Bundesliga: Haaland, BVB promise for the “Classico” – warning of “Long Pantovic”

Bundesliga in the star check
FC Bayern before “Classico” in self-discovery – Haaland comeback makes BVB dream

by Dieter Hoß
11/29/2021, 6:14 am

That’s how the game day went

All results of the 13th matchday, the table and statistics for reading can be found here in star-Ticker.

The excitement of the matchdays

Is that an identity crisis already? In any case, FC Bayern has somehow lost the Mia-san-mia. Nothing that happened in the nine places had such a lasting effect as the farce of an annual general meeting that has been shaking FC Bayern since last Thursday. The meeting, the dispute over the Qatar Airways sponsorship, the vaccination riots – all of this left the club and the team by no means without a trace. The record champion is on the verge of finding himself, has come to a point where he has to decide whether he wants to be an impersonal big city club or a club that is close to the people and fits in well with the “cosmopolitan city with a heart”.

But will it still be possible in the future if you want to play permanently in the concert of the greats? And if not: are the members and fans pulling along? CEO Oliver Kahn announced on Sunday that a new model would soon be presented to the public, still shaken by the meeting. According to the former world-class goalkeeper, the members have already contributed to this model. In general: he wants more dialogue, asserts Kahn. But he also wants success, that’s Bayern DNA. “It was definitely not good for the public image. You don’t have to be an expert,” said Thomas Müller in front of the Sky cameras after the Mühsam win against Bielefeld that the stars are also concerned with which club they will play for in the future will. All of this before the “Classico” on Saturday. There is a touch of tension in the air.

Match day winner

Because with so much Bavarian self-doubt, the Dortmunders can really hope to finally be a real competitor again. For a few hours after their 3-1 win in Wolfsburg, they were able to sniff what it feels like to pass Bayern and be at the top. It should be ready next week. After all, dreaming does not cost anything and is allowed. And the one who keeps the dreams alive around Borsigplatz is Erling Haaland. The Norwegian goal machine is finally back for the “Classico” after a long injury. The 21-year-old didn’t even need ten minutes to mark his next goal – the 50th in the 50th Bundesliga game. Nobody has done that yet. So Haaland is back and he hits straight away. “Erling gives you energy. Erling wanted to play even longer. Then he comes in and scores a goal immediately. That’s the difference he makes. We’re glad he’s back,” said BVB coach Marco Rose. In other words: Without Haaland, BVB is only worth half, but with him it is now fully back. So then: if not now, then when?

Matchday losers

Can a single bad pass turn a career over? Maybe not, but one can gradually worry about Florian Neuhaus. His brilliant bad pass to Mark Uth from Cologne not only ushered in the bitterest derby clap of the foals against the billy goats since 1996 (then 0: 4), he also brought the Gladbach fans against him on a broad front for the first time – as in the social media. It’s just not good to complain about the club’s alleged lack of support and then after an allegedly good and clarifying conversation to build such a goat. Neuhaus has been stuck in the deep for months and his previously brilliant career is stalling. For a long time it was only uphill, Bayern knocked, Liverpool allegedly too, first goals in the national team, but now the 24-year-old has to be happy when he gets playing time with foals that have been lame for some time. Neuhaus would not be the first highly talented talent whose career fails. Sky expert Didi Hamann advised to change clubs. In Gladbach one should rather hope that Neuhaus will get the corner in the foal jersey.

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You should see this gate (again)

When Bochum’s Milos Pantovic scored a goal from no less than 62 meters against Hoffenheim a few weeks ago, it was clear to everyone that the Serb would tell his grandchildren about this goal. Since the 82nd minute in VfL’s game against SC Freiburg, the story has had another chapter for the little ones. Because the Freiburg defender Lienhardt slipped after a long blow, Pantovic grabbed the leather and overcame the Freiburg keeper Flekken, who was far in front of the goal, with an arc lamp – from a good 40 meters! A sensational winner. Jokers later asked whether SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach would soon warn of “Long Pantovic”. Humor in times of pandemics.

Open day

What a wonderful goal spectacle in the Fürth Ronhof. Nine goals don’t happen every day; and certainly not in this division. With the 6: 3 in favor of TSG Hoffenheim at SpVgg Fürth, both clubs entered the list of the 50 highest-scoring games in Bundesliga history. The statistics show nine encounters with nine goals, it was only the third 6: 3. VfB Stuttgart managed the feat in 2008 against Werder Bremen and Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2010 at Bayer Leverkusen. However, the people of Fürth have little joy in all of this. The fact that even three goals are not enough to claim their first win of the season left the Franconians more than just frustrated. Rightly so.

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