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FC Bayern Munich have forgotten nothing in the 26-day break since they won the Champions League. The record champions opened the 58th season of the German Bundesliga on Friday with an 8-0 fireworks display against Schalke 04. After just three and a half minutes, the hosts were on their way to victory. And that’s without David Alaba: the ÖFB player, who was in turbulent contract negotiations, was officially injured.
Alaba, who was listed as inactive on the match sheet due to muscle problems in his left thigh, was one of the few spectators who saw a show of force from his teammates at the Allianz Arena, which was empty due to coronavirus regulations. Serge Gnabry opened the scoring against Schalke at 3:23 with the first goal of the 2020/21 Bundesliga season. Leon Goretzka (19th) and Robert Lewandowski from the penalty spot (31st) increased to 3-0 before the break.
After switching sides, Munich finally dismantled Schalke into its individual parts. Less than a minute and a half after the restart, Gnabry was there again (47th), twelve minutes later the 25-year-old completed his triple pack (59th). Thomas Müller was responsible for the 6: 0 (69 °), Leroy Sane, who came from Manchester City, could credit his first goal (71 °), and the only 17-year-old Jamal Musiala, who came for the three-time scorer Gnabry , put the full stop (81.).
Bayern, which impressively won the championship triple, the DFB Cup and the Champions League last season, wrote another piece of Bundesliga history: the 8-0 victory is the highest victory in an opening match. which has been contested since 2002. The previous record was also set by Munich in 2016 with a 6-0 win over Werder Bremen. It was the Champions League winner’s highest victory since the 8-0 win against Hamburger SV on February 25, 2017.
Schalke’s misery continues
Gelsenkirchen’s guests, for whom Alessandro Schöpf had already been substituted in the 30th minute, had to be happy that the defeat was not in the double digits. Bayern forward Lewandowski only missed a few good opportunities. For Schalke, the misery of the spring continued happily, and it is now 17 games without a win in all seasons.
Unlike Schöpf, who was in action for 60 minutes after surviving the coronavirus infection, his compatriot Guido Burgstaller should finally be on the sidelines. According to German media reports, the former team striker is said to have been solved by the coach. With the transfer time being extended until October this time due to the coronavirus crisis, the 31-year-old still has a chance to find another club.
