At the Allianz Arena, Bayern Munich faced Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and won the “early final” of the German championship 4-2. The two teams were separated by a point at the top of the table and, with the victory against Bavarians took the lead.
Goalkeeper Gregor Kobbel scored an own goal and Thomas Muller scored twice in the first half. In the final round, Kingsley Coman doubled up and Emre Can and Donyell Malen served. The result lifted Bayern Munich to 55 points at the top of the Bundesliga, two clear of Dortmund. The match also marked the debut of manager Thomas Tuchel in charge of Bavaria.
First step
The first minutes of the game were balanced until, in the 12th minute, the defender Upamecano made a throw from the defense field, the goalkeeper Kobbel left the area and punched the shot. The ball went through with a small deflection and only stopped in the back of the net to open the scoring for Bayern.
Due to the failure of the goalkeeper, Borussia lost confidence and let the opponent dominate the match. In the 17th minute, after a corner kick, De Ligt headed in and Muller appeared at the far post to send on goal.
In the 22nd minute, Dortmund tried to play defence, missed the ball and Leroy Sané grabbed chances from outside the box. Author of the “chicken” in the first goal, Kobbel spreads it wide, but delivers it to Muller’s feet to widen and score the third.
Thomas Müller. pic.twitter.com/bgcC2F7t0U
— FC Bayern Brasil (@FCBayernBR) April 1, 2023
Second phase
Returning from half-time, Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzić made changes to the squad in search of a reaction. Despite managing to exchange more passes, the visitors did not threaten Bayern Munich, who scored the fourth goal on the Sané-led counterattack. The German full-back found a nice pass for Coman who invaded the area and came close to scoring in the fifth minute.
In the 13th minute Choupo-Mouting caught a pass from cover, dominated with his chest and volleyed in to score a great goal, but it was disallowed for offside. In the 25th minute, Jude Bellingham conceded a Serge Gnabry penalty and Emre Can hit in the penalty to cut the deficit.
In the closing minutes, Gnabry also scored a fine goal from cover, but it was also disallowed for irregular positioning. In the 44th minute Donyell Malen scored through Raphael Guerreiro and the Dutchman scored goalkeeper Yan Sommer’s first shot for a corner, closing the score at 4 – 2.
Final whistle in Monaco ⏹ pic.twitter.com/GG9AVQoAnn
— Borussia Dortmund (@nerogiallo) April 1, 2023
More Bundesliga matches this Saturday
Schalke 04 0 x 3 Bayer Leverkusen
Union Berlin 3-0 Stuttgart
Wolfsburg 2 x 2 Augsburg
Freiburg 1 x 1 Hertha Berlin
RB Leipzig 0 x 3 Mainz 05
Source: Terra
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