Bayern warning for Tuesday’s game at the Camp Nou. The Bavarian side have imposed themselves with authority against one of the most powerful rivals in the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig, and at home. Yes, Nagelsmann’s have shown some weaknesses (especially in the defensive field), but above all they have unleashed their very powerful offensive torrent. The young coach (he is a year younger than Neuer, for example), who faced his exes, seeks to attack with many troops and be very vertical. This afternoon, without a doubt, the system has worked for him.
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RB Leipzig
Gulacsi, Mukiele, Orban (Klostermann), Simakan, Angeliño (Gvardiol, 59 ‘), Laimer (Haidara, 59’), Kampl, Nkunku, Dani Olmo (Forsberg, 59 ‘), Szoboszlai and André Silva (Poulsen, 71’) .
Bayern
Neuer, Pavard (Stanisic, 75 ‘), Upamecano, Lucas Hernández, Davies, Goretzka (Sabitzer, 59’), Kimmich, Müller (Sule, 75 ‘), Gnabry (Musiala, 45’), Sané, Lewandowski (Choupo-Moting , 59 ‘).
Goals
0-1, Lewandowski (p) (11 ‘). 0-2, Musiala (47 ‘). 0-3, Sané (54 ‘). 1-3, Laimer (58 ‘). 1-4, Choupo-Moting (92 ‘).
Referee
Deniz Aytekin. No yellow cards.
Offensive proposals and open game in a start in which the spirits team carried more the weight of the game, but could not materialize it on clear occasions. Soon the first blow for Marsch’s team has arrived in a stupid penalty committed by Kevin Kampl. The Slovenian controlled a ball with his arm inside the area and, after a VAR review, Aytekin did not hesitate to penalize him.
Lewandowski, in his 14th consecutive game scoring for Bayern (26 goals in these 14 games, an outrage), executed the 0-1 and silenced the Red Bull Arena. It was the 11th minute of the game and from there the locals tried to react and respond to the moral blow they had just received.
Kampl himself made the first shot on goal for his team in the match, but Neuer blocked safely. Shortly after, Simakan appeared providential with a ‘tackle’ to cut a shipment from Lewandowski the one Gnabry licked with in the small area. A Goretzka boarding after delicious assistance from the Polish heel (watch out at what level he reaches the Camp Nou) was about to become 0-2. The defense avoided it. The Nagelsmann seal is already visible on a Munich team that always arrives with many troops. Vertical and offensive football and, yes, less sense of control behind than the one you have with Flick.
GNABRY, RELEVED BY MUSCULAR DISCOMFORTS
The clearest for the Leipzig team was for Dani Olmo on the edge of halftime. After receiving André Silva’s face, the player trained at La Masia made Neuer shine. Just before the equator, bad news for the Bavarians. Gnabry had to leave injured with muscle discomfort. It seems complicated that he could be against Barça on Tuesday. Musiala (18 years old) entered for him, the jewel of the future of this Bayern.
The passage through the changing rooms spurred on the Bavarians, who came out in a whirlwind and in less than 10 minutes they finished the match. First, with a goal from Musiala after assistance from Davies; later it was the young German who acted as assistant so that Sané pushed the 0-3. Excessive punishment for a good Leipzig. Between the two goals, by the way, a very just goal annulled to André Silva for offside.
At game time Nagelsmann allowed himself the luxury of resting Lewandowski and Goretzka. There, the young German coach began to think about the clash against Barça, for which, remember, Bayern paid 25 million to their rival this afternoon.
They squeezed the premises and finally found a prize with a tremendous shoe from Laimer that surprised Neuer. 1-3 and more than half an hour ahead. To all this, the state of the Red Bull Arena grass, which was constantly getting up, was unfortunate. The local team would not be able to reduce that difference even more; in fact, the one that extended it was a Bayern that with the 1-4 of Choupo-Moting breathed definitely calm. Koeman took a good note for sure.