Borussia Dortmund – VfB Stuttgart 5: 0 (3: 0), Tore: 1:0 Bellingham (2nd), 2:0 Süle (13th), 3:0 Reyna (44th), 4:0 Bellingham (53rd), 5:0 Moukoko (72nd)
At Borussia Dortmund they have talked a lot in the past week – whether in front of cameras or internally – about how they can play successful football again. The BVB players’ learning curve was just as much an issue as effectiveness. Against the recently strengthened Stuttgart (10:1 goals in two games), the question arose whether BVB would die again in beauty or whether they would convert their potential into a win. It could have been none other than Jude Bellingham who answered first. The 19-year-old Englishman always plays as if he has been in the professional game for ten years. So against Stuttgart he did what a veteran would do: he scored an early goal from eleven yards flat into the corner.
The preparer was Niklas Süle, who played as a right-back. The angular defender has often proven that he is a filigree technician. When it was 2-0, he volleyed a free-kick cross into the goal. 13 minutes were played, the sound was set. It’s no secret that BVB can unleash tremendous power. That it has a certain fickleness, but not either. Edin Terzic’s players kept their concentration high against Stuttgart: Giovanni Reyna flicked the ball into the goal just before the break to make it 3-0.
And even after the restart, Dortmund showed that they wanted to put things right. And again Bellingham went ahead: from 16 meters he scored his second goal to make it 4-0. Youssoufa Moukoko, who had been rather inconspicuous until then, was also able to celebrate a goal. And Stuttgart? Also scored, through the young Luca Pfeiffer. But the video assistant correctly intervened. So it stayed at 5:0. Stuttgart’s record under interim coach Michale Wimmer is now 10:6 goals. And BVB has no need to speak, at least as far as this game is concerned.
TSG Hoffenheim – Bayern Munich 0:2 (0:2), Tore: 0: 1 Musiala (17th), 0: 2 Choupo-Moting (38th)
In impressive form for weeks: Jamal Musiala scores for FC Bayern.
(Photo: Heiko Becker/Reuters)
Julian Nagelsmann had announced that this guest appearance at his “heart club” was not a normal working day for him. However, what the FC Bayern coach’s staff offered at TSG Hoffenheim was not surprising. After a bumpy start in the Bundesliga, the Munich side have been “in the flow” for some time, as Nagelsmann finds, and the German champions were correspondingly dominant in Sinsheim.
Compared to the 5: 2 in the cup on Wednesday in Augsburg, Kingsley Coman was allowed to attack for Sadio Mané, Thomas Müller, who came on as a joker against FCA, had to sit out due to gastrointestinal problems. What didn’t matter, Bayern Munich controlled what was happening on the pitch as they pleased, only allowing Hoffenheim the first shot on their goal in the 24th minute, which Sven Ulreich again guarded for the still injured Manuel Neuer.
And the superiority brought about the expected result, the guests didn’t even need 20 minutes to lead: national team colleague Leon Goretzka extended a corner from Joshua Kimmich to national team colleague Jamal Musiala, the noble technician stopped with his chest and shot in extremely calmly to make it 1:0. The player of the hour made it 2-0: Kimmich intercepted a bad pass from Hoffenheim’s Stanley Nsoki while moving forward, Serge Gnabry made a sharp pass from the right wing into the penalty area and Erik Maxim Choupo-Moting put his foot down and finished with a tight medium-high shot as if there were nothing easier.
After the break, the hosts increased the intensity and pressure of their pressing, which got them into the game better. The spaces were tightened on the defensive, but the Munich team didn’t do more than was necessary to achieve the well-deserved success. In addition to a header from Hoffenheim attacker Georginio Rutter after an Angelino cross, which flew just past the Kreuzeck, TSG managed little worth mentioning. The Bavarians had another good chance through Marcel Sabitzer, who failed from close range after the Mané pass by the good keeper Oliver Baumann.
FC Augsburg – RB Leipzig 3:3 (1:0), Tore: 1:0 Berisha (34., Foulelfmeter), 2:0 Demirovic (51.), 3:0 Vargas (64.), 3:1 Silva (73.), 3:2 Nkunku (89.), 3:3 Novoa (90.)
What a missed opportunity for three points for FC Augsburg: The Swabians were the better team against the guests from RB Leipzig for 70 minutes, apparently leading by 3 after goals from Mergim Berish (from the penalty spot), Ermedin Demirovic and Ruben Vargas: 0 In a turbulent final phase, however, the guests from Saxony managed to equalize thanks to André Silva and a double strike from Christopher Nkunku and Hugo Novoa. Leipzig can at least go into the Champions League task against Real Madrid on Tuesday with the good feeling of a rotated game.
In addition to his goal, Augsburg’s outstanding Berisha also prepared the other two FCA goals and played a key role in the fact that the Swabians looked like the sure winner for a long time. Shortly after the Augsburg team, who had clearly been superior up to that point, made it 3-0, their Brazilian left-back Iago stepped on Leipzig midfielder Xaver Schlager’s toe. Because the Austrian was rolling theatrically on the ground, Iago rushed at him and even pushed him to the ground, which the Austrian gratefully accepted. This stupid action brought Iago yellow-red, the Augsburg outnumbered from the 65th minute and as a result completely out of step – and the guests ultimately fortunate to win a point.
SC Freiburg – Werder Bremen 2:0 (0:0), Tore: 1: 0 Kübler (56th), 2: 0 Grifo (80th, penalty kick)
SC Freiburg celebrated its sixth win of the season and is still hot on the heels of leaders Union Berlin. Three days after the exhausting success in the DFB Cup against FC St. Pauli (2-1 aet), coach Christian Streich’s team beat a decimated Werder Bremen 2-0 (0-0). With 21 points from eleven games, Freiburg is only two points behind Union, which can improve on Sunday. Lukas Kübler (56th) and Vincenzo Grifo (80th, penalty kick) scored the goals in front of 34,700 spectators in the sold-out Freiburg stadium. Bremen’s captain Marco Friedl saw the red card early on because of an emergency brake (14′). For Werder, who remain on 15 points, it was the first away defeat of the season.
Leverkusen – VfL Wolfsburg 2:2 (1:1), Tore: 1: 0 Diaby (17th), 1: 1 Andrich (28th, own goal), 1: 2 Arnold (54th, penalty kick), 2:2 Frimpong (76.)
The team of Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso did not get past a 2: 2 (1: 1) against the extremely conservative VfL Wolfsburg in a game with crazy twists and turns despite a clear superiority. Moussa Diaby, who miserably missed a penalty (10′), gave Bayer the lead in the 17th minute. Wolfsburg equalized flatteringly in the 28th minute through Robert Andrich’s own goal and even took the lead through captain Maximilian Arnold (54′, penalty kick). Jeremie Frimpong (76th) saved Bayer at least one point.
