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Jamal Musiala celebrates his goal against Hertha BSC
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CHRISTOF STACHE / AFP
It's
going to
be asymmetrical at Bayern:
Last season Jamal Musiala played 26 Bundesliga games for FC Bayern and was in the starting line-up seven times. The teenager was the perfect joker who could add a twist to any game with his dribbles. This could change now. In the win against Hertha BSC, Musiala moved into the starting line-up - and changed Bayern's game system. Instead of - as almost always in previous years - with two clear wingers, the Munich team acted with Musiala and Thomas Müller with two tens. Serge Gnabry consistently held the right side and full-back Alphonso Davies was very high on the left. Musiala was involved in many attacks, placed two shots on goal and scored the interim 3-0 (49th minute) with a remarkable flick.
The result:
Munich won 5-0 (2-0), so they missed the table lead by one goal. Now Bayern are just behind Bayer Leverkusen in second place, here you can read more about the clear success against the Berliners.
Nagelsmann vs. Salihamidzic:
The transfer market is still open until next Tuesday. For weeks it has been clear that Bayern's squad is too short in breadth, but the Munich team acted cautiously. This also included cautious commenting on rumors. Coach Julian Nagelsmann stayed true to this line. "I've said many times that it's a good player," he said before the game about Leipzig's Marcel Sabitzer, who will not be in the RB Leipzig squad on Sunday. He does not want to comment further. His sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic, on the other hand, reported practically completion: »We have already dealt with the player, yes. That could become an issue. ”The change reports can be prescribed.
First half:
Hertha coach Pál Dárdai said before the game on Sky that his team had to survive the initial phase, the first 20 minutes. The defensive of Berlin only lasted five minutes, then Thomas Müller met to lead Bayern (6th). Until then, Davie Selke had closed a really good counter opportunity too early in front of Manuel Neuer. This missed opportunity should set the direction for the Berliners that evening. In the meantime, the away team led the scoring statistics 5: 3, but they lacked confidence in their own strength. So Bayern had an easy game.
Lewandowski again and again:
Until the break, Bayern had turned the goal scoring ratio to 7: 5 - and whoever has Robert Lewandowski on their team in addition to Müller usually doesn't need too many opportunities. It was the 130th Bundesliga goal for Müller, which puts him in fourth place in Munich's historic goalscorer list. Behind Gerd Müller (365), Lewandowski (208), who died a few days ago, and the former Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (162). Lewandowski, who had received the trophy for footballer of the year before kick-off and who reacted the fastest in the game after scoring his own batten header and pushed the ball over the line (35th), also scored in the 13th Bundesliga game in a row.
Second half:
It was the excitement of the previous match day: Bayern won 3-2 against 1. FC Köln - and national player Leroy Sané was whistled by their own fans. There was scolding from CEO Oliver Kahn, but also from Joshua Kimmich on the verge of his contract extension. And the followers showed the appropriate reaction. When Sané came on for Musiala in the 61st minute, there was applause and the criticized national player thanked Lewandowski to make it 4-0 (70th). The Pole added a third goal (84th), which puts Lewandowski back to five goals this season.
Relegation battle again?
Last season, the Berliners saved themselves late under Dárdai. That should be avoided this year, but after three games, Hertha is at the bottom of the table without winning points. Therefore, there could still be some changes in the squad among the Berliners by Tuesday. The previous commitments (Boateng, Jovetic, Richter, Serdar) have so far failed to turn the trend for various reasons - and there is still a bit of money in Berlin. On the following match days, Hertha will play against Bochum and Fürth, and the first points should follow.
This is how it continues with the champions:
Bayern are picking up speed, the international break for Nagelsmann comes at an inopportune time. The preparation suffered from the long absence of the many national players. Now many of the EM drivers will be missing again, the coach hopes that hardly any of them will have to complete all three scheduled games. Because two difficult away games follow. In the Bundesliga, they go to RB Leipzig on September 11th, three days later the Munich team will compete in the Champions League at FC Barcelona.
