Bundesliga Bulletin Volume 1 - What the Heidel, kids outsmart Boszball and how Hertha blunted Bayern's attack
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Bundesliga Bulletin Volume 1 Headlines: Bayern catch BVB, but the kids outsmart Boszball A heavily-rotated Bayern side - Hummels was out with a cold again, Thiago started on the bench alongside Thomas Müller and Kingsley Coman - did just enough to overcome a highly unpleasant Hertha XI to beat the visitors in the Bundesliga for the first time since September 2016. Yes, as crazy as that sounds the last time FCB overcame BSC, Xabi Alonso and Philipp Lahm were still playing, while the Berlin side gainfully employed legends like Julian Schieber, Sami Allagui and Valentin Stocker, not to mention also starting Alexander “Essias” Esswein and Liverpool ambassador Allan de Souza. There were a couple of reasons for Bayern needing a Javi Martínez header and less than stellar positioning by the usually excellent Rune Jarstein to win 1-0. As a side note, how crazy is that of all people, much-maligned Javi Martínez puts in a MOTM performance vs Liverpool, then wins a game that could decide the Bundesliga title IN THE SAME WEEK? First, the difficulties of Bayern’s ball progression in Kovac’s less than ideal structure have been well-documented and were certainly not helped by not starting Thiago and using Leon Goretzka as a number 6. While some of this is definitely affected by the excellent Hertha press, the difference in progressing the ball into the opposition half, let alone the final third, is simply staggering.
Bundesliga Bulletin Volume 1 - What the Heidel, kids outsmart Boszball and how Hertha blunted Bayern's attack
Bundesliga Bulletin Volume 1 - What the…
Bundesliga Bulletin Volume 1 - What the Heidel, kids outsmart Boszball and how Hertha blunted Bayern's attack
Bundesliga Bulletin Volume 1 Headlines: Bayern catch BVB, but the kids outsmart Boszball A heavily-rotated Bayern side - Hummels was out with a cold again, Thiago started on the bench alongside Thomas Müller and Kingsley Coman - did just enough to overcome a highly unpleasant Hertha XI to beat the visitors in the Bundesliga for the first time since September 2016. Yes, as crazy as that sounds the last time FCB overcame BSC, Xabi Alonso and Philipp Lahm were still playing, while the Berlin side gainfully employed legends like Julian Schieber, Sami Allagui and Valentin Stocker, not to mention also starting Alexander “Essias” Esswein and Liverpool ambassador Allan de Souza. There were a couple of reasons for Bayern needing a Javi Martínez header and less than stellar positioning by the usually excellent Rune Jarstein to win 1-0. As a side note, how crazy is that of all people, much-maligned Javi Martínez puts in a MOTM performance vs Liverpool, then wins a game that could decide the Bundesliga title IN THE SAME WEEK? First, the difficulties of Bayern’s ball progression in Kovac’s less than ideal structure have been well-documented and were certainly not helped by not starting Thiago and using Leon Goretzka as a number 6. While some of this is definitely affected by the excellent Hertha press, the difference in progressing the ball into the opposition half, let alone the final third, is simply staggering.