Sports Weekly all-media reporter Huang Sijun
In the absence of Neuer, Alfonso Davis, Goretzka, Thomas Müller and Tolisso, bayern, who have been in a bad state, have retreated from Frankfurt, which has been forced to deliver 3 points in the past two seasons. Leroy Sane, who has scored no goals or assists in the past four consecutive games, scored in the far corner with his right foot in just four minutes after coming on as a substitute and only touched the ball for the third time, helping Bayern to score all three points in this tense and exciting hard battle, revenge for the first round of 1-2 home reversal, and seem to have finally resolved the small crisis of the past two weeks.
Sane won off the bench and Bayern gnawed the hard bone of Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bayern spelled out the highest success rate
Before the match against Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern manager Nagelsmann, who has recently felt some pressure, stressed: "The next 5 league games are very important, so visiting Frankfurt is an important task. It's not easy to race there. They have a good connection with the Eintracht Frankfurt fans. We want to maintain a six-point advantage (against Borussia Dortmund). "The 5 league games mentioned by the coach, in addition to the away to Eintracht Frankfurt, there are also home to Bayer Leverkusen, away to Hoffenheim, home to the Berlin League and away to Freiburg, all of which are teams competing for European qualification, and they are really not easy to play.
As Na Shuai expected, although deutsche Bank Park, which can accommodate 52,300 spectators, only allowed 25,000 spectators to enter the stadium, the Frankfurt fans, known for their fanaticism, put a lot of pressure on Bayern from the beginning of the game. At their instigation, Frankfurt began with a frenzied high-pitching rush that set the tone for the fierce 90 minutes of confrontation. This atmosphere is often favorable to the inferior side in terms of technical and tactical ability, but learning from the previous three consecutive first half games that have been bad and the score is lagging behind (1-4 against Bochum, 0-1 against Salzburg, 0-1 against Fürth), Bayern, who have sacrificed the 3151 formation, has long been prepared for this, and the two sides have opened up a hand-to-hand fight.
Kostic's right-footed thrust in the 7th minute deflected slightly off the far post and startled Ulreich in a cold sweat.
After being shot with two shots by Kostic in the opening 15 minutes, Bayern gradually turned passive into active, and their advantage in the confrontation became more and more obvious. Finally, after 90 minutes, Bayern won more than 60% of the confrontation. What is this concept? According to OPTA statistics, Bayern's 65.7% success rate in this game is a new high in the Bundesliga season. According to the official statistics of the Bundesliga, Bayern won 145 of the 233 confrontations, which was also as high as 62.2%.
Nagelsman said after the game: "This win is worth it. It's not comfortable to play here. I was particularly happy with the confrontation performance and we won the majority. In the first half we really just missed a goal on the offensive end, and at the beginning of the second half, we should have scored earlier. Perhaps because of the overly fierce confrontation, when the scoring opportunity came, even Lewandowski lost his usual calm and crosshairs. As a result, Sane, who was not biased by the atmosphere on the field, became a key figure.
In this game, the coach replaced Omar Richards, Tolisso (thigh muscle fiber tear), Muller (COVID-19 positive) and Sane with Jules, Gnabry, Musiara and Comand, who returned after a one-game truce, and Sane's rotation was the biggest surprise. It wasn't until the 67th minute that The Coach replaced Zabitzer with Ane's counterpoint. Just 4 minutes later, Musiara, who coincided with his 19th birthday, cut inside the right rib to attract the two men to clamp and knock on the ball in time, Kimmich stopped the ball and quickly sent a straight line to tear through the Frankfurt defense, Sane counter-offside received the ball into the right rib of the penalty area, 11 meters outside the rapid attack Trapp calmly pushed his right foot into the bottom left corner of the goal, finally breaking the deadlock on the field.
Sane faced the onrushing Trapp with his right foot and pushed it into the far corner of the goal.
