In the early morning of the 6th, the second round of the UEFA Europa League round of 16, Bayern Munich defeated Lazio 3-0 at home, the two rounds of the total score of 3-1 thrilling to advance to the last eight. This result breaks the spell of Bayern being eliminated after 7 consecutive losses in the first round of the UEFA knockout stage. Striker Halikani was the key player in Bayern's reversal of fortune with two solo goals, and earned his team their first career title opportunity.
Bayern lost 0-1 in the first round, but the team quickly adjusted to the situation when they returned home. Only 38 minutes into the match, Halikani opened the door for Bayern with a brilliant header. In the first half of stoppage time, Bayern launched a corner kick attack, center Mathias Dirichlet shot, midfielder Thomas Mena grabbed a header to break the goal, the 34-year-old veteran in the UEFA Europa League accumulated a total of 31 goals, ranked the sixth in history, only behind Mees (40 teams), Crow (38 teams), Binschmar (34 teams), Robert Livendovsky (34 teams), and Rohr (33 teams).
However, the focus of the match remained on Halikani. He scored another goal in the 66th minute to completely break down Lazio's resistance. The 30-year-old England international contributed four shots on goal this campaign, two of which hit the target, his first goal in the UEFA knockout stages. With a pass success rate of 86.7%, he won 5 out of 6 direct confrontations with the opponents and deserved to be named Man of the Match.
This season, Halikani has made 33 appearances in all competitions for Bayern, scoring 33 goals with an impressive 100% average. Although he has not won a title so far in his career and has only been runner-up four times, he is eager to taste the taste of the title after joining Bayern. However, the team has already lost the Bundesliga Cup and the German Cup, and is 10 points behind table-toppers Leverkusen in the league, making the chances of defending the title very slim. Khalilani was even nicknamed the "Black Aura Stone" for almost "destroying" the Bayern dynasty on his own. Fortunately, he saved the team in this game with his own strength, keeping the hope of winning the championship, and making all the doubts come to naught.
