by Shaken on their last visit to the Bundesliga, with the 5-1 loss at Eintracht so latent, Bayern Munich took advantage this Wednesday his dominance of the first half to score the goals of Musiala and Harry Kane and defeat Wolfsburgwhich he later resisted in the second half, after Arnold’s great goal to make it 2-1 on the brink of half-time.
Superior in the first half, still suffered in the second, with two very different faces that lifted him to victory before the break to opt for resistance after, throughout the second period, within the ineffective insistence of his opponent. He did not change the design that Musiala and Kane had dictated before. Bayern remains four points behind Bayerl Leverkusen, who have played one more game than Tuchel’s men.
Without Kimmich, without Goretzka, without Gnabry, without Coman… Bayern commanded from the beginning until the break. In overwhelming possession, with impressive precision, he limited almost the entire first half to the vicinity of the local area. He attacked her at the beginning without many chances, but then with an unmistakable feeling: the goal was a matter of a small detail, sooner rather than later, as it happened.
It was incredible that there was still no advantage when the game exceeded half an hour, especially with an opportunity with three finishers (Sané, Müller and Guerreiro) and none of them aiming for a goal, until Müller controlled the ball on the right wing, came out out for a perfect cross with his left foot. A gift for Musiala’s top scorer. 1-0.
The reward, unquestionably deserved, He went further with Harry Kane’s great goal.. His control with his right foot, his left foot, in an instant, in a few centimeters, from afar, into the top corner, added the 2-0 in the 43rd minute. An unstoppable shot, as is the English scorer, whose figures are so impressive that no limit is intuited: 25 goals in 21 games.
But this Bayern also discovers facilities. When he felt the match was controlled, even won, without a single response from his opponent, Arnold unleashed a left-footed shot from the edge of the area with which he revived the match. In the added time of the first part. A great goal that Neuer did not reach and that put everything in doubt, even more so when Wolfsburg insisted later, at the beginning of the second act, when he took a step forward.
Tuchel no longer saw it so clearly, he took refuge. His first change was a declaration of intentions: Müller left, De Vrij, a central defender, came in to populate the defense, to maintain the minimum advantage, to arm himself at the back against the Wolfsburg offensive, which had managed to transfer all the action from the first time in their field to the rival field. An advert.
There was already a risk for Bayern’s victory, strengthened with five defenders, already surpassed in many sectors of the field, except in their area, with hardly any demand for a stop from Neuer, but in a tense calm that kept him more than uneasy. He was only relieved by the referee’s final whistle. The only moment when he already felt like a winner.