Sane faced the onrushing Trapp with his right foot and pushed it into the far corner of the goal. Bayern's consecutive goals in the Bundesliga have accumulated to 71 games, and 75 goals scored in 24 rounds are also a further record for the same period in the Bundesliga. Sane scored his seventh Bundesliga goal of the season, more than he had produced in the entire season (6 goals). In his first game against Eintracht Frankfurt, last season's 5-0 home win in the fifth round, Sane also played at about the same time (68 minutes) and scored at about the same time (73 minutes), but it was the icing on the cake for the fourth goal.
Neuer's next comeback?
Sane also instigated another threatening attack in the 81st minute, but lewan's final curling shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Trapp with his head. This is the second time in this game that Trapp has blocked the gun hole in the same area. In the first half, after saving Kimmich's long-range shot, he desperately used his face to block Coman's close-range shot, only to be a little dizzy at one point, and with the help of medical staff, he slowed down for a while before he was able to continue the game. In the first leg of the 2-1 game, the German international made nine successful saves, including the incredible blocking of Levan's close-hand header with his feet, which was the first credit for the team's upset victory. Trapp, who faced Bayern with 20 shots on goal and 9 shots on target, conceded only one goal, was actually good enough to make Levan hand over the blank roll again.
Trapp blocked Comen's close-range shot with his face in the 39th minute.
Levan has scored 16 away goals in the Bundesliga this season, just one goal away from the all-time record. Due to the absence of both captains And Vice-Captain Neuer and Müller, Levan wore the captain's armband at the beginning of the Bundesliga match for the first time in three years. The last time was to beat Schalke 04 3-1 at home on 9 February 2019, when Neuer was sidelined with a thumb injury and Müller was pressed on the bench by Nico Kovac. In that game, Levan first caused Dutch centre-back Bruma to swing himself, then scored himself, and finally assisted Gnabry to pay the bill. In this game, Levan spent too much energy on hand-to-hand combat with Hinteregger, Ndicca and others, and 5 shots were fruitless. The closest chance to scoring came in the 34th minute when he took Kimmich's free-kick from the right and swung his head in place at the front post to deflect it off the near post.
Despite handing in the white roll, Levan is very satisfied that the team has gnawed this hard bone, "I think our whole team did a very good job defending today. We took control of the situation. It's always very difficult to play here in Frankfurt. We performed well today and can be satisfied. But when it comes to his future, Levan's statement is somewhat intriguing, "I am open to everything, but the only thing that matters to me is what happens in the next game." Everything related to the contract is a secondary topic and will only be put in the background. ”
Levan handed over a white roll in the face of Frankfurt's tight defense.
Levan completed his most recent contract extension with Bayern at the end of August 2019, and his current contract expires in the summer of 2023, i.e. next season is the "contract year". As is customary, if he can't renew his contract before the end of the season, then his transfer possibility in the summer will be very high. This season, Bayern have successfully renewed the three mesozoic main players Of Kimmich, Goretzka and Koman, and Jules' extension has not been successful, and then Dortmund is more because the willingness to retain people at the top is not strong, and it is not a failure.
On the issue of Levan's contract extension, Bayern face many difficulties, first of all, the 33-year-old Levan is the top salary in the team, and secondly, his agent is Pini Zahavi. The Israeli is also Alaba's agent, and sports director Salihamidzic formed a bond with Zahavi during the failed contract extension of Alaba. Although before the match with Eintracht Frankfurt, Sully said that he would firmly keep Levan, but the two sides have not yet been in contact with the renewal of the contract, and Levan responded to Sully's public statement: "This is the first time I have heard about it. ”
Bayern's fans who followed the team celebrated an uplifting victory.
In addition to Levan, Neuer's contract also expires in 2023, and his renewal has been often mentioned in the media in recent times, after all, it is also related to the future of Ulreich and Nibel on loan. Neuer suddenly underwent meniscus surgery the day after the match with the Leipzig RB earlier this month, and there was some doubt about the health problems of the 35-year-old veteran. However, after the match against Eintracht Frankfurt, The Coach brought good news: "Manu (Neuer's nickname) can resume special training next week, and then will also resume training with the team." "Ideally, in the next round of the home game against 3rd place Bayer Leverkusen, Neuer can return to the line of fire. In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final at home to Salzburg, Neuer "has a good chance" to participate.