First there was disgraceful trouble about the controversial penalty scenes between Bayern and Gladbach. Then followed the appearance of the black and yellow gate-thunder god named Haaland with his wild men from BVB. The season opener was definitely a success.
That’s how the game day went
Excitement of the day
The fan soul was boiling. No, not from Bayern, but from Gladbach and all neutral viewers. As far as we can lean out of the window here. Two non-whistled penalties for Gladbach in the final phase of the opening game (1: 1) on Friday evening, clear disadvantage for Borussia, which could have won the game if referee Marco Fritz had more guts and had reached the level of his referee colleagues at the European championship . But he doesn’t. And the first excitement of the new season was – of course – the video assistant in the Cologne basement. Gasping, huge mess. It is and remains a misery. To calm the nerves: The accusation that football is becoming more and more controlled, technical, and colder because of the technical aids has been refuted by the Cologne basement. Football remains unpredictable and there are still wrong decisions. Let’s just be partial to the returned spectators, a great opening game and the fact that the Bayern defense seemed quite disoriented overall. Something’s going on for the other teams (see below).
You should see this gate (again)
This column should do without Erling Haaland in the future, so that other football players still have a chance to be mentioned here. Seriously: Erling Haaland accumulated five scorer points in the game against Eintracht Frankfurt (two goals, three assists) – that’s pretty impressive. His first goal against Frankfurt to make it 3-1 is an example of this result of speed, power and precision. Player. He flicked the ball away from Ilsanker’s toe in midfield, sprinted in and netted safely. A typical Haaland.
Match day winner
The power-switching-pressing football that BVB showed against the overwhelmed Eintracht made us want more. It was somewhat reminiscent of heavy metal football under Jürgen Klopp. With Haaland and the congenial Marco Reus, the offensive tips showed themselves in a dazzling early form. You get the impression that the new coach Marco Rose and BVB are a good match. For the fight at the top, it would be very good if the black and yellow players play a somewhat more continuous season and not repeatedly afford longer periods of weakness.
Loser of the game day
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is back in the Bundesliga and got one on the lid right away. It was 1: 5 in the end against a highly superior VfB Stuttgart. A season opener for a newcomer can’t go any worse. The defense showed a desperate performance at times. But sometimes such an early damper can work wonders. The Fürth now definitely know that they actually play in the top division.
Picture of the game day
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