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In FC Bayern’s 3-2 win, Alexsander Pavlovic cleverly beat the Union keeper twice and contributed to the goals from Illyas Ansah and Harry Kane. However, the youngster then had to be substituted injured.
It was pretty close in FC Bayern’s victory in the DFB Cup round of 16 at Union Berlin. How good that the Munich team had Aleksander Pavlovic in their team. The midfielder was resourceful and clever. In Union Berlin’s goal area, he cleverly took goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow off his feet with the first two goals for Munich.
It’s just bitter that the youngster, who has a long history of injuries and has had to endure numerous setbacksleft the pitch injured after the restart. “We can’t give a diagnosis at this point,” said Max Eberl on ZDF after the game. Coach Vincent Kompany, on the other hand, signaled confidence: “We hope it’s not that bad.”
Own goal provoked
Kompany would probably be reluctant to miss out on Pavlovic and his goalscoring scenes that he showed against Berlin. Before the 1-0 lead, Pavlovic positioned himself in the goal area and caused unrest for the Union keeper. When Joshua Kimmich took the corner from the left side, the youngster was standing right next to Ronnow and perhaps extended his hips a little. No Union protest, no reason to whistle a foul. Everything done right!
In any case, Kimmich’s ball rushed unhindered over the goalkeeper towards the second post, where Union colleague Ansah was surprised and pushed the ball into the goal with his thigh to give Munich a 1-0 lead.
Rönnow cleverly displaced
With the second Kimmich corner, which the midfield strategist sent centrally in front of the goal, Rönnow was once again covered by Pavlovic, who cleverly pushed the keeper out of his area of control. Harry Kane was able to head into the far corner without any pressure. The Union players then complained to the referee, but this time too the action was not considered a foul, not even by the video assistant.
The 21-year-old shouldn’t be able to make any more cunning moves during the course of the game. Shortly after the restart, Pavlovic limped across the pitch and had to be treated. His mission was over when the score was 3-1.
FC Bayern shivered their way into the cup quarter-finals with a narrow 3-2 win. Curious: Two penalties and two own goals in one game – that had never happened in the cup since the Bundesliga was founded.
Source: BR24 Radio
December 4, 2025 – 10:55 a.m
