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Bayern Munich, yesterday crashed out of Al Kass Cup 2019 after drawing 1-1 with surprise package Altinordu in a dramatic finale to Group C.
Bayern came into the game knowing that only a win would ensure progress to the knockout stage, having lost their opening game 3-2 to ESS a scoreline that could have been far worse for the Germans, who claimed both of their goals in added time.
Bayern went close early on when Thorben Rhein swung a corner in from the left that Gabriel Marusic rose highest to meet, but his header went wide when he may have expected to hit the target.
Soon after though, the Germans took the lead, with VAR again playing a decisive role as referee Kulcsar reviewed the tape and adjudged that an arm had been used to block a goalbound shot.
Moritz Mosandl made no mistake from the spot his second penalty conversion in as many games, each of which had come about through VAR intervention.
The goal appeared to wake the Turks up. Belatedly finding their rhythm, they should have levelled on the half hour when a high free kick from wide on the right found Salih Kavrazli completely unmarked 12 yards out. However, the big striker's misdirected header flew well wide of the target.
As it transpired, they didn't have to wait much longer. Kavrazli took the ball on the left wing, and powered all the way to the byline before cutting back to Enis Destan, who made no mistake from 10 yards.
Soon after the restart, Kavrazli should have given his side the lead, when he was first onto a low ball from the left, but he miskicked from six yards out.
Bayern went straight down the other end and also went close, with Yusuf Kabadayi dragging his shot just wide of the far post.
With time running out and tension rising, Bayern desperately needed a goal. They went close when a goalmouth scramble followed a lofted free kick, but Altinordu keeper Emirhan Emir eventually managed to pluck the ball out of the air.
Aspire Academy will provide the opposition for the Turks in the second of today's quarter-finals. With both sides in fine form, a winner is difficult to predict. For Bayern, meanwhile, it is very much a case of what might have been.
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