Germany: Bayern continues against Bremen but loses Mané twelve days before the World Cup

With now 31 points, Bayern Munich consolidates its place at the top of the championship, recovered later than usual, Sunday at the end of the 13th day.

The tenfold German champions in title are six points ahead of Borussia Dortmund, blocked at 25 points in 5th place after their defeat at Wolfsburg (2-0), Tuesday at the start of the 14th day.

The big black spot of the evening for the Munich residents and especially the Senegalese supporters was Sadio Mané’s injury exit in the 21st minute, less than two weeks before the World Cup.

Hit after a quarter of an hour of play in the right knee, the 2022 African champion and 2022 Champions League finalist with Liverpool lay down on the lawn, was treated and tried to regain his place, before signal to his trainer to replace him.

This injury comes at the worst time as Senegal coach Aliou Cissé is due to announce his list for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday (November 20-December 18), with a first match for Senegal against the Netherlands from November 21. november.

In a cold Allianz Arena (8 degrees), where German goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer was playing again for the first time since his shoulder injury contracted at the beginning of October, the Munich residents killed all suspense in the space of six minutes shortly before the half hour.

Fifth consecutive victory

The German internationals Serge Gnabry twice (22nd and 28th) and Leon Goretzka gave three goals in advance (4-1) to the players of Julian Nagelsmann against Werder, deprived for this trip to Bavaria of his offensive weapon N.1 , Niclas Füllkrug (11 goals), injured in the back.

Before this sequence Jamal Musiala had put his teammates on the right track from the 5th minute, scoring his ninth goal of the season in the league. Werder were tied five minutes later by Anthony Jung, and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting had missed a penalty (18th).

The Munich residents then completely mastered the match, not without a few cold sweats for the 75,000 Munich spectators, like this pass in the axis of Dayot Upamecano which was almost intercepted and deflected into the goal by the Werder striker Marvin Ducksch just before the break.

Gnabry confirmed his good form at the moment in the last ten minutes by signing a hat-trick. And on a counter-attack carried out at 100 an hour, the young Frenchman Mathys Tel, 17, completed the Bavarian demonstration.

It is the Munich side’s fifth straight win in the league, as Borussia Dortmund saw their three-game winning streak, to keep pace with Bayern from mid-October to early November, come to a halt at Wolfsburg .

Uninspired, Mats Hummels’ teammates were led from the 6th minute on a poorly negotiated corner and taken over by Micky van de Ven. Then they came up against Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels, author of several decisive saves.

Borussia Dortmund finally conceded a second goal in added time in the second half, on a Wolfsburg counter facilitated by the slide of Julian Brandt and an achievement by German international center-forward Lukas Nmecha (7 caps).