Who played against whom and how?
Which game couldn’t you miss?
Bayern against Freiburg. Given Munich’s dominance, one could come up with the idea of always giving the respective opponent a goal or two ahead. After this game day you know: That wouldn’t help either. Freiburg were leading 2-0 after 18 minutes in Munich, but that didn’t cause more beads of sweat on Munich’s foreheads. By the break it was already 2:2, and in the end it was 6:2. Michael Olise stood out with three assists and two goals of his own. And the teenager Lennart Karl, who went ahead after falling behind. The youngest old hand in the league took responsibility, made it 1:2 himself and prepared the 2:2. 17 years old, Bayern’s star – this is how he stands before us. He lacks quality just as much as he lacks self-confidence. “Of course you can compare me with Messi,” Karl said after the game. “If it continues like this.”
Which game could you have missed with a clear conscience?
Anyone who likes a good atmosphere could miss the start of several games this weekend. The organized fans in Germany remained silent for the first twelve minutes of the games, protesting against measures that could be decided at the interior ministers’ conference at the beginning of December. Personalized tickets or stricter stadium ban guidelines are being discussed. And that silence was pretty loud. “Is this supposed to be the future of football?” was written on the corresponding banners, which could be read in the strange calm that prevails when there is no organized singing or drumming. Interesting: In contrast to previous fan conflicts, this time the clubs and associations are on the side of their supporters. Only the Frankfurt fans don’t seem to have gotten the memo.
Who was in the spotlight?
Dominik Kohr. The FSV Mainz 05 defender broke a record. He suffered the ninth dismissal of his career, more than any other Bundesliga player ever. In the 1-1 draw against TSG Hoffenheim, he kicked Max Moerstedt on the leg with an open sole. Hoffenheim coach Christian Ilzer said he had “not seen such a hard foul for a long time.” But this accumulation does not seem to be just a coincidence or bad luck. Kohr, who goes by the nickname Hardkohr, is considered a tough guy and sometimes throws out his elbows or pinches his opponent’s genitals. “He is known for hurting people,” said the Stuttgart native just a few weeks ago Deniz Undav about Kohr. There are more and more comments saying that the Mainz team needs a longer break. After all: insight is available. “I’m shocked myself,” Kohr wrote on Instagram about the latest scene. Maybe it takes this nasty record to make him think.
