On Saturday evening, the Munich team beat cup winners RB Leipzig 5-3 (3-0) in front of a sold-out crowd in their stadium. Bayern midfielder Marcel Sabitzer won the Austrian duel against Leipzig’s Konrad Laimer, both ÖFB kickers played through.
Led by the strong 19-year-old Jamal Musiala and the accurate new signing Sadio Mané, the record champions dominated events for a long time, but came under pressure again in the final phase. In the 16th participation, the Munich team grabbed the Supercup for the tenth time.
At Bayern, Mané, who came from Liverpool, was the only new signing in the Munich starting XI. The millionaire star defender Matthijs de Ligt, on the other hand, still had to be patient. After the short preparation he was not at 100 percent, said coach Julian Nagelsmann.
So de Ligt saw a strong game from his new team from the bench. For a long time, the people of Munich were more toxic, more aggressive and more technically adept. With high pressing they caused the hosts big problems. It took just 14 minutes before Munich’s first competitive goal of the new season was scored: after an unsuccessful rescue effort by Leipzig, the ball came to Musiala, who shot in from the inside right. Marcel Halstenberg and Laimer, who was courted by Bayern, had not cut a good figure before.
After a cross from Serge Gnabry, Mané (31.) was on the spot where super scorer Robert Lewandowski had always cheered Bayern fans in recent years. The joy was great for Africa’s footballer of the year, who raised his arms, jumped and hugged his teammates. And it got even worse for Leipzig, whose mistakes were punished coldly. The playful Musiala danced out the RB defense and gave Benjamin Pavard the third goal (45th).
RB coach Domenico Tedesco reacted with two quick changes and brought the Spaniard Dani Olmo and striker André Silva into play. The latter was unlucky when his header hit the crossbar (57′). Shortly thereafter, however, the efforts were rewarded by a goal from Halstenberg (59th), when Bayern goalie Manuel Neuer acted unluckily.
Shortly thereafter, RB goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi was able to fend off a shot from Thomas Müller, but Gnabry shot the ball into the net (66th). When Bayern had shifted down a gear, Leipzig still scored two more goals through Christopher Nkunku with a penalty kick (77th) and Olmo after a Laimer template (89th). After that, the Munich team, where de Ligt received some match practice, even had to tremble. Finally, Leroy Sané put the final point (98th).
Source: Nachrichten
