How Bayern’s teenager Davies demonstrated FC Barcelona in 16 seconds
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FC Bayern humiliates Barcelona 8-2
FC Bayern are in the semi-finals of the Champions League for the twelfth time. After the historic 8: 2 against FC Barcelona in Lisbon, the goal is clear: The title should come and with it the triple.
No scene describes the historical debacle of FC Barcelona against Bayern better than an action by Alphonso Davies. The 19-year-old is celebrated internationally for this. Only teammate Kimmich was a little ashamed.
Joshua Kimmich cheered exuberantly. At least it looked very easy and light-hearted. He later admitted that celebrating his 5-2 win against FC Barcelona was actually not that easy.
“Incredible. I was almost ashamed of how happy I was after the goal, because 99 percent of that was his goal, of course, ”said the right-back after his FC Bayern’s historic 8-2 in the Champions League quarter-finals.
“His goal” – by that Kimmich meant his teammate Alphonso Davies. The 19-year-old had prepared the goal with an impressive solo in the 63rd minute of the game. It was a of the Scenes of the game. FC Bayern even declared Davies the eighth wonder of the world on its English-language Twitter channel.
Davies caught the ball near the center circle, played out his childhood idol Lionel Messi, and then passed Arturo Vidal and Nelson Semedo. Davies repeatedly built body illusions into his barrel, Semedo could only stumble after him helplessly in the end. Even though he’s one of the fastest Barcelona professionals. Davies was on the ball for a total of 16 seconds.
“World class,” said Kimmich
At enormous speed he dribbled towards the six-yard area and played an exact pass to Kimmich. “In the end I just had to push it in. World class, ”said Kimmich.
A teenager dupes the world stars. And inspires fans worldwide. The Davies hype continues. Oh no, he’s just getting a lot bigger.
Coach Hans-Dieter Flick was also enthusiastic about Davies again. “Just beautiful. He’s got the quality, ”said the Bayern coach. He is very satisfied, and if Davies “does it more often, it would be all the more beautiful”.
A historic game in brief – this Davies action said so much. The scene should be remembered by players and fans for a long time. A world class performance.
The Canadian was a decisive factor, especially on the offensive. And that although he was only able to train to a limited extent in the days before due to adductor problems and was in danger of being unable to play.
The former world-class defender Rio Ferdinand said on “BT Sport” about the Davies dribbling: “That shouldn’t be allowed. It’s embarrassing if I were Semedo I would log out of Instagram for a while. “
And Gary Lineker tweeted: “It would be nice if someone could let Semedo back into the stadium. Insane from @Alphonso Davies. “
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