Munich.- Wolfsburg, second positioned, beat the chief Bayern Munich 4-1, bringing them nearer to inside eight factors, within the match of the 18th matchday with which the Bundesliga returned after its conventional break each German winter. It was additionally Bayern’s first defeat this season within the German championship, the place they’d beforehand achieved 14 wins and three attracts.
This primary setback permits Wolfsburg to strengthen its second place and decrease the psychological barrier of ten factors in its drawback with the Munich workforce, who now see their benefit lower to eight factors.
A ‘double’ by the Dutchman Bas Dost (minutes 4 and 45+2) had already put the sport again on observe for Wolfsburg, who within the 53rd minute prolonged their benefit with a aim from the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne.
Bayern pulled one again within the fifty fifth minute via Spaniard Juan Bernat, however De Bruyne (73) scored once more and sealed the ultimate 4-1, a shocking setback that marks at the least a change of tone within the German match, which till now had It has been a experience for the reigning champions.
The Munich workforce discovered themselves 2-0 down at half-time on this match, for the primary time within the final three years.
This 4-1 is the biggest defeat suffered within the Bundesliga since they misplaced 5-1 in April 2009, exactly in opposition to Wolfsburg, who that yr turned champion of Germany.
The victory was devoted in Wolfsburg to the reminiscence of their former Belgian participant Junior Malanda, who died earlier this month in a visitors accident. Each groups wore a black armband in reminiscence of him.
Bas Dost opened the scoring already within the 4th minute, with a low shot with which he stunned Manuel Neuer, and in added time of the primary half the Dutch participant took benefit of a nasty rebound from the rival protection with a volley, to make it 2- 0.
De Bruyne scored his first aim of the night time culminating a really quick counterattack and Bernat pulled one again with a cross shot within the space.
Once more in a counterattack, De Bruyne, correct within the space, made the rating 4-1.
For Guardiola, “it was truthful”
«They had been higher in key moments. We misplaced too many balls and we could not management their counterattacks,” admitted Bayern coach Josep Guardiola.
Bastian Schweinsteiger was the captain of the Bavarians, changing the injured Philipp Lahm, and he additionally acknowledged his workforce’s poor efficiency: “We made quite a lot of errors and we allow them to assault on the counterattack.”
At Wolfsburg, the victory was greeted with euphoria.
«We performed an amazing sport. If you wish to defeat Bayern you want a day just like the one we had at the moment,” celebrated the inexperienced and white workforce’s coach, Dieter Hecking.
The 18th German spherical continues on Saturday with six video games.
The conflict between Bayer Leverkusen, third, and Borussia Dortmund, penultimate within the desk, stands out.
The primary are underneath stress and if they don’t win they are going to see their drawback with respect to second place widen, which is now 9 factors, whereas the Dortmund workforce, which aspired to every little thing initially of the season, will attempt to present that this second spherical may be very totally different from the primary, catastrophic for his or her pursuits.
(fuente: fifa.com)
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2024-06-02 09:24:15