Bayern Munich Makes History In 9-2 Champions League Win Over Zagreb

It’s a victory of historic proportions. On Tuesday, Bayern Munich beat Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 to open its Champions League marketing campaign at a sold-out Allianz Enviornment. Harry Kane (19’ pen., 57’, 73’ pen., and 78’ pen.), Raphaël Guerreiro (33’), Michael Olise (33’ and 61’), Leroy Sané (85’) and Leon Goretzka (90’) scored for Bayern. Bruno Petkovic (49’) and Takuya Ogiwara (50’) scored for Dinamo Zagreb.

The 2 Dinamo Zagreb objectives proper after halftime have been maybe the one matter of concern for Bayern Munich on what was in any other case an ideal night. At halftime, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer needed to come off with an damage, and along with his substitute Sven Ulreich on, Bayern’s protection skilled 5 minutes of insanity wherein Zagreb threatened to come back again into this match.

“We nonetheless must work on that,” Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany mentioned to German tv after the sport when requested concerning the two fast objectives after halftime. “However we stayed calm and instantly created three large possibilities. The mentality was there.”

Seven minutes after Zagreb made it 3-2, Bayern Munich restored the two-goal lead because of a phenomenal strike by Kane. 4 minutes later, the outdated steadiness was restored when Olise scored his second of the night.

“In the long run, it is concerning the three factors, the 9 objectives we scored, and the actual fact we received,” Kompany mentioned. The vitality was good; the gamers loved themselves on the pitch. We conceded twice as a result of we have been a step too late as a workforce, however we confirmed a response, and it was an excellent night for us.”

That’s maybe a little bit of an understatement. The truth is, Bayern broke a number of data on Tuesday. The Munich-based membership grew to become the primary workforce within the Champions League period to attain 9 objectives in a single sport. The 11 objectives scored by each groups additionally mark essentially the most objectives in a single match since Dortmund’s 8-4 win over Legia Warsaw all the best way again within the 2016/17 season.

These are simply the membership data. Bayern star Kane scored 4 occasions, surpassing Wayne Rooney because the English participant with essentially the most objectives in Champions League historical past. Kane has now scored 33 objectives within the competitors, and his 4 objectives tonight imply he’s already midway to his eight-goal tally from final season.

“Everytime you’re in a dialog with Wayne Rooney, it means you are doing one thing nicely,” Kane mentioned to UEFA after the match. “He is one of many biggest English gamers and probably the greatest gamers there was within the sport. It is a good achievement.”

With all that in thoughts, what can we take away from one other superb Champions League night on the Allianz Enviornment? Before everything, scoring 9 objectives towards any opponent may be very spectacular. However Kompany will, no doubt, have a look at these 5 minutes of insanity after halftime with some concern as a extra certified opponent may need capitalized.

The truth is, we nonetheless don’t actually know the place this Bayern workforce is after 5 wins throughout all competitions to start out the season. Total, Kompany’s workforce hasn’t been challenged but this season. The final two video games towards Holstein Kiel and Dinamo Zagreb, specifically, can be a good distance off from the opponents Bayern will face within the coming weeks.

With that in thoughts, Bayern Munich’s first actual take a look at will come on matchday 5 within the Bundesliga when it faces Leverkusen. Within the Champions League, Aston Villa can be a much more vital problem than Zagreb.

In different phrases, we should see the place Bayern is really at. However there are additionally a number of positives. Each Jamal Musiala and Aleksandar Pavlovic had excellent video games. The attacking and central midfielder managed the sport and appeared like Bayern’s future for years to come back. Certainly, Musiala made yet one more argument for an enormous contract renewal.

Total, the positives outweigh the negatives by a big margin. Finally, Kompany has ensured that his new membership has made essentially the most of what has been, at the very least on paper, a simple begin for his membership this season.