"Big players get up when it's hard"

At the FC Bayern Munich Gala evening in the Champions League against Benfica, Lisbon celebrated a standing player: Arjen Robben. His two goals at 5: 1 let hope in Munich.

When Arjen Robben was allowed to leave the pitch prematurely after 72 minutes of play, the spectators got up and celebrated the 34-year-old Dutchman loud and clear. The appearance of the winger in a 5-1 win over Benfica has left fans with memories of more enjoyable moments. For the first time since 2014, Robben has once again achieved a doubling in the Champions League, which caused a frenzy in Bayern.

Dribble, hang, swing and aim. Thanks to this unmistakable combination, Robben has established itself in the football elite, but has recently been sorely missed in the Bayern world. Against Benfica, Robben-Move was back. This fluid dribbling movement, the quick hook inwards and the precise shot with the left foot in order to the opponent. 1: 0, 2: 0 – Robben opened the way for Bayern. "I'm not the youngest anymore, but if it works like that, it's not bad."said Robben after his 110th match in the Queen of Europe category.

"When you're down, you have to get up"

Tonight, on the liberation of Munich, he was only sealing the initial spark. It was he who had upset and appealed the most internally in advance. "When you're down, you have to get up – a big team, big players, standing up when it's hard"he said. "It was such a game, what we needed and what we could."

The fact that Franck Ribery (35) finally imposed himself at 5: 1 closed the evening of awakening. Before the kickoff, the two long-time companions had kissed and cheered the grass. They wanted to go ahead in the important game and wanted to show that the end of the era of the "Robbery" duo was not going to end in a sad end.

With his first goals, Robben also came to help his distressed coach, Niko Kovac. "He really deserved it," Robben said of Kovac. But Robben knows, football is a daily affair. "It was only a game. If you do not win Saturday in Bremen, it's again a problem. It's football."