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19:26
The Senegalese tried it himself shortly afterwards, targeting a technically fine flick from the edge of the penalty area just over the right angle.
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19:23
VAR decision: The goal by J. Musiala (Bayern Munich) is disallowed, score: 3-0
Now also Musiala? No, the supposed 4-0 from Musiala, who is not playing as brilliantly as it was last time, is taken back by the VAR. Upamecano initiates the situation with a deep pass, Gnabry sends the ball on to Mané. He snoops the gaming device one station further, Musiala only has to insert it at the bottom right. Invalid as Mané was slightly offside.
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19:22
A cross from Alphonso Davies is also of a harmless nature because no other player is in the dangerous zone.
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19:21
Davies plays deep to Musiala, the youngster loses his duel on the edge of the box. Gnabry’s action also ends quickly.
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19:19
The people of Munich have already shifted down a few gears. The ball circulates in the ranks of Bayern, Pilsen follows the ball as far as possible.
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19:17
Mané dribbles his way to the baseline on the left and his half-high cross lands at the Czechs.
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19:14
Tomáš Chorý (Viktoria Plzeň) is shown a yellow card.
De Ligt works his way into a duel in front of Chorý. The Viktoria striker doesn’t expect that and swings his foot to the high-bouncing ball, hitting the Dutchman hard in the chest. Not malicious, but clear yellow card.
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19:14
The rare forays from Pilsen have so far been harmless standard situations or – like now – too imprecise passes. There was no real danger before Neuer’s case.
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19:13
Now Musiala, who hasn’t been the focus of attention so far: He gets a through ball and appears half-left in front of Tvrdoň. It’s not a 100% opportunity, however, as the Pilsen keeper Tvrdoň rushes out in time, closes the corners and then saves well.
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19:11
So the show in the Allianz Arena has almost started… In view of the top game against BVB at the weekend, it’s of course not a bad thing for the German record champions not to have to play at full intensity for 90 minutes.
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19:06
Tooor for Bayern Munich, 3-0 by Sadio Mané
From a Davies throw-in comes the third thing! Mané accepts the throw with his chest and lobs it over his own head into the space behind him. After a quick spin, he picks up the leather again – great action. The Senegalese starts to dribble half-left, but stumbles the ball a bit in between. The game device comes back to Mané via the weakly defending opponents, who shoots low past Tvrdoň into the near corner from about ten meters away from the goal.
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19:06
Viktoria has made it into the Champions League group stage twice in the last ten years. 2018/19 and 2013/14, then one of the opponents: FC Bayern Munich. At home, the Czechs were able to keep the duel close and only lost 0:1. However, there were five things in the Allianz Arena back then – it could be similar today if things continue like this.
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19:04
…Gnabry flicks the ball towards the long corner, but the shot is sustainable. Tvrdoň parries the game device forward. Mazraoui gets a follow-up shot, but aims far too far to the left.
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19:03
In the next action, the Senegalese can only be stopped with a foul on the left edge of the sixteen. Good free-kick position from a rather acute angle…
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19:02
Sadio Mané has some space on the left and takes a shot from the near corner, Tvrdoň dives and is there.
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18:59
Tooor for Bayern Munich, 2-0 through Serge Gnabry
Large spaces in the defensive network of the Pilseners, Gnabry punishes that for the second time! Musiala is staged with a deep pass and turns up, sticks on to Goretzka. He tunnels Pilsen captain Lukáš Hejda with his steep pass and thus frees Gnabry slightly to the left. With his dry finish, Gnabry loads the rushing keeper Tvrdoň and places the ball in the bottom right corner.
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18:57
A half-field free-kick by the Czechs is extended over the crossbar by Neuer’s box.
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18:57
Of course, the game runs early in favor of the favorite. The Czechs are already behind, in such a difficult game of course almost a preliminary decision.
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18:53
Tooor for Bayern Munich, 1-0 by Leroy Sané
Leroy Sané puts FCB on the road to victory early on! He initiates the situation in midfield himself, a one-two with Musiala gives him some space. Then Sané picks up the pace and evades his opponents centrally in front of the goal, but Pilsen also gives him far too much space. The offensive player from Munich takes advantage of this ice-cold and holds it from just in front of the edge of the penalty area. The leather hits the top left – no chance for Tvrdoň.
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18:52
… With the resulting corner kick, de Ligt is surprisingly free to head the ball. From quite a distance at the second post, the Dutchman doesn’t get enough pressure behind the ball and nods it against an opponent.
5.
18:51
Goretzka advances to the baseline on the left and crosses into the dangerous space, which no teammate has seriously occupied. Milan Havel heads the ball wide…
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18:50
Bayern record the first ball possession passages, but the first cross comes from the guests. De Ligt confidently defended a cross from the left, and the following corner kick resulted in nothing more than a completely distorted long-range shot by the Czechs.
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18:48
Bayern play in the red home jerseys, Viktoria Pilsen plays in dark blue.
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18:47
Nikola Dabanović from Montenegro is the referee for this game and has now kicked off the game.
18:46
A minute’s silence commemorates the victims of the stadium disaster in Indonesia.
18:43
The two teams have run in, the Champions League anthem sounds.
18:42
The guests from the Czech Republic are missing regular keeper Jindřich Staněk, who is still slightly injured on the bench, with a shoulder injury. Marián Tvrdoň will be guarding the post for him and will normally have plenty of opportunities to excel today. The only goalscorer this season is Tomáš Chorý, who scored the consolation goal at the Camp Nou.
18:34
This is how an unfamiliar double six is formed: Gravenberch and Goretzka occupy this. Both have rarely belonged to the first guard this season and can now apply together for more frequent assignments.
18:31
Julian Nagelsmann makes four changes in these intense English weeks, but he also has to react to the absences of Kimmich and Müller due to the corona. In addition, Pavard and Sabitzer rotate from the first eleven. In addition to Gnabry and Goretzka, the two Ajax newcomers Gravenberch and Mazraoui, who are in the starting eleven together for the first time outside of the DFB Cup, will slip into this.
18:17
That’s not particularly surprising, as Bayern are considered quite the final opponent – at least as far as the Champions League group stage is concerned. In this, the 2020 title holder has been unbeaten for an incredible 30 games. The last bankruptcy dated September 27, 2017: a 0: 3 at Paris Saint-Germain. The last lost home game was even longer ago, this was in the 2013/2014 season.
18:04
With a mandatory win against Pilsen today, Munich can consolidate this top position and would already have a lead of at least five points in third place at the group stage – regardless of how Inter and Barcelona play later tonight. It would be an enormously comfortable situation early in this group stage.
18:02
In the case of the German record champions, the form crisis in the Bundesliga, which is almost traditional at the Oktoberfest, has not affected the performance in the premier class in recent weeks. Two 2-0 victories keep them top of Group C – one in Milan and one in the clash with Lewandowski and his new Barcelona employers.
17:55
Shortly before the international break, the Czechs lost 2-0 at home to Inter Milan, and a week earlier they even went 5-1 at FC Barcelona. Anything other than the last place in the table would also be a huge surprise in this group – and as of now it doesn’t look like it.
17:52
FC Bayern confirm their Bundesliga liberation, the clear 4-0 home win against Bayer Leverkusen? The task could be more difficult, Viktoria Pilsen is the big outsider in Group C, which is made up of Barça and Inter, and has already missed an upset in the first two matchdays.
17:42
Good Tuesday evening and welcome to the third Champions League matchday! Bayern open this against Czech underdog Viktoria Pilsen. Kick-off is at 6:45 p.m. in the Allianz Arena at home.