FC Köln 0 - 1 Bayern Munich
Bayern scorers: Harry Kane (20')
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
Referee: Marco Fritz
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Schwäbe | Matthias Köbbing | ||
| Luca Kilian | 78' | Dominique Heintz | |
| Timo Hübers | Benno Schmitz | ||
| Julian Chabot | Mark Uth | ||
| Rasmus Carstensen | Faride Alidou | 64' | |
| Florian Kainz | 78' | Denis Huseinbašić | 78' |
| Eric Martel | Leart Paqarada | 78' | |
| Dejan Ljubičić | 64' | Luca Waldschmidt | 78' |
| Davie Selke | 64' | Steffen Tigges | 64' |
| Linton Maina | |||
| Jan Thielmann | 78' |
Manager: Steffen Baumgart
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Neuer | Sven Ulreich | ||
| Kim Min-Jae | Frans Krätzig | ||
| Dayot Upamecano | Bouna Sarr | ||
| Noussair Mazraoui | Raphaël Guerreiro | ||
| Konrad Laimer | Alphonso Davies | ||
| Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 52' | Thomas Müller | |
| Leon Goretzka | Aleksandar Pavlović | ||
| Joshua Kimmich | Serge Gnabry | ||
| Harry Kane | 20' | Mathys Tel | |
| Kingsley Coman | |||
| Leroy Sané |
Manager: Thomas Tuchel (Germany)
1': We're off!
5': Choupo-Moting's ball dribbles just wide across face of goal.
7': Sané one-on-one with the keeper! He tries to chip it over but Schwäbe blocks it with his body.
10': SAVE! Thielmann's shot right into Neuer's fists, offside in the buildup anyway.
20': GOAL BAYERN!! Laimer launches the counter, Choupo-Moting fires around the keeper but Chabot clears it off the line! But Harry Kane pokes in the rebound easily!
22': SAVE!! Choupo-Moting breaks free and fires at the bottom corner but Schwäbe gets down in time and deflects it just wide!
28': Sané one-on-one with the keeper again, he tries to chip it with his heel past the keeper but puts it wide.
30': Coman puts it well wide across face of goal. Not sure whether it was supposed to be a cross or shot but it was neither.
31': SAVE! Bouncing header kept out by Neuer!
42': SAVE! Mazraoui's shot kicked away by Schwäbe
43': Carstensen miscontrols a cross he's trying to clear and ends up having to clear his own near-own goal
HT FC Köln 0-1 Bayern Munich Kane on the scoresheet again.
46': We're back!
52': Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting pulls down Thielmann
57': Hübers's header goes over the bar.
64': Köln double sub: Faride Alidou and Steffen Tigges on for Dejan Ljubičić and Davie Selke
75': Kane's header glances wide.
77': Big block on Sané's shot to deflect it just wide.
78': Köln triple sub: Denis Huseinbašić, Leart Paqarada and Luca Waldschmidt on for Jan Thielmann, Florian Kainz and Luca Kilian
78': Coman's header hits the bar!!
90+1': Sané loses the ball for a second and Köln launches the counter but Bayern shuts it down quickly.
FT FC Köln 0-1 Bayern Munich Bayern sees out a sleepy second half and Kane gets another goal.
Tuchel-ball is so awful to watch. Can't help but wonder when he's getting sacked because it feels like an inevitability at this point.
What the fuck are you talking about? In the last weeks we see Bayern team that exerts control for the first time since Heynckes or Guardiola. He's doing a better job than all the other hopeful candidates of the last years, be it Ancelotti, Kovac, Flick or Nagelsmann. Of course you're gonna have games where the chances just don't want to go in and you need to be patient and just keep control. That's something we just couldn't do in the last years, it's absurd to see it as a negative now.
Flick!? The guy who won the sextuple? Tuchel lost to Saarbrücken of all clubs. Seems like he's following in the footsteps of his failed predecessors quite well so far. Nagelsmann also didn't have a player like Kane and only got one year of a clearly declining Lewy. Tuchel's time at Bayern will end like every other club he's been at. Considering Bayern has shown an itchy trigger finger to sack managers more than most clubs, I have a feeling it'll be sooner rather than later.
You should check out who Flick's Bayerns lost to in the German cup in his second season.