The champion in the earnings crisis: After three draws in a row, FC Bayern Munich suffered a defeat at FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga.
Derby bankruptcy at the start of the Wiesn: Bayern Munich continued its earnings crisis in the Bundesliga and conceded the first defeat of the season. In the Bavarian duel with FC Augsburg, coach Julian Nagelsmann’s team surprisingly lost 0-1 (0-0) after another poor conversion of chances on Saturday (September 17th, 2022) and is going into the international break with a lot of frustration.
Mergim Berisha (59th) scored the golden goal for the outsider. Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer could have equalized with a header (90+5), but just missed.
After 87 games in the Bundesliga without a goal
Bayern, who went without a goal for the first time in 87 games in the Bundesliga, spoiled the mood for their traditional team outing to the Oktoberfest on Sunday. Four days after the 2-0 win in the Champions League against FC Barcelona, Bayern couldn’t get through against a strong Augsburg team.
Enrico Maaßen’s team successfully stood up to the record champions throughout the season and was able to celebrate the first points in front of a home crowd this season.
Nagelsmann brings three new players
Nagelsmann didn’t want to hear anything about possible celebrations on Sunday before the game, after all the “football quality is more important than every Oktoberfest visit”. In return, the 35-year-old brought in Noussair Mazraoui, Leon Goretzka and Matthijs de Ligt for Benjamin Pavard, Marcel Sabitzer and the injured Lucas Hernández compared to the Barca game. Maassen, on the other hand, left his team unchanged after the 1-0 win in Bremen.
FCA with an aggressive and intense style of play
It paid off. With their aggressive and intense style of play, the Augsburgers put up a good fight against Bayern. In addition, as in the past, minor mistakes crept in at the Munich team, which also inhibited their own flow of the game. Big chances like those of Leroy Sané (17th), who failed free-standing due to the strongly reacting Augsburg goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz, were initially scarce.
The actions in the penalty area increased from the middle of the first half – for both teams. However, FCA’s Florian Niederlechner (24′), Iago (26′) and Maximilian Bauer (38′) as well as Jamal Musiala (33′) and Goretzka (37’/44′) either missed the goal or were denied by the goalkeeper .
Gikiewicz stark
In the second half, Bayern managed to tie Augsburg in the penalty area more often, but they still lacked the necessary precision. FCA punished this: Berisha was miserably free at the penalty spot and only had to push in. The Bavarians continued to run, but despaired several times at the strong Gikiewicz. Sané, for example, failed free-standing against the FCA keeper (72nd).
Bayern welcomes Leverkusen
At the start of matchday 8, Bayern welcome the Werkself from Leverkusen (Friday, September 30th, 2022 at 8:30 p.m.). Augsburg is challenged two days later by the newly promoted team from Schalke (5.30 p.m.).
