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Müller holds FC Bayern on a master class

2020-03-08T16:43:17.548Z


Work victory instead of gala performance: On FC Bayern's day of action against racism, the German mayor had to be content with a 2-0 win in the derby against Augsburg. The lead in second place increases to four points on the 25th Bundesliga matchday.


Work victory instead of gala performance: On FC Bayern's day of action against racism, the German mayor had to be content with a 2-0 win in the derby against Augsburg. The lead in second place increases to four points on the 25th Bundesliga matchday.

Munich (AP) - The indestructible Thomas Müller keeps FC Bayern on a master course in the Bundesliga.

In a tough derby against FC Augsburg, the 30-year-old scored the pioneering lead in the 53rd minute at 2-0 (0-0) for the German record champions, who were able to extend their league lead to four points. Substituted international Leon Goretzka made everything clear in added time with his third goal of the season. The Munich stars were satisfied with a work victory in front of 75,000 spectators in the Allianz Arena in the so far strong second half.

The FCA fought back - and was only too late to become dangerous: National goalkeeper Manuel Neuer parried a shot by striker Florian Niederlechner, who also missed the goal by a hair's breadth (80th). Before Goretzkas 2-0, a goal from Niederlechner did not count due to offside. So it came to nothing with a surprise point for the Swabians who had been without a win for five games.

A co-production of two former world champions decided the long, lame game. Jérôme Boateng hit a long ball softly into the penalty area, where Müller processed it optimally from acceptance to completion. After that, Bayern could have made several moves in the 18th win in the 21st competitive game under coach Hansi Flick, for example by Serge Gnabry, who missed twice just twice (71./86.).

When Müller's 116th league goal also Andreas Luthe was powerless in the Augsburg goal. Trainer Martin Schmidt had asked the 32-year-old instead of the often failing regular keeper Tomas Koubek, which turned out to be a good decision. Luthe reacted after Müller's leading goal class with shots by Joshua Zirkzee (65.) and Philippe Coutinho (69.). The seasoned veteran also had a very strong performance in the previous season at the surprising 1-1 of the FCA in Munich.

Augsburg defended compactly, while Bayern attacked heavily and predictably for a long time. Flanks flew into nothing, a brisk combination game never came about. Little happened in the Augsburg penalty area, the Zirkzee (18), called up by Flick in the attack center, could barely stand out this time as a replacement for the injured striker Robert Lewandowski.

So there was only one real chance in the first half, which Müller also had: After fine preliminary work by Gnabry, the 30-year-old did not really hit the ball in a promising position. Augsburg lacked long balls and fortune in the forward gear.

As a day of action by FC Bayern, the game had a special framework for diversity and tolerance and against all forms of racism and agitation. A week after the Bavarian victory against Hoffenheim almost ended due to the hostility against Dietmar Hopp, there was no protest in the arena.

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Source: merkur

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