Saturday 30th October 2021
Lewandowski with a record goal
FC Bayern is back with a peat festival
The record holder quickly puts himself back on the road to success: After the bad cup clap against Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern quickly clears the game against Union Berlin, but the game is still wild. There is even a new goal record.
You can rely on FC Bayern again, the German record champions have reported back with a thrilling peat festival after the Gladbach Cup disgrace. Not even the fortress of 1. FC Union Berlin was safe from the Munich people’s anger to make amends. With 5: 2 (3: 1) the cold-blooded and efficient guests won, led by double goal scorer Robert Lewandowski. “We are glad that we were able to show a reaction after the massive defeat and to satisfy our boss,” said assistant Dino Toppmöller, who again represented Julian Nagelsmann during his Corona quarantine.
With an early standard double, world footballer Lewandowski (15th / hand penalty, 23rd) gave Bayern a tailor-made start three days after the 0: 5 and the end of the DFB Cup against Borussia Mönchengladbach. But that’s not all: Leroy Sané (35th) increased before the break. Kingsley Coman (61st) and Thomas Müller (79th) scored the other goals for Bayern, who have now set a Bundesliga record with 38 goals after ten match days.
“Are not made of sugar”
“If FC Bayern crashes out of the cup with a 5-0 draw, then you have to be able to take it. We’re not made of sugar,” emphasized Müller on Sky broadcaster. However, the Munich team also let the Berliners get a bit (negligently) over and over again: Niko Gießelmann (43rd) scored before the break, Julian Ryerson (65th), who had just been substituted, after a good hour in front of 16,509 spectators. “We’ll continue, even if the opponent leads 3-0,” said Union captain Christopher Trimmel, not without admitting: “We wanted to keep the game open, we didn’t succeed.”
The Unioners had only six points separated from Bayern, now there are nine, the Berliners have lost fifth place, the series of 21 home games without defeat is also torn. “A deserved victory, you have to say that. We weren’t there in the first half,” stated coach Urs Fischer. Bayern, however, defended their first place, still one point ahead of Borussia Dortmund.
But it was also the way in which the team, which head coach Nagelsmann probably had to join in for the last time from his home office via video conference, forced the victory and also won the group game in the Champions League on Tuesday in Munich against Benfica Lisbon Brought mood. Müller summed it up like this: “We played a very dominant game in the first half hour, then came the classic Union face, they don’t stick. After the break we didn’t find the playful calm anymore, but the right answers with our goals to 4: 1 and 5: 2. “
Rotation “no memo”
And so it was. Against a home team, which Bayern had not yet developed in the very first few minutes and which had stressed them out, Bayern forced two decisive set pieces. Lewandowski was on the spot with a penalty and a free kick – perpetrated on himself. It should have been loud again in Nagelsmann’s kitchen, but this time out of jubilation. He had replaced Dayot Upamecano with Niklas Süle in central defense, Josip Stanisic moved to the right defensive side instead of Benjamin Pavard. In addition, Coman and Corentin Tolisso played for Serge Gnabry and the injured Leon Goretzka in midfield for the first time this season from the start. Toppmöller emphasized that it was not a “memorandum” for the fit players, but this time they were not re-established.
In the end it worked, even if Nagelsmann’s representative in the stadium had to attest, among other things, that the team no longer had access to the opponent during the pressure phases. “At this point I don’t see it so critically,” emphasized Toppmöller and admitted with a view to the start phase of the second half: “We were aware that we were going to be extremely powerful.” But Bayern also have a new one in goal. And outstanding individual class on the offensive: As with the hit from Coman. The fact that at the end of the meantime substitute Upamecano prepared the goal of Müller with a great solo run, fit into the picture of a moral relief cure for Bayern. “He did a great job,” said Toppmöller.
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