Kompany breathes a sigh of relief on debut: Gnabry only gives Bayern a searching victory at Wolfsburg in the end

VfL WolfsburgFC Bayern Munich

19′ – Goal – Jamal Musiala (0 – 1)

31′ – Yellow – Harry Kane

46′ – Yellow – Sacha Boy

47′ – Penalty Goal – Lovro Majer (1 – 1)

55′ – Goal – Lovro Majer (2 – 1)

65′ – Verv. Sacha Boey door Thomas Müller

65′ – Own goal – Jakub Kaminski (2 – 2)

70′ – Geel – Jamal Musiala

71′ – Verv. Patrick Wimmer door Kevin Behrens

71′ – Geel – Mattias Svanberg

75′ – Verv. Michael Olise door Kingsley Coman

78′ – Subst. Lovro Majer by Yannick Gerhardt

81′ – Subst. Kim Min-jae by Eric Dier

82′ – Goal – Serge Gnabry (2 – 3)

82′ – Yellow – Cédric Zesiger

85′ – Substitution. Mattias Svanberg by Jonas Wind

Bundesliga – Matchday 1 – 25/08/24 – 15:31

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19′

Jamal Musiala

0 – 1

Jamal Musiala

19′

47′

Lovro Majer

47′

Lovro Majer

1 – 1

55′

Lovro Majer

55′

Lovro Majer

2 – 1

65′

Jakub Kaminski

2 – 2

Jakub Kaminski

65′

82′

Serge Gnabry

2 – 3

Serge Gnabry

82′

On the hour mark, his dream debut in the Bundesliga seemed far away, but Vincent Kompany has still won his first league match with Bayern Munich. On a visit to Wolfsburg, the team from the Belgian T1 could not convince. Majer threw himself into the role of tormentor on duty, but Serge Gnabry pushed him back into his box in the end. After a narrow victory, Kompany is relieved, but with points for improvement.

The first major test of the “Kompany system”.

That was what all of Germany – and by extension the Belgian football fans – were looking forward to in the league match between Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich. There was confidence in the approach of the new T1 at the record champions beforehand. Although one question remained.

How vulnerable is Bayern with Vincent Kompany’s tactical offensive guidelines?

Well, on the hour, the answer was revealed: rather vulnerable. Lovro Majer emerged as Bayern’s tormentor with two quick goals after the break – the first a result of a clumsily given penalty. Musiala’s opening shot was thus completely wiped off the tables.

That meant good news for the other Belgian in action, Sebastiaan Bornauw. The Wolfsburg defender threw his body into the battle to keep the lead on the board. Until an own goal by colleague Kaminski decided otherwise.

In the meantime, Kompany had made the necessary interventions. Müller conjured a piece of paper from his pants with new instructions. Not much later, Serge Gnabry provided relief for his coach.

Conclusion: no failure in the debut of our compatriot, but three hard-earned points and a lot of work for Kompany and co.

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Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) is whistled back by the referee. He went too hard on Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg).

Serge Gnabry can score for FC Bayern Munich. The assist is made by Harry Kane.

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Joshua Kimmich takes the corner for FC Bayern Munich. He drops the ball centrally in front of goal.

Harry Kane (FC Bayern Munich) takes a shot, but it is blocked.