HErbstmeister FC Bayern Munich had it again in Thomas Müller’s 400th Bundesliga game at the end of the year against the crisis club VfL Wolfsburg. Three days after the 5-0 shooting match at VfB Stuttgart, the Munich soccer stars, who were particularly hungry for goals this season, ended the first half of the season on Friday evening with a 4-0 (1-0) match in the Allianz-Arena without any spectators. 56 hits after a half series are a record.
Jubilarian Müller was able to celebrate his 134th goal in the Bundesliga in the 7th minute. The original Bavarian successfully dusted off after VfL goalkeeper Koen Casteels let Serge Gnabry slap a flutter ball forward. The first goal by Dayot Upamecano in the Bayern jersey was also put on by Müller (57th). The agile Leroy Sané increased to 3-0 (59th) with his remarkable long-range shot.
It was a late jubilee evening for Robert Lewandowski. The Pole chased his 43rd Bundesliga goal in 2021 up to the 87th minute in vain, then scored after preliminary work by Jamal Musiala. Before that, he threw the ball over it from a good position (66th) and shot at a pass from Gnabry VfL goalkeeper Casteels (76th). Lewandowski exceeded the record of the recently deceased Bayern legend Gerd Müller, who also scored 42 goals in the Munich jersey in 1972.
With 43 points the Bavarians said goodbye in two weeks of Christmas vacation. They expanded their lead over pursuers Borussia Dortmund to nine points at least until Saturday evening. “We are absolutely on track in the Bundesliga,” said Bayern boss Oliver Kahn on the TV broadcaster Sat.1: “We won all the games in the Champions League. In this respect, you can be very satisfied with the sport. ”The only real flaw was the early DFB Cup in Mönchengladbach.
And Wolfsburg? The VfL conceded the seventh competitive game defeat in a row. 20 points are an indictment of a team that took a place in the Champions League last season. There are no happy Christmas days for the coach Florian Kohfeldt, who was abandoned by the initial success, and his professionals.
Kohfeldt formed his eleven deeply defending and coached very intensively and well audible in the empty stadium for a long time. The Bayern half was mostly a restricted area for the guests – except for a few advances. Striker Wout Weghorst had the best opportunity shortly after Müller’s goal, but failed from a tight angle against the very responsive national goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Otherwise, Bayern searched the midfield duo Marc Roca and Jamal Musiala as representatives of the missing national players Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka almost constantly for gaps in the narrow spaces around the Wolfsburg penalty area and in it. When Müller, Sané and Gnabry combined directly, it was dangerous. The Wolfsburg, who were still winless in Munich, could not defend and prevent everything in their 23rd defeat in their 25th guest appearance. You were just a sparring partner who could have lost even higher.
.
