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FootballYann Sommer’s Bayern is reassured and passes the 8es sectional
With their titular Swiss goalkeeper, the Bavarians won their first victory of the year 2023 once morest Mainz (4-0), in 8es German Cup final.
Yann Sommer celebrated his first victory with Bayern Munich.
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With less than two weeks to face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Bayern Munich reassured themselves on Wednesday by signing their first victory in Mainz in 2023 (4-0), synonymous with qualification for the quarterfinals of German Cup. Earlier in the evening, Cup holders RB Leipzig also passed the 8es final by controlling the game once morest Hoffenheim (3-1).
A little over twenty-four hours following joining Bayern, on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy from Manchester City, the Portuguese João Cancelo perfectly celebrated his first tenure. Shortly following the quarter of an hour of play (17e), his fine cross found center-forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who opened the scoring with a superb volley from the left.
With Cancelo, the Bayern coach innovated with a three-man central defense made up of Dutchman Matthijs De Ligt and Frenchmen Dayot Upamecano and Benjamin Pavard. The Portugal international has been used more in the piston role on the right, as has Kingsley Coman on the left. This tactical disposition disrupted the game of Mainz, dominated by Munich in doubt following three draws in the league, in Leipzig, and once morest Cologne and Frankfurt at the Allianz Arena (1-1 each time).
unstoppable leipzig
Symbol of these doubts, Jamal Musiala found his way back to the net to double the lead for Bayern at the half-hour mark (30e). A quarter of an hour later, it was Leroy Sané who went there with his goal just before the break (44e). Entering the game for the last twenty minutes, Alphonso Davies concluded the Munich demonstration (83e).
Nagelsmann was looking for a click for this beginning of the year, while the shock in 8es final to go to the Parc des Princes once morest PSG is fast approaching (February 14). This success in the Cup will have to be confirmed on Sunday on the lawn of Wolfsburg, at the risk of losing first place in the standings in the event of defeat. A first place on which Leipzig is eyeing, which defeated Hoffenheim (3-1) on Wednesday at the start of the evening on its lawn at the Red Bull Arena, thanks to goals from Emil Forsberg (8e), Konrad Laimer (41e) et Timo Werner (84e).
Leipzig thus continues its impressive series of 17 matches without defeat, the last dating back to September 17 and a trip to Mönchengladbach. Since then, Marco Rose’s men have returned to the title race and qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League, where they will challenge Manchester City.
(AFP)