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 Area. 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 targets proper after halftime had 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 harm, and together with his alternative Sven Ulreich on, Bayern’s protection skilled 5 minutes of insanity by which Zagreb threatened to return 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 targets after halftime. “However we stayed calm and instantly created three huge probabilities. The mentality was there.”

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

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

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

These are simply the membership information. Bayern star Kane scored 4 instances, surpassing Wayne Rooney because the English participant with essentially the most targets in Champions League historical past. Kane has now scored 33 targets within the competitors, and his 4 targets 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 among the finest gamers there was within the recreation. 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 Area? Initially, scoring 9 targets in opposition to any opponent could be very spectacular. However Kompany will, no doubt, take a look at these 5 minutes of insanity after halftime with some concern as a extra certified opponent might need capitalized.

In reality, we nonetheless don’t really know the place this Bayern group is after 5 wins throughout all competitions to begin the season. General, Kompany’s group hasn’t been challenged but this season. The final two video games in opposition to Holstein Kiel and Dinamo Zagreb, specifically, will probably be a great 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 will probably be a much more important problem than Zagreb.

In different phrases, we must see the place Bayern is actually 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 seemed like Bayern’s future for years to return. Certainly, Musiala made one more argument for an enormous contract renewal.

General, the positives outweigh the negatives by a major margin. Finally, Kompany has ensured that his new membership has made essentially the most of what has been, a minimum of on paper, a straightforward begin for his membership this season.