Mining Bayern's Wall

After returning to Munich from Paris, Su Dong immediately traveled with the team to Turin, Italy, to face Juventus away.

It was the final match of the group stage.

In the fifth round, Juventus had handed Bordeaux an excellent opportunity, losing 0–1 away to Blanc's side and leaving themselves in a very difficult position in the battle to qualify from the group.

In the final round, Bordeaux would visit Zurich, while Juventus would host Bayern.

No matter how you looked at it, Bordeaux had the better odds of winning.

Before the match, the Italian media had been hyping things up, hoping Bayern would go easy on Juventus. After all, they had already qualified as group winners.

Heynckes did indeed do that. None of the key players, including Su Dong, Robben, Modrić, and Marcelo, started.

But once the match began, Bayern had barely exerted themselves before Juventus fell into complete disarray.

For the first ten-odd minutes, Bayern kept creating chances and taking shots, even hitting the post once.

Although Juventus scored first later on, Bayern quickly equalized.

Juventus grew more and more frantic, and in the end, Bayern knocked them flat with counterattack after counterattack.

Four–one!

Without key players such as Su Dong and Robben, Bayern had somehow beaten Juventus 4–1 away from home.

Not only Juventus—even Bayern themselves found it hard to believe.

In fact, if Bayern had not performed poorly, it could easily have turned into a complete massacre.

At the post-match press conference, Heynckes even said in bewilderment, "This was an unexpected victory!"

Who could argue with that?

Bayern had clearly intended to take it easy, yet Juventus had still played like this. Who else could they blame?

Bordeaux narrowly defeated Zurich 1–0 away from home. In the end, Bayern and Bordeaux advanced together, while Juventus finished