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Page 1 — Three good reasons to stop weighing yourself
Page 2 — Make an effort, Toni!
Who played against whom and how?
Which game couldn’t you miss?
Bayern against Stuttgart. VfB, the surprise of the season, came to Munich for the weigh-in after a strong first half of the season. But it’s better to ignore the scales. Against the heavyweights from Munich they looked like the Pommbär with torn fibers. Bayern were missing a few muscles, Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich were ill. But their replacement Raphaël Guerreiro and 19-year-old Aleksandar Pavlović provided the effective goals. He shut down the VfB attack and circled the free kicks and corners so precisely that goals had to be scored. Among other things, Min Jae Kim’s first in the Bundesliga. And Harry Kane, with his 20 goals this season, is already making Lewandowski’s record look like Günther Jauch’s 300 euro question. Bayern surprised VfB by leaving the game to them. Thomas Tuchel had rarely let his team go so deep and they countered VfB. Fewer passes, less ball possession, statistics from the Klinsmann era – and yet they were superior to VfB in everything. A paradox that ended without Stuttgart having a chance to score and the realization that they were in good hands behind Bayern and Bayer.
Which game could you have missed with a clear conscience?
Augsburg against Dortmund. Anyone who likes to clean up and finish things would rather not look. Both of them squandered a number of chances and we saw the typical Dortmund defensive blunders again. But good news for BVB: they kept a direct competitor for the Europa League at bay with the draw. To avoid a troubled holiday, Terzic still needs a win. So just win against Mainz. Does this sound familiar to the Borussia team?
Who was in the spotlight?
Leipzig’s Emil Forsberg. A rare moment took place in Saxony: an RB club legend was bid farewell. “We want to see Emil,” echoed through the arena, which was benevolently two-thirds full. Forsberg was in Leipzig for nine years, only Yussuf Poulsen and Lukas Klostermann have been there longer. His soon-to-be ex-colleagues stood in line and threw Forsberg into the air. It was a touching process, also for the marketing department, because no one had ever held a can so beautifully into the camera for their farewell video. Forsberg only changes the city, but not the company. He goes to the New York Red Bulls. It was not entirely clear why this was happening. Sure, Brooklyn has one more restaurant and two bars than Reudnitz-Thonberg, good for Forsberg. But why is RB letting one of its best players go? Forsberg scored in the Champions League during the week. And it was only when he was brought into the game against Hoffenheim’s equals that things came together: Forsberg scored again, a second goal was as good as his due to his artistic use, and as always when he plays, his long, precise passes sorted it out Leipzig’s attacking game had been erratic until then.
Once, in January 2020, the autumn champions from Leipzig (six points ahead of Bayern), who were then coached by Julian Nagelsmann, negligently sold one of their best, captain Diego Demme. In the end, RB came third (16 points behind Bayern). Of course, constantly letting key players go is also a way to build traditions.
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Bayern against Stuttgart. VfB, the surprise of the season, came to Munich for the weigh-in after a strong first half of the season. But it’s better to ignore the scales. Against the heavyweights from Munich they looked like the Pommbär with torn fibers. Bayern were missing a few muscles, Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich were ill. But their replacement Raphaël Guerreiro and 19-year-old Aleksandar Pavlović provided the effective goals. He shut down the VfB attack and circled the free kicks and corners so precisely that goals had to be scored. Among other things, Min Jae Kim’s first in the Bundesliga. And Harry Kane, with his 20 goals this season, is already making Lewandowski’s record look like Günther Jauch’s 300 euro question. Bayern surprised VfB by leaving the game to them. Thomas Tuchel had rarely let his team go so deep and they countered VfB. Fewer passes, less ball possession, statistics from the Klinsmann era – and yet they were superior to VfB in everything. A paradox that ended without Stuttgart having a chance to score and the realization that they were in good hands behind Bayern and Bayer.
