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After ten years and 19 defeats in a row, Werder Bremen again scored points in the Bundesliga duel against FC Bayern, and they deserved it. Munich coach Hansi Flick bet.
Before kick-off, many had only speculated on the apogee of Munich’s victory against former title rival Werder Bremen. But things turned out differently. The brave Hanseatic team fought for a well-deserved 1: 1 (0: 1) in the 109th Bundesliga duel of both clubs on Saturday (November 21, 2020) and thus the most common pairing in the history of the league. Maximilian Eggestein (45th minute) even made Werder coach Florian Kohfeldt dream of his first win in Munich since 2008 in his 100th Bundesliga match. But Kingsley Coman (62nd) saved Bayern manager Hansi Flick in the 50th competitive game on the Munich bench at least halfway through the anniversary.
Müller: “Leaving the game very annoying”
Kohfeldt told the sports program after the game: “I’m a little disappointed that maybe more could have been done.” Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer analyzed: “We had very few chances to score. Usually we have good big chances in the double-digit range, and today there were maybe five or six chances, and we don’t know.” Thomas Müller from Munich said into the Sportschau microphone: “Many days we kept winning games like this, but unfortunately it didn’t work out today. So we are very angry that we only played 1-1.”
Flick plays poker and gambles
The victory at the Bremen points was also helped by the fact that Flick initially gave up four German national players four days after the historic 0: 6 applause from the DFB team in Spain, even though he was “totally enthusiastic. “with them in training. Niklas Süle was not even on the squad due to lack of training, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sané sat on the bench for the time being. Goretzka had to intervene faster than expected: Lucas Hernández hit his back after an aerial duel with Theodor Gebre Selassie and had to be injured (19th).
New with strong appearance
At this point, Bayern could thank goalkeeper Neuer for not being left behind. The captain disabled a double chance for Joshua Sargent and Ludwig Augustinsson (16th) in their 400th competitive game with Bayern. A little later, Leonardo Bittencourt moved on his feet (24th). Flick’s unusual lineup with Martinez as the only six and the lithe young Jamal Musiala, who was overwhelmed at the premiere of his league starting XI, didn’t go on.
Bayern dominated the game, but did not create real chances and lost a lot of the ball. When Coman passed, he was stopped by Ömer Toprak in the penalty area, but the penalty whistle did not materialize (26.)
Taken out of the comfort zone
“If we have the courage with the ball, we will take them out of their comfort zone,” Kohfeldt said before the game. They were frankly prophetic words. Time and time again, Werderaner launched dangerous counterattacks. Shortly before the break, they surprised the Munich defender after a throw-in. Sargent was quick to get away from Martinez and Eggestein converted his center up front without being pushed by Goretzka.
Costa hit the bar
A blow from Douglas Costa after the break (52nd) was something of a wake-up call for the record champions, who pushed Werder more and more. Coman headed a cross from Goretzka to equalize. Substitute Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting missed the great opportunity to make it 2-1 (84th), on the other hand, Neuer stopped very hard against Sargent (87th). So he stayed at 1: 1, which the Bremen team had really earned due to their brave looks. Curious: it was the fifth 1-1 in a row for Werder.
FC Bayern will now play on Wednesday (November 25, 2020) at 9 pm in the Champions League against RB Salzburg and on Saturday (November 28, 2020) in the league at 3:30 pm in the promoted VfB Stuttgart. Werder Bremen had to play at VfL Wolfsburg at 8.30pm the day before.
Those: sportschau.de
