Sports Weekly all-media reporter Huang Sijun
Gnabry, who has started just two times since the last seven league rounds, shined in his hometown of Stuttgart on Tuesday night. While scoring his second Hat-Trick of his Bundesliga career, he also completed his second career performance of directly participating in 5 goals in a single game, assisting Lewandowski twice, helping the "World Front" to equal another seemingly impossible record by Gade Müller - the Bundesliga natural year goal record of 42 goals.
Both Gnabry and Rocca seized the opportunity to prove themselves.
Under the leadership of "Chef Ge", Bayern swept 5-0 in Stuttgart, which is the fourth-to-last place. In their last 19 bundesliga games against Stuttgart, Bayern have won 18 games, including nearly 10 away wins. Meanwhile, Bayern became the Bundesliga half-time champion or german "autumn champion" for the 25th time. After the previous 24 half-time "titles", Bayern have only missed the "salad plate" on only three occasions – in the 1970/71 season (Borussia Mönchengladbach), in the 1992/93 season (Werder Bremen) and in the 2011/12 season (Borussia Dortmund).
Gnabry made a big move
In the case of 3 matches in 7 days, Gnabry, who has been sitting on the league bench for 3 consecutive rounds, rotated Sane. It's a bit surprising to say: it's the first time Gnabry and Comand have started together in the Bundesliga this season! This is partly because Ofman has experienced two brief injury stops at the beginning of the season and a minor cardiac surgery truce from mid-September to early October, and the last two months have been getting better and better, and partly because Sane has been in hot form since the international break in September. As a result, as long as both position competitors can play, Gnabry can mostly only sit on the bench first.
In the past six league rounds, Gnabry has only had a starting chance to start against Augsburg after returning from the international week in November, when Comand was sidelined due to a minor injury. Whether it is the "quasi-top battle" at home to Freiburg or the "national derby" against Borussia Dortmund away, Gnabry can only come off the bench, and the time is less than half an hour. Gnabry was clearly unhappy about the situation, but Nagelsmann had said long after the match with Freiburg that "there is usually always a good reason for putting a player on the bench, but today it wasn't." Only 11 players can play. I'm sorry, but there's no real reason for this decision. The reason is not completely absent: Comand and Sane are indeed better at athletic form.
Gnabry scored the second goal instantly.
Of course, under The Coach, the three wingers can actually coexist. For example, in the Champions League win of 5-2 at home to Benfica in early November, the three started at the same time, when Gnabry rotated Thomas Muller. In that game, the coach officially offered the new formation of 3151 for the first time, Sane shined, Lewandowski hit three yuan alone, and Gnabry also scored 2-0. Although the season has so far only been short-lived fatigue with home isolation in late November and adductor problems in early December (2 games missed), and the state is not too much of a problem, Gnabry has only started 13 games before visiting Stuttgart, accounting for only 54% of Bayern's total matches, and only 3 full games (all league)!
Combined with this background, Gnabry's outburst in his hometown is of great significance. With a co-start with Comand, Gnabry took on the right winger, while Comand switched to the left, and Bayern's formation changed back to the regular 4231, i.e. Alfonso Davis would not press heavily into the left winger when attacking. Even though Comand was replaced by Sane in the middle of the first half due to a thigh muscle strain, Bayern still maintained the 4231.
It was with the help of substitute Sane that Gnabry opened the scoring with a brilliant right-footed arcing kick just before half-time. After the change of sides, Stuttgart made a big counterattack, which made the Bayern defender feel more and more pressure. As a result, Gnabry stepped forward again, taking advantage of a quick conversion opportunity after a midfield break, receiving Mueller's clever pass into the right rib of the box and calmly dangling Kempf with his right foot, and then pushing his left foot into the far corner of the goal to stabilize the situation.
Goalkeeper Florian Mueller made a mistake in picking up the ball and completed a hat-trick for Gnabry.
