Bayern Munich opened the Allianz Arena in the new season with a victory against Freiburg which leaves it in first place in the newly started Bundesligain a match in which he showed a little more defensive security than in the first match, but in which lacked ideas in attack.
Bayern Munich celebrate against Freiburg EFE
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The one who will be rival of Barcelona in the Champions League designed a more horizontal approach which is usual at the beginning, in perpetual search for the creation of spaces through the circulation of the ball, to try with Vincent Kompany, but which was ineffective.
In front he found a perfectly armed opponent, in positive dynamics After a promising start to the league season in which they crushed runners-up Stuttgart, they were waiting for their moment to try to take the colours out of the Bavarians. They succeeded in the literal sense: they played in red at the home of a Bayern team that wore white. In the figurative sense, which is the important one in football, they fell by the wayside, despite giving a decent image.
Bayern had control of the ball. He moved it but without being clear about what to do. The wall designed by the rival coach Julian Schuster left no space and the local midfielders are constantly indecisive: whether to obey the coach’s instructions or succumb to the vertical drive that has characterized them all their lives.
Until one appeared who had both abilities. It was necessary to activate a spring that shake up the game and the one who did it was Michael OliseThe Frenchman, as gifted as he was powerful, first made a masterful pass in depth with which Gnabry almost found Musiala at goalmouth, cut out by a defender as the ball was practically landing at the winger’s feet.
A couple of minutes later he forced the goalkeeper to intervene for the first time. Florian Müller after an intentional shot with his left foot, in a play whose second option, the also Frenchman Mathys Tel was unable to finish.
From then on, with a hydration break, another tedious stretch of football. The minutes passed without any danger, with the Bavarians unable to break down Freiburg’s defence and with many doubts on the pitch… until the play of the game arrived.
A ball hung into the area After half an hour it was headed by Harry Kanewhose finish He accidentally hit defender Max Rosenfelder on the left forearm.The referee, who had completely ignored the contact, was warned by the VAR and, after consulting it on the monitor, dictated the maximum penalty. The English striker did not forgive from the eleven meters.
The first half ended with the feeling that Bayern had taken too much of a reward. Freiburg, too much of a punishment. After the break, the script continued along the same lines: Bayern had insipid possession and Schuster’s men waited for their chance.
They came close to scoring their goal eleven minutes into the second half when a ball into the area was deliberately redirected into the penalty area by Lukas Kübler, who came in alone on the right flank, but his pass was intercepted by Neuer as the Austrian Adamy was already preparing to head the ball.
Moments later, another chance. This one even clearer, after a weak shot from Osterhage, which was repelled by the Bavarian defence, bounced off his own head and almost surprised the Bayern captain.
Uninhibited by the uncertainty of Kompany’s men, who had given entry to the field to Thomas Müller and the discussed one Kingsley Coman, Freiburg set out to find a draw. He pushed forward and began to take the ball away from the six-time European champions. Faced with this situation, the Belgian coach introduced more changes to calm the spirits of a rival who was beginning to believe it and Bayern regained the initiative.
Coman was close to scoring on the second shot and Müller, the day he surpassed Sepp Maier as the player with the most games in the history of the Bavarian teammasterfully controlled with his foot in the area a cross served by Gnabry to shoot down Freiburg’s goal and give him some peace of mind to the distraught supporters at the Allianz Arena.
In the final minutes, in which the home fans gave their idol a non-stop ovation, the visitors sought a goal that would honour their performance away from home; but Höler sent Pahlinha’s penalty into the clouds in stoppage time.
With this victory, although without brilliance in the game, Bayern took advantage of the stumbles of Leverkusen – first defeat in the Bundesliga after 35 games – and Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and placed themselves alongside Leipzig, executioner of Xabi Alonso’s men, and the surprising Heidenheim as the only ones with the first six points at the top of the Bundesliga.
