Status: 18.09.2021 5:17 p.m.
Sané, Kimmich, Gnabry, Lewandowski, Choupo-Moting – each of them was allowed to play at least once at FC Bayern Munich, and in the end even VfL Bochum’s Lampropoulos is on the scorers list – a shooting festival in the Oktoberfest jersey in the Bundesliga with a curious goal at the end .
Three days after the dream start in the premier class at FC Barcelona, the defending champion didn’t give the unfortunate VfL Bochum the slightest chance at 7-0 (4-0). The strong Leroy Sané (17th minute), Joshua Kimmich (27th), Serge Gnabry (32nd) and an own goal by Vasilios Lampropoulos (43rd) made everything clear on Saturday (September 18, 2021) before the break.
“You can be a little amazed at the beginning,” said VfL coach Thomas Reis before the game on “Sky”, “but don’t freeze in awe.” His players didn’t do that at the beginning. Gerrit Holtmann even forced Manuel Neuer to make the first parade of the game (12th).
But Bayern quickly found their way into the game – and scored with their first shot on goal. In Sané’s remarkable free-kick from over 25 meters, the Bochum “wall” looked like an old picket fence. Then the record champions played like unleashed. Lewandowski (22nd) and Gnabry (25th) had more chances before Kimmich increased after a cross from Sané.
Bochum overwhelmed with Munich combined football
Gnabry and Sané (both 30th), who kept pushing inwards from the flanks and looking for the conclusion, had the 3-0 on the foot. Things went way too fast for Bochum in this phase, Bayern were always one or two steps ahead of them. Led by Kimmich and the ex-Bochum Leon Goretzka, the Munich team mostly regained lost balls immediately – and then things really took off.
Gnabry increased after a tempo counterattack over Müller. The 4-0 came when Lampropoulos wanted to save from Lewandowski and goalkeeper Manuel Riemann caught on the wrong foot. “That is terrible for VfL Bochum,” said CEO Hans-Peter Villis about the break result.
No “game of the century” deja vu
In the duel between VfL and FCB there was a 4-0 lead 45 years ago. At that time, however, for the Revierklub. Bayern were even able to turn the clear deficit in the end, winning 6: 5 – the “game of the century”.
But the VfL Bochum did not manage to reverse the trend in the second half, only hit once from offside. After the restart, Robert Lewandowski once again set a Bundesliga record: He scored in the 13th home game in a row (61st). Kimmich (65th) then held his leg in Goretzka’s flank and lifted the ball over Riemann to the left inner post – 6-0.
Curious 7-0 from Choupo-Moting
A good twenty minutes before the end, Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich left the pitch and, after strong performances, were able to relax and watch their teammates’ continued success from the bench. Christopher Antwi-Adjei missed the consolation goal for VfL and headed over the goal.
Instead, Choupo-Moting came to the conclusion for Lewandowski – and that curious: First, Goretzka hammered the ball centrally in front of the goal on Riemann, then Choupo-Moting got one, two, three (!) Chances with the rebound – he failed twice the Bochum goalkeeper, then he threw the ball into the right corner and made the highest Bundesliga defeat of VfL perfect.
Source: sportschau.de