Borussia Mönchengladbach can only almost live up to its reputation as Bayern’s feared opponent on the third match day of the German Bundesliga.
The “foals”, who were unbeaten against Bayern Munich five times in the last season, lost 2-1 to the record champions on Christoph Freund’s debut as Bayern sports director.
Wöber-Assist for the Gladbach leadership
Freund takes a seat on the Bayern bench and sees from there how Bayern are struggling with the Gladbach defense at the beginning. In fact, it is Borussia who pose a threat for the first time: a header from central defender Marvin Friedrich lands on the crossbar (26′).
Less than five minutes later, however, the doorbell rang in the Munich goal. ÖFB legionnaire Max Wöber extends a plea corner with a header to Ko Itakura, who heads the ball into the net in a high arc – 1:0 (30th).
Bayern wobbled briefly afterwards, but almost equalized before the break: Leroy Sane ran over Wöber, who was called up as a left-back, in the penalty area and took a powerful shot, but the ball only hit the bar (39th).
At the break, Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel Konrad Laimer comes on as right-back – and Salzburg provides a lot of momentum.
Bayern pressure is too big
After a change of sides, Bayern squeezed Gladbach more every minute and were finally rewarded with an equalizer: after a great high chip ball from Kimmich into Sane’s run, the DFB team player didn’t need to be asked twice this time and made it 1-1 (58’). .
But Bavaria doesn’t have enough. The record champions absolutely want to win, play intensively and with a high degree of dominance for the second goal. Gladbach only concentrates on defending, becomes too passive and is presented with the bill shortly before the end.
After a good corner from Kimmich, Mathys Tel screwed the highest and nodded off to the well-deserved victory in Munich (87th). At this point, Gladbach almost only has more defensive players on the field and can no longer hit back.
With nine points, Bayern are second in the table behind Bayer Leverkusen. Gladbach is in 15th place with one point.
ÖFB legionnaires in action:
Maximilian Wöber (Gladbach) – up to the 74th minute, Assist
Hannes Wolf (Gladbach) – not in the squad
Stefan Lainer (Gladbach) – not in the squad (suffering from lymph node cancer)
Konrad Laimer (Bayern) – from the 46th minute
2023-09-02 17:50:51
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