matches to local fans so as not to inspire long-distance travel. Pandemic.
Bayern won a fourth trophy in 3 months after the Bundesliga, the German Cup and the Champions League, it was a largely symbolic prize. Sevilla have played 4 Super Cup matches in the last seven years as the winner of the Europa League series and has lost the mall.
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