Tel sets record
Five goals and two winners from the second row: Led by the young new signings Ryan Gravenberch and Mathys Tel, record winners FC Bayern are confident and, as befits their status, advanced to the second round of the DFB Cup. The 20-year-old Dutchman Gravenberch (38th) and the three-year-old Tel (45th + 1) not only gave Bayern a clear lead in the 5-0 (2-0) at third division team Viktoria Köln with their goals before the break – They also showed the strength of the newly established Bayern Bank with a lot of speed, enthusiasm and technique. Tel meanwhile became the youngest goalscorer in Munich club history and replaced team-mate Jamal Musiala.
Viktoria kept up well for half an hour against Bayern, who had made seven changes by coach Julian Nagelsmann, but had to accept goals after the break from Sadio Mané (53rd) and Jamal Musiala (67th), who came on as a substitute four minutes earlier. The comeback of national player Leon Goretzka, which lasted more than 20 minutes after weeks of knee injury, was pleasing for Bayern – in the closing stages the 27-year-old also scored (82nd). The people of Cologne had moved from the venerable Sportpark Höhenberg to the large arena of the Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln – it was financially worth it. The stadium was sold out with 50,000 spectators, and the Munich team gave the underdog half of their income, which means a six-figure sum in total should. However, the Munich team already had the upper hand in the stands. Around the stadium almost only Bayern jerseys could be seen before the game, numerous fans from the Cologne area took the opportunity to see their team live. Bayern were even given the south stand, FC’s regular fan stand.
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After Nagelsmann had already announced that Gravenberch, Tel, Noussair Mazraoui and Josip Stanisic would start the game, the coach also put substitute keeper Sven Ulreich in goal. “For today he is the cup goalkeeper,” said Nagelsmann on “Sky”. National team captain Manuel Neuer has “no problem with that, even if he is very ambitious and always wants to play”. The Viktoria initially defended bravely and drew the neutral spectators more and more to their side. Especially when the outsider supposedly took the lead – but shooter Simon Handle was clearly offside (20′). On the other side, Cologne keeper Ben Voll was shot warm and made excellent saves several times, including twice against Joshua Kimmich (29/34).
Then he was conquered twice more. It was little consolation that it was Bayern’s narrowest half-time lead in their fourth away game of the season (previously 3-0 in Leipzig, 5-0 in Frankfurt and 4-0 in Bochum). At the latest after the quick 0:3 after the break it was only about damage limitation for Viktoria. And Voll continued to hold up great against Tel (63′) or Musiala (64′). Nevertheless, the game had long since been decided at this point, Goretzka celebrated his comeback goal together with national team colleague Serge Gnabry.
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— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayern) August 31, 2022
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