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On Tuesday evening, in the late game of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, two teams laid the first foundations to advance to the next stage of the prestigious tournament of the Old Continent.
It seems that Arsene Wenger will not be able to end the eight-year trophy drought this season - the Munich "Bayern" team, the favorite of the pair, justified their status by celebrating a victory against London's "Arsenal" team with a score of 1-3 at the "Emirates" stadium.
Right from the start of the match, things didn't look good for the "Gunners", as the talented Toni Kroos scored a great goal against Wojciech Szczesny in the 7th minute.
After a quarter of an hour, the local fans in the stadium watched in dismay as Thomas Muller extended the lead with another goal - 2-0.
After the break, the hosts recovered a bit, and former "Bavarian" player Lukas Podolski softened the gap with a header from a corner, but in the 77th minute, Mario Mandzukic scored another goal somewhat comically.
In the return match in Munich on March 13, the London team will have to try to "crack" the fantastic defense of the "Bayern" club at least three times.
Meanwhile, in the other match, "Porto" managed to keep a clean sheet in front of their own fans and defeated "Malaga" with a minimum result of 1-0.
The only goal of the match was scored by Joao Moutinho in the 56th minute.
London "Arsenal" 1 - 3 Munich "Bayern" 7' [0 - 1] T. Kroos 21' [0 - 2] T. Muller 55' [1 - 2] L. Podolski 77' [1 - 3] M. Mandzukic
"Porto" 1 - 0 "Malaga" 56' [1 - 0] J. Moutinho
