拉科魯尼亞把拜仁送出歐冠盃
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Deportivo send Bayern crashing out of Europe
LA CORUNA, Spain, (AFP) - Four time winners Bayern Munich crashed out of the
Champions League here Tuesday - the first time ever the German giants have
failed to make it through to the last 16 since the competition replaced the
old European Cup. The 2001 champions were beaten 2-1 by Deportivo La Coruna
in this crucial Group G tie which also means they cannot even claim a
consolation spot in the UEFA Cup as they have no hope of finishing third in
the group.
Bayern went into the game knowing they had to win it to keep their tenuous
link with the competition alive after taking just one point from their first
four matches.
But Deportivo goals from Victor and redhot Dutch striker Roy Makaay spelled
disaster for a team rated the best ever by Franz Beckenbauer at the start of
the season.
Bayern manager Ottmar Hitzfeld was unable to hide his bitter disappointment.
"Psychologically we weren't stable enough. Not every player turned in a strong
enough performance to enable us to beat them away from home. But by nature I'm
a fighter, I'm not a fair weather coach."
Bayern have had many fine moments in their proud 100 year history, but this
Champions League campaign was not one of them.
Staring down the gun barrel of a humiliating first round exit Hitzfeld's men
had come out fighting, with the Deportivo defence troubled by Ze Roberto and
Michael Ballack in the first quarter of an hour.
But appropiately enough it was Mackaay who had the first real chance of the
match, his shot safely blocked by Stefan Wessels, standing in for Bayern's
talismanic but injured Oliver Kahn.
After a shaky start Deportivo's confidence quickly grew, and their Spanish
international Fran' had a powerful shot from just outside the box hit the
cross bar on the half hour, Wessels' safely gathering Makaay's effort on the
rebound.
With the sides heading into the break all square frustration predictably
started to creep into Bayern's play against a Deportivo side that had proved
fully adept at closing them down.
Unsurprisingly Hitzfeld made a change at the start of the second half, the
Bayern coach bringing on Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz in place of
midfielder Hasan Salihamidzic.
But two minutes after World Cup runner-up Michael Ballack was taken off
injured Deportivo broke the deadlock... and Bayern's hearts.
Brazilian midfielder Mauro Silva fed Victor with the Spaniard firing a right
footer into the right hand side of the Bayern net in the 54th minute.
As if crushed by the enormity of the task Bayern seemed unable to raise the
tempo, a free kick attempt to the right of the Deportivo box by Mehmet Scholl
in the 72nd minute finding its way straight into the host's wall.
Five minutes later Santa Cruz equalised, the substitute jumping high to head
home a Scholl cross from the right.
As the rain which has fallen throughout the game continued to beat down
Deportivo extinguished any hope of a Bayern reprieve when Makaay scored with
a minute to go, his low shot into the corner of Wessel's net for his 13 goal
in 12 matches.
"We only started fighting when we got the equlaiser," complained Hitzfeld.
The win left Deportivo's hopes of progressing alive and kicking.
Published: October 30, 2002
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