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Have Jerome Boateng and Niklas Süle met before?
RB Leipzig took advantage of the lack of comfort Jerome Boateng and Niklas Süle have when they play together. The two big center-backs just don’t seem to fit in well at the back, and a lot of that is due to their lack of communication.
That was never more apparent than in Leipzig’s second and third goals, when both players were caught staring at each other wondering what was going on as Justin Kluivert and Emil Forsberg found the back of the net.
Despite what some fans saw as a disappointing play by David Alaba to start the season, you can see how his speed (along with his ability to organize defense) was lacking today as he was on the left back with Alphonso Davies and Lucas Hernández absent due to injuries.
RB Leipzig is a very good team, but if Bayern hopes to repeat as Champions League champions this year, it will not be with a central pair from Boateng and Süle.
Jamal Musiala continues to look like a great player of the future.
Unfortunately, Jamal Musiala had to enter in the 25th minute when Javi Martínez was injured. The natural attacking midfielder slipped into a central midfield position after his strong weeknight performance against Atlético Madrid in the same spot. Fortunately, Musiala quickly reminded everyone why there is currently a tug of war between England and Germany for their services internationally.
With a tap on the top of the area to open up some space, Musiala fired a shot that dug just inside the far post past Peter Gulacsi’s outstretched hands. It was the 17-year-old’s third goal of the season, which would make him the top scorer for Schalke 04.
Flick’s reliance on Musiala as a super substitute has paid dividends for the club and for the young player’s development this season. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Musiala as a regular Bayern starter in the coming seasons.
What’s going on with Leroy Sane? Kingsley Coman and Thomas Müller were excellent today.
During today’s game there was a discussion about Leroy Sane’s “disappearing act” and his “too centralized drift”; However, taking a step back and looking at Bayern’s performance as a whole reveals a lot about what Sane was and wasn’t doing there.
Bayern spent most of the game building up the left side of the field through David Alaba and Kingsley Coman. With Thomas Müller going further left to join Coman, Sane was forced to move towards the center to get involved in the game; however, with Coman and Müller playing so well that day, they weren’t looking for Sane to get involved. If Sane wants to get involved in the attack more often, he will have to figure things out when the ball is spending the majority on the opposite side of the field.
As for Coman and Müller, my goodness, what a day. The King of France finished with 3 assists, while Raumdeuter scored two goals. Coman now has 5 assists in the league, and Müller has placed second behind Robert Lewandowski with 6 goals. The two are currently an integral part of the Bayern game, and that certainly doesn’t seem to change anytime soon.
Bayern Munich it just didn’t match the physicist of RB Leipzig today.
While there were many claims from fans that the referee was letting too much pass today, there are times when the team just has to adjust conditions on the field. In the match against Leipzig, referee Daniel Siebert kept the whistle out of his mouth and let the match get very physical at times, and it was obvious to everyone who watched the match that it was Leipzig, not Bayern, who adapted. faster to calls.
This is not a new problem for Bayern. We have seen in recent years that when a referee is not in a hurry to call fouls, it can take a while for Bavarians to think that it is okay to be rude. And, without Joshua Kimmich as midfield boss, Bayern lose one of their most physical players on the field.
Me, COVID-19 and FC Bayern.
If my absence was noticed during the last three weeks, it was for good reason. At the beginning of the last international hiatus, I tested positive for COVID-19 (and bronchitis. And pneumonia), and although I am now back to normal, it was a difficult couple of weeks at home. However, during that time of lying on the couch due to exhaustion, I watched three Bayern games: Werder Bremen and Stuttgart in the Bundesliga and Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League.
Unfortunately, most of my memories of the games have been erased (as several of those days have been erased together), but I have the strongest memories of the Salzburg match. What caught my attention that day? The pride I felt seeing Chris Richards start as a left back after following him with FCB II for the last two seasons. Seeing that kind of development happen again with Bayern Campus is heartwarming. The other was Leroy Sane coming in and securing the bag for Bayern just two minutes after Marc Roca’s red card cast doubt on the result. The guy stepped onto the field and put the game out of reach two minutes later. You love to see that.
I’ve been following this team almost religiously for a while now and I love that they were able to bring a smile to my face when I needed it.
Like I said, I am much better now that I have completely stopped exhaustion for the last week, and you can expect to see me much more often once again.
