JAKARTA - Alphonso Davies finally showed his love for Bayern Munich on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, in the early hours of WIB, when his goal brought his club to the last 16 of the Champions League.
The Canadian full-back entered the ball in the fourth minute of injury time to equalize 1-1 against Celtic.
As a result, Bayern Munich avoided the extension of the second leg of the knockout phase of the Champions League.
Die Roten won the first leg 2-1 in Glasgow and finally qualified 3-2 on aggregate.
"That's an instinct. I'm happy to score again," Davies said of his goal, which was his second goal in the Champions League.
24-year-old Davies has just tied up his future at Bayern Munich by signing a new contract until June 2030.
He smelled the Bayern Munich logo on his T-shirt and then pointed to him in the celebration of scoring the goal.
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It was a signal Bayern Munich officials might prefer to see it sooner as talks about the extension of the full-back's contract protracted.
Davies' contract expires at the end of this season. Bayern Munich Council member Max Eberl said in March 2024 that the club had made its final offer to Davies, who was also the subject of interest from Real Madrid.
In the end, Bayern Munich and Davies agreed to a new deal reportedly worth around 20 million euros per year.
The goal against Celtic is his reward. Moving into the last 16 of the Champions League will give Bayern Munich another 11 million euros from UEFA.
"That's the Champions League. We played against the strong Celtic team. They played very intensely."
"We are happy to qualify. It was not easy. We played so many games," Davies said again.
Bayern will find out who their opponents will be in the last 16 of the Champions League on Friday, February 21, 2025. There are Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid who may be their opponents.
Meanwhile, Die Roten was made sweaty from the start of the match. The hosts were even more depressed throughout the match. Many intense attacks on Manuel Neuer's goal were only lucky to concede one goal.
Seeing this, Leon Goretzka admitted that he was not surprised. The midfielder is well aware of Celtic's ambition to turn things around and win Germany's first game in 16 attempts.
In addition, there is a provision obtained from the first leg. This makes Bayern Munich more prepared.
"If you're watching the first leg, I don't think it's surprising. Of course we can make it easier for us not to concede a single goal."
"We've played three games in six days now. It's all about getting results, which we did and we're happy about it," said the Bayern Munich midfielder.
Next, Bayern Munich will host Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Sunday, February 23, 2025.
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