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Mathys Tel (r.) cheers after his record goal
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The injury time, the excitement:
Bayern led 2-1 against VfB Stuttgart, after two draws in a row a win was firmly planned and only a few seconds away.
The guests crossed into the penalty area again, where Serhou Guirassy missed, but was hit in the foot by Bayern defender Matthijs de Ligt when he tried.
Guirassy safely turned the penalty kick halfway into the right corner (90' + 2 minutes).
Cheering at VfB, disillusionment at Munich.
Result:
FC Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart drew 2-2 (1-0).
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Barcelona at a glance:
After the 2-0 (1-0) win at Inter Milan during the week, FC Bayern will have their next highlight in the Champions League next Tuesday with FC Barcelona (9 p.m./Stream: Amazon Prime).
In view of the European supporting programme, coach Julian Nagelsmann declared the game against Stuttgart to be a rotation game: In addition to the injured Kingsley Coman, five other players from the Inter starting eleven were left out, but striker Mathys Tel, Ajax access Noussair Mazraoui and Leon Goretzka were new players Team.
First half:
“Focus, unity, heart,” VfB coach Pellegrino Matarazzo wanted to see from his team.
Internally, he will also likely have advised his players that avoiding sending offs could help.
VfB had to end the last two games outnumbered.
At least defensively, the outsider had nothing to blame and made it extremely difficult for the hosts for half an hour.
Then there was a double chance from Mathys Tel and Serge Gnabry, Bayern increased the pressure and it was logical to make it 1-0: Alphonso Davies had made a great impact on the left and put the ball back.
In the center of the penalty area, Tel, who joined Stade Rennes, sent the ball home with a left-footed shot (36').
Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer remained unemployed in the first half.
Record debut:
In the summer, the young Frenchman Tel came to Bayern, against VfB Stuttgart at 17 years and 136 days he not only became the youngest starting eleven player in Bayern Bundesliga history – he also snatched the record as the youngest Munich goalscorer in the league .
Second half:
Stuttgart's first regular approach to the goal (see »Plucker-Gate«) brought the equaliser: Chris Führich, who came on in the second half, completed a through ball from Konstantinos Mavropapnos from seven yards in a half-right position and thoughtfully into the far corner (57').
The jubilation was short-lived.
A few minutes later, Jamal Musiala pranced out his opponent Atakan Karazor and hit the left corner from 14 meters (60th).
Gnaby missed the preliminary decision in the next offensive action in a one-on-one with VfB goalkeeper Florian Müller (62nd).
On the other side, the crossbar prevented the equalizer when Guirassy's shot from 18 meters only smacked the aluminum (74th).
Since Neuer would have been without a chance to defend himself.
The man of the second half, Guirassy, then got the deserved equalizer.
"Zupfer-Gate":
Shortly after the change of sides, Führich luchs the ball from his opponent Joshua Kimmich and put it across to Guirassy, who put it in to make it 1-1.
But the team of referees, including the video assistant, saw a little tweak on the Munich player's shirt beforehand, which dramatically forced him to his knees.
The free kick whistle was lucky for Bayern.
So "happy" in the sense of "very happy".
Lucky strike Guirassy:
The massive attacker is to replace Sasa Kalajdžić, who has moved to England.
The former Cologne player came on loan from Stade Rennes, where he was able to watch the current Bayern player Tel's first steps in the professional field up close last season.
In the first half, Guirassy acted as a target player with a lot of physical effort, after the change he was also strong on the ground in cooperation with Führich and was unlucky twice that goals were called back by him (53rd and 79th).
In between, he had technically perfect put a ball on the crossbar (74th).
And in stoppage time came his nerve-racking penalty moment.
A remarkable performance.
Only relatively "don't give a damn":
After the draw at Union Berlin, Nagelsmann said that third place after five days of play "relatively didn't give a damn".
A week and a draw later, the 35-year-old's relationship to the result and place in the table should have been slightly strained.
Above all, it should irritate him how much unrest a striker like Guirassy caused among his players.
Finally, on Tuesday, someone will be coming to the Allianz Arena who is capable of more excitement: Robert Lewandowski.