Bayer Leverkusen confirmed that there is a breath of fresh air in this Bundesliga where Xabi Alonso’s men made a huge bite to become more leaders than ever after defeating Bayern Munich (3-0). The advantage is now five points to a team that vibrated the BayArena focused on itself and enjoyed a display that left Tuchel in evidence.
Xabi Alonso showed his permeability in an unexpected scheme of three defenders with wingers in a chameleonic first half for his team. Accustomed to dominance, the instructions of the game in the early stages were to resist Bayern’s intention to be more dominant on the ball and cover all exits.
He missed Tuchel, who was wrong in almost all his decisions, and Kimmich, who was still injured, and he surely regretted losing Boey in his tasks, while Guerreiro was able to attend from the bench as he happened And it was Stanisic who ate behind the newcomer in Bavaria to take a low cross from Andrich who walked in Neuer’s place until his Leverkusen loanee, unmarked, put it in the back of the ‘net’ ( 18′).
Enough time to know that things are starting to look up for Bayern and there is no end in sight. Kane, Sané and Musiala, tied up and not found by Upamecano and Kim, are conscious. Also that Wirtz started to grow in the game and with him Leverkusen, enjoying the superlative talent of his ’10’.
Only one shot between the three sticks of Tuchel’s men in the first half, by Mazraoui, while Neuer had little work at the other end. But more than times, matter is concerned because of sensations. If Xabi Alonso’s men started with the mission of containment, they ended with the task of dominating, and both times they achieved it.
The German coach needs to change something, at least to stir the hornet’s nest in search of a reaction. It’s not like that. He went out with the same team and its poor strategy, ineffective against a Leverkusen that responded ferociously to that. Grimaldo joined the attack, created a great one-two with Adli and beat Neuer at the short post to confirm the Bundesliga leader’s performance (50′).
The rest of the game of the Bavarians was summed up in the constant suffering of empty and meaningless possessions, which at any time broke the defensive position of the team of Xabi Alonso, who was satisfied with the lateral centers who won again and again – again. Kimmich and Müller were not even brought in to change the system that served to resolve the situation.
You can see a Leverkusen with enough. So Alejandro Grimaldo almost scored a goal that would have been historic with an Olympic corner that hit the post despite being taken from the natural leg. A shot between the three sticks, that was the complete summary of Bayern after the game and Tuchel did little to help, who to end the flurry of his incomprehensible decisions put Guerreiro (left foot) on the right and Mazraoui on the left ( right hand) .
Leverkusen deservedly finished the game with another goal and in the final minutes came the reward. Frimpong, who found his way through almost time, completed a counterattack to score into an empty goal when Neuer stepped up to desperately finish a corner kick (95′). A play that was the perfect reflection of a Bayern in misery and a Leverkusen looking like a champion.
match lineup
1
2
twenty
3
4
12
3. 4
8
twenty-one
19
10
1
40
23
3
fifteen
2
Four. Five
8
9
10
42
BayArena

82′
Manuel Neuer1
17′
Noussair Mazraoui40
49′
89′
Sacha Boey23
35′
80′
Kim Min Jae3
Eric Dierfifteen
63′
Dayot Upamecano2
59′
Alexander PavlovicFour. Five
59′
Leon Goretzka8
61′
70′
76′
81′
Harry Kane9
64′
Leroy Sane10
89′
Jamal Musiala42
80′

Replacements

Sven Ulreich26
Matthijs de Ligt4
64′
94′
Raphael Guerreiro22
80′
81′
Adam Aznou44
Joshua Kimmich6
59′
89′
Lovro Zvonarek3. 4
Eric Choupo-Moting13
80′
Thomas Muller25
59′
89′
Mathis Tel39
70′

coach

Xabi Alonso
Thomas Tuchel
Source: La Verdad

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