At Bayern, hopes rest on a depreciated
The best player in the game I didn’t feel like talking. Serge Gnabry fell against the 2-2 Borussia Dortmund Simply past the waiting journalists. He would have had a lot to tell. As it feels, in the hierarchy of the offensive outdoor train players to take one of the rear places. Whether it annoys him that Kimmich and Co.’s contract extensions have been discussed persistently, but his professional future only seems to play a subordinate role. But above all: why not always? The 29-year-old turned a game within a few minutes that was impressed to give the Leverkuseners courage again in the master fight.
When Gnabry was substituted, his team was 0: 1 behind (63.). With his first campaign, he initiated the equalization of Raphael Guerreiro (65th) and just four minutes later he fooled the entire Dortmund back team with a remarkable solo and pushed the ball into the Munich lead. That Bayern did not win the game and expanded their lead in the table to eight points, lAG on one of the not so rare carelessness on their own defensive. Jonas Urbig parade the tight shot from Serhou Guirassy with a parade, the fans for a decades or something like that of Manuel Neuer Knowing – against the margin of the peculiarly lingering Waldemar Anton, however, he had no chance (75th). After the game, coach Vincent Kompany said what he should have thought about at that time: « I would buy a ticket for such a game. But from a coaching point of view, the first half was more of what we wanted. »
FC Bayern has problems with the conclusion
In the first half, Kompany’s team dominated the game. The Munich Untermund attacks, even before they could have been recognized as such. However, Bayern lacked quality in the end. The Munich people already know that enough from the past games. What you also know was repeated at the beginning of the second half. The Dortmunders met with their first well -presented advance – but only because Minjae Kim kept a badly passive defense behavior compared to Maximilian Beier (48.). Also against Inter MilanFC Augsburg and VfL Bochum did not make it too difficult for Munich to get a goal for their opponent. For the opponent, a little patience is needed to wait for the crucial mistake. However, waiting is made easier by the certainty that it will come. Of course, this bad unworthy in their own game has not been hidden from Munich. « We have to become more adult and more effective, » said Joshua Kimmich after the game.
On Wednesday, Bayern will probably go to the Champions League second leg at Inter Milan with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they repeatedly showed that they understand to deal with residues, on the other hand they have not yet shown that they understand to defend over 90 minutes. Even against Dortmund, a defeat would have been possible in the final phase, because the home team presented itself very airy in their own half. Michael Olise, Leroy Sané, Thomas Müller and Harry Kane delivered all sorts of things, but at the same time they go through a phase that does not take a matter of course in gate shooting.
What will Serge Gnabry do next season?
That in turn looked different with Gnabry. He was for many whether the immense competition on the offensive as a candidate for sales, especially since because of his contract until 2026, a transfer can not be achieved with him for a long time. Against Dortmund, however, he recalled the wonderful actions he is capable of. This may even bring him a starting place for the quarter -finals in Milan.
On the Dortmund side, Niko Kovac will also tinker how he sends his team into the second leg against FC Barcelona. However, there are opportunities After the 0: 4 in the first leg Far worse than that of FC Bayern. After all, benevolently, the coach noted that the effort was right in the entertaining draw in Munich: « Today we fought back, today we defended very well. » Bavarians do not like that it is enough for a point at the league leader.
