Wednesday night's match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will go down in history as a shocking game in terms of outcome. The game started with pomp and color as Bayern Munich hosted Real Madrid.
The first half of the game ended in a 1-1 draw. Despite Bayern Munich showing professionalism in the game; recording higher accuracy, passes and possession as opposed to Real Madrid, they still fell short.
Joshua Kimmich had put Bayern in front with an outstanding goal. Then, Madrid managed to grab an equalizer through Marcelo despite playing second fiddle throughout the first half.
Then came the second half, Bayern Munich still maintained higher percentage in both passes, accuracy, and possession. Shockingly, despite their low-quality football game, Madrid grabbed a second, which proved the winner with Asensio's stunning strike.
Expert opinion in soccer former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin said on BBC Radio 5 live that, "Real weren't spectacularly special,". "They have ridden their luck but Real Madrid somehow find a way to win and you don't know how they do it."
That brings us to the life lesson you should keep in mind from the match as follows:-
1. Always study your opponent carefully before you attack - Despite Bayern Munich having many accurate passes, Real Madrid took advantage to study their moves and identified the little fault in their passes and moves to score goals and win the game.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane observed this and made a change at half-time - replacing forward Isco with Asensio - who scored the winning goal in the second half.
2.Always utilize every chance you have to make a big difference - As much as Bayern Munich got many chances to score they never scored to the maximum leading to their loss eventually.
They had enough chances to take a commanding lead to the Spanish capital, with the usually clinical Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller and Frank Ribery missing many chances.
3.Always conceal your tactics and use it to your advantage. Real Madrid showed less in terms of ball professionalism but they new a winner is determined by the number of goals and they wanted to attack best when the opponent Bayern Munich least expected it.
Also, Real Madrid goalkeeper, Keylor Navas, had mastered the usual angles where Bayern Munich shots were coming from and hence saved lots of possible goals.