Bayern Munich They beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 this Saturday in the Bundesliga, with two goals from Harry Kaneone of them a penalty, already thinking about the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final next Tuesday against Real Madrid.
Willian Pacho stands firm on the mark against Choupo-Moting in the Bayern Munich duel against Frankfurt. EFE/EPA
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The alignment used by your coach, Thomas Tuchel does not allow us to draw many conclusions since there are players who are in the process of recovery and that they probably would have played this game if something had been at stake.
They are the cases of Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry, of whom Tuchel assured that he will be ready for Tuesday and this Saturday he was in the stands. She had toAccording to Tuchel, he had had some pain and, although he wanted to play against Frankfurt, he preferred not to risk.
Bayern took the lead in the 9th minute, when Kane scored from a pass from Konrad Laimer, who had intercepted a pass from Pacho in the center of the field who was looking for Mario Götze and had advanced to the area, where he gave the ball to the Englishman. .
Bayern dominated. Before Kane’s goal, Thomas Müller had a good chance, following a pass from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, but his shot went high.
Eintracht took a while to get into the game and their first approach to the rival area did not occur until the 18th minute with a smooth and centered mid-distance shot from Marmousch.
The second time that Eintracht appeared in Bayern’s half, they achieved the tie with a shot from 20 meters by Hugo Etikité.
After this goal, Eintracht improved, but Bayern had the clear chances before the break and goalkeeper Kevin Trapp twice saved his team after shots by Müller and Raphael Guerreiro.
The match was once again unbalanced by a penalty scored by Harry Kane in the 60th minute that occurred due to a blow by Robin Koch in the face of Müller that referee Daniel Schlager sanctioned after consulting the VAR images.
Afterwards, Eintracht did not deserve to achieve the tie and Bayern had some opportunities to increase their lead.
The Bavarian team comes into the duel against Madrid having won its last four games, three in the Bundesliga and another in the Champions League against Arsenal.
