Even if Bayern have lost to outsiders Augsburg, they tease – BVB, on the other hand, strikes calm tones after the work victory against Stuttgart. “It’s not the time to make big declarations of war,” said BVB managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke two weeks before the summit of the two top teams, unusually cautious. After the Bayern mistake on Friday evening and their own success, Dortmund sneaked up to one point on Bayern.
“We are on top, we want to stay on top,” emphasized BVB coach Marco Rose, knowing full well that his team – still without goal getter Erling Haaland – had not downplayed the yellow of the egg and only through a late goal from Marco Reus was redeemed. The BVB captain was also the point of attack that Bayern had picked out: “He didn’t win a lot of titles,” said former Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Sunday at Sky about Reus, who was apparently against you years ago Moved to Munich and decided for BVB.
Five Bayern professionals in quarantine
Perhaps Rummenigge also wanted to distract from Bayern’s current problems, which are bigger than just a lost little derby against Augsburg: The corona discussions about the unvaccinated players continue. Joshua Kimmich is in quarantine again, four other players followed him after the game in Augsburg: Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Michael Cuisance had to go into quarantine in consultation with the responsible health department and are therefore all absent from the champions League at Dynamo Kiev.
Without its leading player Joshua Kimmich, FC Bayern will lose at FC Augsburg
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According to “Bild”, unvaccinated professionals who have to be in isolation as contact persons will now have to forego parts of the lavish million-dollar salary for the downtime. Either way – there is great unrest at FC Bayern ahead of the next Champions League and Bundesliga weeks.
Leipzig and the away curse
RB Leipzig also had to admit defeat away from Hoffenheim – a setback after beating Dortmund before the international break. The trend continues: Leipzig have not won a single game away from home this season. In addition, RB is the only team that has to play its upcoming home games as ghost games, because Saxony will prohibit spectators in professional sport from next week due to the current corona situation.
You accept and respect that, the club said in a statement – and then criticized the fact that “the Saxon government allowed this situation to come about in the first place.” Coach Jesse Marsch said they were disappointed, but the situation in society was more important than what happened in the stadium: “More important than football.”
The iron triumph in the derby
In Berlin, Union Berlin celebrated a much-acclaimed and clear derby victory over Hertha BSC in the sold-out stadium. “The development is good at Union, we have big plans,” said goal scorer Christopher Trimmel on Sky.
Derby wins taste sweet: Union players are happy after their home win against Hertha
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Bayer Leverkusen’s 1-0 win against VfL Bochum fell into the category of work victory. The Bayer-Elf started badly weakened. “With our personal situation – especially up front – you have to win such games 1-0 – and we won 1-0,” said Leverkusen’s managing director Rudi Völler soberly after the game.
Fürth remains behind last
Fürth, however, continued his negative streak: eleven defeats in twelve games speak for themselves. The gap to the relegation place is now nine points. After the 0: 4 swatter against Mönchengladbach, the bottom of the table is with a goal difference of minus 25.
VfL Wolfsburg showed a furious race to catch up, trailing 0-2 up to the 60th minute in Bielefeld and saving a draw with a double strike in the second half.
First home bankruptcy for Freiburg
Two weeks after their first defeat of the season, SC Freiburg conceded the second straight away – at home against Eintracht Frankfurt. With that, the Breisgauer missed to shorten the gap to Dortmund and Bayern. The sports club had previously been unbeaten in nine home games.
At the end of the matchday, 1. FC Köln shared the points with Mainz. Bitter for FC: Shortly before half-time, Cologne’s striker Anthony Modeste (8 goals in 12 games) had to be replaced after a painful foul by Mainz defender Stefan Bell.
The 12th Bundesliga matchday in numbers:
FC Augsburg – FC Bayern Munich 2: 1 (2: 1)
Goals: 1-0 Pedersen (23rd), 2-0 Hahn (36th), 2-1 Lewandowski (38th)
Borussia Dortmund – VfB Stuttgart 2: 1 (0: 0)
Tore: 1: 0 Malen (56.), 1: 1 Massimo (63.), 2: 1 (Reus)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 1-0 (1-0)
Tore: 1:0 Forensic (4th)
Bor.Mönchengladbach – SpVgg Greuther Fürth 4: 0 (3: 0)
Tore: 1:0 Hofmann (9.), 2:0 Neuhaus (28.), 3:0 Plea (43.), 4:0 Hofmann (57.)
TSG Hoffenheim – RB Leipzig 2:0 (1:0)
Tore: 1:0 Samassekou (12.), 2:0 Dabbour (68.)
Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Wolsburg 2: 2 (1: 0)
Tore: 1: 0 Okugawa (11.), 2: 0 Klos (54, Elfmeter), 2: 1 Weghorst (62.), 2: 2 Nmecha (63.)
1. FC Union Berlin – Hertha BSC 2:0 (2:0)
Tore: 1: 0 Awoniyi (8.), 2: 0 Trimmel (30.)
SC Freiburg – Eintracht Frankfurt 0: 2 (0: 2)
Tore: 0: 1 Lindström (34th), 0: 2 Kostic (43rd)
1. FSV Mainz 05 – 1. FC Cologne 1: 1 (1: 0)
Tore: 1:0 Burkardt (41st), 1:1 Özcan (47th)