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Due to the sharp decline of many stars, manager Hansi Flick was forced to make four changes to the starting lineup compared to the match against Sevilla. In particular, Robert Lewandowski was on the bench to make room for young talent Joshua Zirkzee. In midfield, Corentin Tolisso had a chance to express himself when he was replaced by Leon Goretzka.
As a matter of concern, Bayern found it very difficult to deploy the ball against a physically superior Hoffenheim and decided to create a “seismic”. The Gray Lobster midline turned out to be out of place, while in attack, Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry and the kicker to replace Lewandowski, Zirkzee, were completely gone.
When Bayern had no notable winning situation, Hoffenheim took the lead. At 16 minutes, Ermin Bicakcic turned to Tolisso from a Dennis Geiger corner kick before defeating Manuel Neuer with a dangerous header. Alphonso Davies tried to save, but could not do anything.
The surprise didn’t stop there when Hoffenheim doubled the distance after just 8 minutes. This time it was a quick counterattack from the home team. Benjamin Pavard’s inadvertent pass opened up opportunities for Munas Dabbur. The Israeli striker went straight into the penalty area before the technical ball sent Neuer into the net to collect the ball for the second time.
In the spirit of excitement, Hoffenheim made the defending champion fight in the next time around and had a chance to widen the gap. However, they were unable to concede Neuer’s net, but instead also conceded a goal after Bayern’s most striking goal since the start of the match. In the 36th minute, Joshua Kimmich cut Gray Lobster’s scoreline with a superproduct, ending the situation of organizing a class attack.
It was thought that Bayern would rise up for a draw, but Hoffenheim continued to show annoyance with the defensive play – fast counterattack. Before entering the break, the visitors suffered a heart attack when Andrej Kramaric went down the right wing, easily eliminating Jerome Boateng and fired a shot that made Neuer stare. Fortunately, the crossbar saved the defending champion.
Going into the second half, Hoffenheim were still a better team and soon had 2 clear opportunities missed by Dubbur. In the 57th minute, Zirkzee made the first clear mark with a shot that sent the ball hitting the crossbar. Immediately after this phase, the Dutch forward was replaced by Lewandowski. Goretzka was also on hand to increase attacking power by replacing Pavard, pushing Kimmich into the right side kick.
But the presence of Lewandowski, Goretzka and later Kingsley Coman could not help Bayern improve in terms of play. The stars of the team that is considered the strongest in the world at the moment have almost no strength to run and let Hoffenheim continually intimidate Neuer’s goal with speed attacks.
Andrej Kramaric finished Bayern with a cross shot to increase the score to 3-1 in the 77th minute. Situation Neuer committed a foul that resulted in a penalty in injury time. From a distance of 11 meters, again, forward Kramaric mounted an impossible 4-1 victory for Hoffenheim.
By losing 1 to 4, Bayern suffered their first defeat since December last year. This is really a huge slap in the face for Gray Lobster’s ambitions due to the fact that the depth issue has been raised since the “treble” ended. However, up to the current summer market moment, Coach Flick has added exactly one quality rookie, Sane, despite losing a number of major stars.
