Bayern easily win at Viktoria Köln and advance to the second round of the DFB Cup
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FC Bayern easily makes it into the second round of the DFB Cup. The Munich win at the third division club Viktoria Cologne. Two additions, who had previously only sat on the bench, initiated Bayern’s victory.
FFive goals and two winners from the second row: Led by the young newcomers 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 (38th) and the three-year-old Frenchman (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.
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 more than 20-minute comeback of national player Leon Goretzka after weeks of knee injury was pleasing for Bayern – in the final phase 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.
Nagelsmann rotates
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. “Today he’s 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”.
Sadio Mané scores after the break to make it 3-0 for Munich
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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.
