Joselu had cemented his name as a player who could prove nothing again in football because he could not even be successful at New Castle and was only tolerated in a Madrid team that lacked a standing center forward even since Karim Benzema’s untimely departure.
After a cagey two-all-draw between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in the Champions League semis, it was time for the match to be played in the most feared ground in the tournament’s history where Real Madrid won it a record 14th time.
It was a game that could have produced a lot of goals had Madrid taken their chances as Vinicius Junior spawned a lot of chances forgetting it was the shot-stopper Manuel Neur in the post.
But in the 68th minute, Alphonso Davies who had replaced an injured Serge Gnabry tapped into his weaker foot and fired in a thunderbolt that until the 88th minute proved the decision and Madrid would have ended their hopes of securing a 15th Champions League crown.
Carlo Ancelotti seeing that time was coming to an end poured in all his substitutions and at last brought in Joselu who might have angered a section of the fans because he never commands in rays of resurrection until he does and above all he replaced the energy powerhouse of Valverde.
The hunter who preyed most on the Bayern defense Vinicius Junior shot and Neur could not handle the ball well dramatically and helplessly seeing in slow motion as Joselu tapped in the loose ball, it was a goal and a hero had been born.
Late at the stoppage time was an assist from Antonio Rudiger which caught the simple tap in of the legs of Joselu again.
They say men rise and fall like the Winter wheat but some will never be forgotten and such was the tale of Joselu the outcast.
