Musiala redeems Bayern with brains
FC Bayern takes the second victory in the Champions League. Against Benfica Lisbon, the German record champion takes a 1:0 – thanks to Jamal Musiala!
The redemption in the 67. Minute: Kane heads a fine Sané cross for Musiala, who heads the ball into the net from a short distance – 1:0!
What would Bavaria be without Musiala?For the superstar, it’s already the 8th. Competitive goal in the current season. Already in the victories in Bochum (5:0) two weeks ago and during the week in the cup in Mainz (3:0) Musiala had scored a total of five goals.Before the Benfica game, the German record champion and coach Vincent Kompany (38) were under pressure after the two bankruptcies in Barcelona (1:4) and at Aston Villa (0:1).
Midfield star João Palhinha (29) recently to BILD: “The game against Benfica is a final for us.”
In the new league mode, the Munich-ders were in 23rd place with only 3 points before the fourth matchday. Now they are at 6 points, thus climbing to 17th place in the table.
An extremely important victory for the company Bayern. Because only the best eight have the round of 16 for sure. The clubs in places 9 to 24 have to go into a play-off round, the rest of the team fly out.At 8:15 p.m., there were around 5,000 fewer spectators in the stadium than usual. Therefore, the kick-off was postponed from 9 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
There is also turbulence in the stands: Shortly after kick-off, a medical emergency of almost thirty minutes occurs in block 226 in the first upper row! That’s why the Bavarian ultras in the south curve set the mood after 3 minutes until the final whistle.
According to BILD information, an elderly man had to be resuscitated several times after a heart attack.
For the pressure game, Kompany exchanges his starting eleven in two positions compared to the 3-0 victory last weekend against Union Berlin: Laimer and Gnabry are allowed to play from the start, but Guerreiro and Coman are initially on the bench.Sané also surprisingly sits on the bench. In advance, there had been speculation about his first starting eleven in the current Champions League season.
The Bavarians are clearly superior before the break (76 percent ball possession, 5:0 goal shots), but do not reward themselves.
Only after 32 minutes there is the first goal shot by Kane. Shortly afterwards, he concedes the first good opportunity after Musiala’s assist (33.).
Even a triple chance by Kane, Palhinha and Olise does not put the Bavarians in the lead (39.).In the second half the same picture: The Bavarians are dominant, but Palhinha (58th), Kane (82nd) and Joker Sané (59th) give the best chances. The ball does not want to go into the net for a long time – until Musiala ensures the late redemption with his 1:0!
Bayern will be next in the Champions League against Paris, Donetsk, Rotterdam and Bratislava.
Then it is important for Bayern and Kompany to continue to win in order to stay on course for the round of 16 and the dream of the “final dahoam” on the 31st. May in the Allianz Arena.
