Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich separated the German championship in the highly stylized “Finale”. However, Bayern acted extremely offensive on Saturday.
Although Munich was not inferior in terms of possession and duel guidance, the guests lacked any offensive power. In the end, the guests from Bavaria had an “Expected Goals” value of 0.14. The two shots of goal over the entire season are also a historically low value. As a coach, Bayer coach Xavi Alonso had never lost to Bayern – it remained.
“Of course it annoys me because everyone saw that we have to win the game”said Leverkusen’s defense chief Jonathan Tah after the final whistle to the sports show, “But it is difficult for me to be really frustrated and acidic because we have dominated such an opponent for over 90 minutes.” And he added: “The only thing that can be accused of is that we didn’t do the gates.” “No, we shouldn’t be congratulated on the championship yet”said Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer, “It wasn’t our best game today. But we kept the zero. And in the end the result counts.”
Leverkusen first defensively, Bavaria only in defense
From the beginning, both teams acted at the highest tactical and playful level. The hosts organized themselves more defensively in the initial phase, some of them put the way for Bayern towards Tor with a six-way defense chain. Munich had to make the game, and avoid the classic switchover error, which many opponents used in the weeks since the beginning of the season. But Bayern remained concentrated.
Especially Dayot Upamecano, set in his position by the former central defender Vincent Kompany and made strong, acted strongly and defended everything that Leverkusen presented offensive.
Bayer hits aluminum twice
However, the Frenchman could not prevent everything: when Florian Wirtz started his first solo on the left in the 16, Manuel Neuer first had to save in the Bavarian box. But the ball remained hot: Jeremie Frimpong climbed up to the header and hit the latte (21st). Also four minutes later the ball crashed into the gate housing when Piero Hincapié from the left side of Nathan Tella perfectly served, who also pretended the ball from five meters to the cross -linkage. Tella crashed into the left post during the campaign, but luckily could continue without treatment or major injury.
Bavaria at halftime without shot
At that time, Leverkusen had taken over the game control and, both offensive, set the clearer accents and also did nothing defensively, but also nothing. The Munich team did not record a single goal until the 45th minute: unusual and extremely rare. Only in an olise free kick from the left half field headed Harry Kane onto the Leverkusen Tor, but was just offside in the free kick. In this situation, Hincapie collided with his shoulder with Kane’s head, which had to be treated briefly in this situation.
Leverkusen also consider after the break
Bayern had a little more ball possession and a duel rate in terms of statistics – but Leverkusen was much more dangerous. And that did not change fundamentally in the second phase of the game. Although the Munich hosts kept the hosts away from their own penalty area, but as a newer calculated a flank ball incorrectly, the next chance to score developed from the following flank for the eleven of Xavi Alonso. The Bavarians did not bring the ball out of their own penalty area, the Agile Tella started to become the side puller, but drog the ball to the left of the Bayern goal (59th).
And Hiroki Ito saved on the line for his keeper when Tella again wanted to use the ball to use the lead to lead the ball for the lead.
66. Minute: Bavaria’s four-way change
Company had to change something on his team’s skeleton – and he did. When Munich was still on the lawn after 68 minutes without any countable goal shot, he changed four men. Leroy Sané, Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka and Josip Stanisic should enliven the Munich game. But this measure also remained without the desired effect.
However, it was shown that the ultra-intensive game approach of the home side both teams cost a lot of strength. Munich came into play a little better in the final phase. Sané worked on the right and flanked on the head of Goretzka. However, his attempt went clearly to the left of the gate. Previously, a blocked shot from Kane had already been seen as a “shot”, so that Munich was able to record exactly two scoring approaches up to the 81st minute.
In added time, Neuer had to clarify against a shot from the free -standing Amine Adli, the margin was put by Wirtz centimeter on the left just past the goal.
Bavaria appearance makes you at a loss
The Bavarians showed an extremely unusual appearance over the entire season, in which the defensive work predominated the subject of attack and which leaves the fans somewhat perplexed.
For the Munich team, this draw in the top game of the 22nd match day means a point win, while Leverkusen probably struggles with the yield of his immense effort. Bayern remain eight points ahead of Leverkusen sovereign league leaders of the Bundesliga.
Leverkusen in Kiel, Munich against Frankfurt
Leverkusen is a guest near Holstein Kiel (February 22nd, 3:30 p.m.). Munich has to go against Eintracht from Frankfurt at home a day later (5.30 p.m.).