The Bundesliga, on its first day, seemed like a carbon copy of last season. If on Friday Bayer Leverkusen won in the last minute of added time, Bayern Munich will have to come back and show a completely gray version against Wolfsburg in the debut of Vincent Kompany (2-3).
Many things must change this year for the Bavarians to regain their momentum. It looked like it could be that way in the first half, with a right wing formed by Boey and Olise (the only one of the signings to start) very dangerous. An eleven in which the centre-backs chosen by the Belgian coach are Upamecano and Kim, leaving many doubts about the latter.
The South Korean then launched a crazy attack on the Frenchman, passing it to Neuer to get it off his chest. But it’s true that this is one of the few negative things that the first 45 minutes brought. Because the best was the debutant Grabara in the goal of Wolfsburg, who destroyed almost all the arrivals of Bayern Munich, especially Gnabry even his face, which was protected by a mask because he had a facial injury.
The Bavarians’ game took place on the right. In an unprecedented band but one that understands each other wonderfully. Boey, who almost missed the second round last season due to injury, proved to be a more valid resource at right back, allowing Kimmich to dominate the midfield. From the foot of the Frenchman came the assist for Musiala to break the tie. He overflowed with power and brought it down to finish the German at will (20′). Bayern happily promised them, dominated and reached, but did not specify everything they should do.
And what I need. Because the second half is a total script twist. The team went out with a mentality last season and the result was a disaster. Two minutes later, Majer tied the game with a penalty. Boey, one of the best, brought down Thiago in the area and the Croatian tricked Neuer (47′). Majer was the star of those minutes. The post deprived him of the second moments later, but he collected the prize after a gift from Kim, who lost it under pressure from Wimmer and received the gift to, this time, make the ball kiss the net that Neuer is defeated (54′ ) .
The total collapse of Bayern Munich and the ghosts of the Tuchel era have been resurrected. Hard, flat and very fragile on the back. Musiala looked for the reaction but between Grabar and the crosshead they avoided it. An occasion that inspired his colleagues. The tie was key early on and a header from Kane was deflected by Kaminski, faultless up to that point, to score his own (65′) just as Müller was on the field with a paper in his trousers with instructions from Kompany.
They had their effect. It is also significant that Majer had to retire with a broken cheekbone from a headbutt with Pavlovic. Kane stepped forward, almost marked a work of art in which Kaminski redeemed himself by blocking, but then he broke it with a control to deliver a precise pass to Gnabry, who was able to beat Grabara for the fourth time (82 ‘ ). However, Bayern still had a minute of misery, barely maintaining the lead as Svanberg’s shot went just wide of the post. Fortunately he didn’t go in and Kompany, with unfinished business, started to win.
match lineup
1
2
16
32
3
5
20
27
39
19
11
1
23
19
45
3
2
17
6
9
42
7
Volkswagen Arena
Manuel Neuer1
Sacha Boey23
45′
64′
64′
Alphonso Davies19
70′
85′
Alexander Pavlovic45
Kim Min Jae3
80′
81′
Dayot Upamecano2
Michael Olise17
74′
Joshua Kimmich6
70′
Harry Kane9
30′
46′
54′
77′
Jamal Musiala42
18′
69′
Serge Gnabry7
81′
Replacements
Sven Ulreich26
Eric Dier15
80′
Raphael Guerreiro22
Leon Goretzka8
77′
João Palhinha16
Konrad Laimer27
70′
Kingsley Coman11
74′
85′
Thomas Müller25
64′
Mathis Tel39
coach
Ralph Hasenhüttl
Vincent Kompany
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
