There are 1,140 kilometers as the crow flies between Bochum and San Sébastian. What do the places have to do with each other? Both sides, who had delivered a huge transfer theater during the summer, cheered here on Sunday evening! Suddenly everyone is happy…
In Bochum: Bayern’s new magic offensive. Munich’s storm stars are whirling through the league like a tornado. And destroy their opponents! Julian Nagelsmann’s (35) team started with four competitive wins. In three away games at RB Leipzig (5:3 in the Supercup), Frankfurt (6:1) and Bochum (7:0), Bayern scored an incredible 18 goals. Right in the middle: the new superstar Sadio Mané (30), who hits as he wants without any adjustment period.
Feels great: Bayern steered world star Sadio Mané from Liverpool FC to the Isar in the summer – and the Senegalese has already scored three times after three Bundesliga games
In San Sebastian: FC Barcelona got their first win of the season in the away game at Real Sociedad, winning 4-1. Outstanding man: Robert Lewandowski! On his 34th birthday, the striker scored twice, his first goals in La Liga. He put up a hit with a heel, after which he was voted “Man of the Match”. Lewy happy about his new colleagues: “There are many young people with whom I quickly get along on the pitch.”
Lewandowski to Barcelona: the transfer that makes everyone happy!
After a long wrangling, the Pole got his wish: move to Spain again, play for Barcelona. Now he’s blooming! Bayern received 45 million fixed plus 5 million bonus payments, reformed their attack and inspired.
“The good thing is that we’ve not only gotten better across the board, but also at the top,” says Joshua Kimmich (27). Liverpool newcomer Mané (transfer fee: 32 million) inspires people and on the pitch, scored four goals in four competitive games.
“Lewandowski feels comfortable in Barcelona, that’s where he wanted to go, that’s where he scores two goals. And everyone has fun with Bayern, it’s a new lightness,” says expert Marcel Reif (72) on “Reif ist live”.
And further: “I’m not saying that it was because Lewandowski was sometimes in a bad mood. And you noticed that sometimes in the game, because it was tailored to him. He sometimes looked like this: How many people are running around in my rooms and are hindering me at the next 42 goals? No, it wasn’t just Lewandowski’s fault. But it creates such a tabula rasa.”
The Lewandowski departure – also a kind of liberation for the offensive?
Definitely for Leroy Sané (26). He never had the best relationship with the centre-forward, but should mainly supply Lewy on the field. In Bochum, the national player shone in his first starting XI appearance of the season.
Nagelsmann raves: “If he’s 100 percent interested, he’s one of the best players in Europe. He has skills that not many have.”
