Bayern ranked eighth in a row – 0-2

Niklas Süle to score Bayern’s third goal (Photo: AFP)

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Bayern Munich could certainly have waited in good shape for the champions against Mainz, who grew up in the relegation zone. The Bavarians have always scored at least one point in their last eleven championships, but it promised some excitement that their current opponent always took the lead in the last seven games, most recently Hans-Dieter Flick’s team able to win one. “Kickoff” victory. .

It was hardly a surprise to be in the 32nd minute Jonathan Burkardt Bayern were also at a disadvantage in the eighth championship with a goal (0-1). It’s over at the end of the first half Alexander Hack with the head, the visiting team also doubled the fort (0-2).

Even after the turn, the Mainzians had their first ziccer – a close shot from Danny Latza slammed into the left post. And with that, the visiting team’s luck faded in a matter of moments. Well, not because Robin Quaison’s great shot hit the crossbar in the 59th minute, but because Bayern’s pack of spades tied between the two goal posts.

With 50 minutes played, Alphonso Davies could have brought this one home for Robert Lewandowski when he charged down the left, but his hooked ball was a bit too high. Joshua Kimmich and nodded towards the net next to the vulnerable goalkeeper (1-2). Five minutes for that Leroy Sané flashed, after a great feat, he turned to the lower right corner (2–2).

In the 65th minute, Mainz seemed to finally crash. Serge Gnabry gave a great start to Davies, who crossed flat from the left, and Sané, who arrived in the ziccer, was preceded in vain by his defender, the ball bounced off the net from the foot of Mainz, but the referee refused to shoot.

However, in the 70th minute the VAR could not save the guests either: behind the right corner of Munich in the middle Niklas Süle the ball came in front of him, his shot from seven meters even bounced off one of the defenders, causing the ball to hit the top right (3-2).

At the beginning of the hair Robert Lewandowski assured Bayern’s victory with a calmly executed penalty (4-2), then in the 83rd minute after the administration of Thomas Müller 5-2final score. The Polish striker has already scored 19 league goals after 14 games and continues to haunt Gerd Müller’s record.

In the 88th minute Ádám Szalai also had a chance to play in Mainz. The forward of the Hungarian national team entered the field for the first time in the Bundesliga after June 20 (and in the 2020-2021 season).

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
ROUND 14
Bayern Munich – Mainz 5-2 (Kimmich 50, L. Sané 55, Süle 70, Lewandowski 76, 83 – the first of 11, and Burkardt 32, Hack 45)
PREVIOUSLY
Dortmund – Wolfsburg 2–0 (Akanji 66., Sancho 90 + 1.)