The Bayern Munich, or rather the proto Bayern, started on the wrong foot in 2022. As if the coronavirus had not already been enough, the table of Julian Naglesmann lost in his premiere of the year against the Borussia Monchengladbach, who took advantage of his rival’s absences to perfection.
Solo Lewandowski, Gnabry, Müller, Pavard y Kimmich they sounded like indisputable headlines when the lineup was unveiled. Although it is not an excuse, because Süle, Musiala or Sabitzer are players who would like to have more than one. But the uncertainty after a long week, at the end of the day, played its part.
It didn’t seem that way at first. LewandowskiJust named a finalist for The Best, he used stratospheric control to hit the ball even better and beat Sommer with a great goal (17 ‘). The Bayern he seemed to have the thing under control, but nothing could be further from the truth. The party lost the center of the field, with a Kimmich on the right side lost his position, and that began to favor the Gladbach.
With plays in transition, especially coming in from the left where Sabitzer was acting as an improvised winger, Ulreich saw his work piling up and couldn’t stop him from Neuhaus the tail enters the legs (27 ‘). He had not assimilated what happened even at Bayern that Lainer, in a corner, he doubled the advantage (31 ‘). And he could even fall third on several occasions, but Ulreich got out of the way.
LewandwoskiOnce again, he picked up the team glove, although this time without the precision to which he has us badly accustomed. Hit the stick up to two times. One with almost no space and the next with a top resource that hit the squad. And little else, because when he was better Bayern Adolf Hütter changed the system and re-matched the contest, defending the advantage and leaving the Bundesliga something more exciting, although the Bavarians still have a cushion.