The most exciting derby of the last half century in the German League is the Borussia Mönchengladbach-Bayern Munich matches.
So was tonight.
It was talked about all week.
Leader Bayern Munich is the giant of the Bundesliga.
Plus it’s in great shape. Won the last 5 matches. Just 3 days ago, he beat PSG in France in the Champions League.
Its market value is four times that of its competitor. Player quality is incomparable. Moreover, he transferred goalkeeper Sommer from B.Mönchengladbach.
So on paper, he is the favorite of the match.
But the humble B.Mönchengladbach does not stand a chance.
Worst rival in the league.
Because it is the team with the most defeats in the Bundesliga.
In addition, he has not won the last 5 matches against his opponent.
It was in such an environment that the match started.
In the first minutes, Bayern Munich was looking for a goal with pass-thrust attacks, while B.Mönchengladbach preferred tight defense, intense marking and counterattack attack.
He was stopping the leader’s attacks with a tight defense, making sudden and quick exits with the balls he grabbed in the midfield.
Here in one of those quick starts, Kramer was knocked down by Upamecano in the 8th minute as he was going to score.
Upamecano left his team with 10 players with a red card.
While Bayern Munich is astonished by the absence, wouldn’t they be defeated? In a set-piece event with a practiced 13th minute, Stindl hunted down former teammate goalkeeper Sommer and put B.Mönchengladbach ahead.
This goal was a complete shock for Bayern Munich.
In such a tough derby, losing 10 people and losing in the 13th minute destroyed the guest team psychologically.
While Bayern’s defense was giving wide deficits, Mönchengladbach would have probably cut the game early if Stindl hadn’t missed a hundred percent opportunity in the 23rd minute.
Bayern Munich coach Nagelsmann saw that the defense was broken, the match was going, he removed Thomas Müller from the striker and strengthened the defense with Cancelo.
This change worked, it stabilized the game.
Bayern Munich, who started to use the wings more by providing the balance in the midfield, ensured the draw at 35. Choupo-Moting hit Davis’s left turn: 1-1
That was the score of the first half.
As the second half started, Bayern coach Nagelsmann made a harakiri. He removed Goretzka from the newly recovered midfield and took the defender Ligt to the forward.
Thus, B.Mönchengladbach, who had the upper hand in the midfield, became the judge of the game.
As a matter of fact, in the 55th minute, Hofmann saw Plea on the left and entered the penalty area with the ball in the midfield from his opponent’s mistake. He slipped on Plea’s pass, Sommer had nothing to do: 2-1
Now the control of the game has passed completely to the host.
Mönchengladbach made the score 3 after 83 minutes. Thuram cried during Hofman’s assist:3-1
Bayern made the score 3-2 in 90+3, but they couldn’t recover from this defeat.
Thus, Mönchengladbach got their 4th victory in their last 6 matches against Bayern Munich. Bayern has not won yet.
The star of the match was Hofman from Mönchengladbach with a goal and an assist.
In leader Bayern Munich, the responsible for the defeat was Upamecano, who received a red card, and then his coach Nagelsmann, who made the wrong choices.
