Thanks to a strong first half, FB Bayern Munich won the Supercup against RB Leipzig. In the end it was 5:3 for the master.
Six days before the start of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich and goal debutant Sadio Mané celebrated their first statement victory. On Saturday (July 30th, 2022) the record champions won against DFB Cup winners RB Leipzig in the duel for the Supercup spectacularly and in the end with some tremors 5: 3 (3: 0), although the Munich team actually settled the game, especially in the first round had under control.
Jamal Musiala (14th), Mané (31st) with his first competitive goal in Bayern dress, Benjamin Pavard (45th), Serge Gnabry (66th) and Leroy Sané (90th + 8th) shot the Munich team in front of the eyes National coach Hansi Flick on the prestigious success. Marcel Halstenberg (59th), Christopher Nkunku (77th, penalty kick) and Dani Olmo (89th) scored for Leipzig and revealed weaknesses in Bayern.
“It was tight at the back. We did very well in the first half”said Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann on Sat.1: “From the 60th minute you could see that we were running out of steam. We haven’t been in preparation that long. But we deserved to win, there’s no question about that.”
Bayern partly scary good
Even without Robert Lewandowski, who moved to FC Barcelona, the Bavarian football machine is running frighteningly well and seems more than ready for the league opening game on Friday at Eintracht Frankfurt. Overall, it was the tenth time that Bayern won the duel between champions and cup winners.
De Ligt, Gravenberch and Mazraoui initially on the bench
In front of 47,069 spectators in the sold-out arena, Nagelsmann bet on Mané, who was lured to the Isar by FC Liverpool – in the Lewandowski position in front. While the other additions Matthijs de Ligt, Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui were initially on the bench, Mané was roughly cleared away by Leipzig’s Kevin after six minutes.
But even if the hosts courageously faced the champions, despite the hectic initial phase, the latter found their way better over time. It was important to Nagelsmann, he said before the game, even before the league started, against a competitor “to make a small statement and show your strength”. It flashed for the first time when the ball landed at Musiala after a quarter of an hour as a result of a corner, which wobbled briefly and shot into the far corner.
Bayern control what is happening
An ideal starting position for Bayern to do what they are so good at: controlling events from a position of strength. At the front, Mané, Musiala, Gnabry and Thomas Müller fluently occupied the spaces and pulled the Leipzig team apart, who themselves did little offensively. So it was easy for Bayern to combine through the ranks.
After a nice relay pass, Gnarby put the ball in from the left and Mane only had to push in from a central position – 2:0. Shortly before the break, Bayern turned up the heat again. Above all, the very strong Musiala, who alluded to a one-two with Müller Pavard in the middle. The Frenchman cheered and RB coach Domenico Tedesco was visibly served on the sidelines.
Lots of tension in the final phase
However, the coach must have found the right words in the dressing room, because RB came out of half-time much more energetically. Substitute Andre Silva (56′) headed to the crossbar after a corner from Dominik Szoboszlai before Halstenberg crashed a corner kick from Nkunku three minutes later. But it didn’t take long for Bayern to restore the old distance through Gnabry. Nkunku and Olmo created excitement again, but the game was decided with Sané’s goal.