Shortly after Stuttgart replaced two attackers, Silas and Ferich, Gnabry quickly killed the game with two passes and one shot in just 5 minutes. After scoring a hat-trick on Florian Mueller's missteps, Gnabry clocked in to get off work. Nagelsman praised after the game: "He scored an unbeatable goal in the first half and the two assists were superb. He's an unbeatable player, he probably deserves more playing time this season, and today he played very well. Gnabry also said: "In the case of not playing a lot in recent games, I have set a lot of goals for myself. I'm motivated. I never dreamed that I would play such a game. ”
Levanpin's record was not happy
This is the second time Gnabry has hatted in the Bundesliga, the last time being in the Bundesliga opener last season in a 8-0 home win over Schalke 04. Since returning from England in the summer of 2016, Gnabry has scored in double figures in the Bundesliga every season, though it wasn't until the final round against Augsburg that he finally scored his 10th goal. Halfway through the season, he has already scored nine goals, setting a new record for the same period of the season. Coman may not be able to play in Friday night's game against Wolfsburg, and Gnabry has a good chance to continue starting and try to score in double figures halfway.
With two assists, Gnabryd scored more than three goals in a single game for the first time in his career and the second time in his career to score five goals in a single game, the last time was also away – a 7–2 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League group stage of the Treble season. In that game, he scored four yuan alone, plus an assist for Levan's goal. Coincidentally, both London and Stuttgart are places where Gnabry has lived for a long time.
Lewandowski brilliantly picked the ball past the onrushing Müller and rewrote the score to 3-0.
Unlike Gnabry happily "sprinkling salt" after scoring a goal, Levan was expressionless after scoring twice, looking less happy. What's on his mind? It stands to reason that he just received the "Golden Ball" from the Turin Sport newspaper , the 2021 Golden Player Award , just before the game, and should be in a good mood. But in the past week, for Barcelona and Mainz, Levan has handed in consecutive white rolls. For more than an hour, Levan had been playing badly. Trapped by poor venue conditions (the coach bluntly said that the turf "did not meet Bundesliga standards"), coupled with the team's lack of smooth offensive operation in the first half, Levan lacked effective support in the attacking three zones, and had to often pull to the side or near the midline to pick up the ball and engage in hand-to-hand combat with opponents. This way of playing is obviously not what Levan likes. Thanks to Stuttgart's "too brave" after falling behind 2-0, Levan finally got enough space.
This year, Levan has scored 42 goals in just 33 Bundesliga appearances (four missed due to injury in April) and only five games have been handed over. After breaking The Bundesliga record of 40 goals in a single season set by Gade Müller in 1971/72 last season, he tied the Bomber's 1972 Record of 42 goals in the Bundesliga. On Friday night for one of his favorite rivals, Wolfsburg, Levan once again surpassed the elder Mueller in what appeared to be a preset plot. At that time, "Shi Yifeng" should change a good mood.
Rocca also became a winner
The current No. 22 Gnabry seized the opportunity to rotate the starting lineup to prove himself again, and bayern No. 22 Rocca is also very competitive. With Kimmich, Goretzka, Zabice and Toliso all unable to play, Rocca, who had only made three previous off-the-bench appearances, was given his first start of the season. Gnabry's second goal was a pass from the Spanish back that cut off Mavropanos in midfield. Roca also performed well in defensive positioning and interception, as well as the scheduling of passes when attacking the organization. Of course, his defense could have been tougher. Rocca did not act as a barrier at the end of the half when Furst burst into the middle of the penalty area.
Rocca was quite tough on the defensive end, but there was still room for improvement.
Like Gnabry, Rocca played 75 minutes before retiring. After leaving, he hugged Nagelsman tightly, and the whole process lasted for a few seconds. After the game, the coach spoke highly of Rocca's performance, "After the game, I praised him in the dressing room. Normally I don't praise a player individually in front of the team, but today he deserves that treatment. We know he's a good player and his bravery and his performances with all his might are impressive. ”
In the case of large-scale injuries and intensive schedules, the "second echelon" can immediately top the top, which undoubtedly makes the coach feel very pleased. By the end of the game, young striker Malik Tillman and Qusansons, who ranked in the bottom line from midfield, were given the opportunity to play. Tillman's clever cross almost helped Levan wear his hat, but unfortunately the latter hit the upright with a push shot from the front of the small penalty area. The coach also praised Khusans' performance, "He is a player who needs more game time to grow. We talk to the club and the players and make a decision. Bayern do not intend to bring in reinforcements in the winter window, but want to sell Khusans away, and there are rumors that several foreign clubs are interested in the French midfield, while Bayern's psychological price is around 10 million euros (including floating parts).