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Football Bundesliga: Augsburg beats FC Bayern and makes the league exciting again

2021-11-19T21:27:50.391Z


FC Bayern Munich was about to pull away from the competition in the league. After a mistake by Kimmich substitute Marcel Sabitzer and 0 points in Augsburg, the pursuers now have the chance to catch up.


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Mads Pedersen scored with his first Bundesliga goal to lead the FCA

Photo: kolbert-press / Christian Kolbert / imago images / kolbert-press

FC Augsburg surprisingly inflicted their second defeat of the season in the Bundesliga at the start of the 12th matchday. In the 2: 1 (2: 1) success, Mads Pedersen (23rd minute) and André Hahn (35th) put the outsider in the front, Robert Lewandowski could only shorten (38th). Bayern had to give up points in the league for the first time after four wins in a row.

Julian Nagelsmann switched his team to four positions compared to the last game before the international break: Benjamin Pavard replaced Niklas Süle, who had suffered from Corona, in the defense chain, Omar Richards was deployed in the back left instead of Alphonso Davies. Instead of the unvaccinated Joshua Kimmich, who had to go into quarantine as a contact with an infected person, Marcel Sabitzer played, and Serge Gnabry also replaced the injured Kingsley Coman.

The newly formed Bayern had a hard time against well-organized Augsburgers from the start.

With two close chains of four in front of the storm duo from Hahn and Andi Zeqiri, Markus Weinzierl's team gave the record champions very little space to combine.

In addition, the FCA got into the duels excellently - and did not take an undeserved lead: Zeqiri placed a cross from the advanced Iago from the left for Pedersen, with a hard low shot the Dane scored his first goal in the Bundesliga (23rd).

Sabitzer's mistake takes revenge

A lapse from Kimmich representative Sabitzer then led to the 2-0: After the Austrian lost the ball, Zeqiri played on the left to Iago, whose cross came even more precisely this time into the center. Hahn, who was better positioned than Hernández, headed the ball into the goal (35th). However, the FCA could not enjoy its two-goal cushion for long, almost in return Lewandowski shot an unorthodox cross from Thomas Müller to connect into the goal (38th). Rafał Gikiewicz in the Augsburger Tor brought his hand to the ball, but could no longer intervene decisively.

In the second half, Bayern built up pressure, after a defensive mistake Lewandowski shot a first warning shot over the gate (49th).

The Augsburgers held out, even when Nagelsmann added personnel with the substitution of Davies and Jamal Musiala (52nd).

Davies aimed just wide of the far post after a solo (73.), Lewandowski failed to Gikiewicz (80.)

In the table, the Munich team will defend their top spot, Bayern went into the matchday with a four-point lead over Borussia Dortmund.

The Augsburg temporarily climbed from relegation place to 16th place in the table with the victory.

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Source: spiegel

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