“Vincent Kompany’s team cruised past their opponents in the first half, but almost caused disaster at halftime.”, — write: football.ua
Vincent Kompany’s team cruised past their opponents in the first half, but almost caused disaster at halftime.
Bayern – Borussia D, Getty Images October 18, 2025, 9:28 p.m
And, judging by everything, in the current season we have every chance to see the continuation of the saga of the confrontation of these two outstanding teams for the “silver salad bowl”. Since Bayern, of course, with almost flawless results as of the beginning of the seventh round, led the standings, while Niko Kovač’s team was behind it at a distance of four points, who even on the eve of the game prudently chose the position of the outsider of the pair for his team, so at the Allianz Arena, the “bumblebees” had to do something to surprise the apparently clear favorite.
In view of the first half, which the teams demonstrated, the intrigue desired by all had to be sucked almost out of the finger. Because Bayern simply moved the ice rink over Borussia, and the guests’ only hope was for their own goalkeeper Kobel to protect Niko Kovac’s team from a crushing score even before the break. On the other hand, the “bumblebees” attack did not break through other people’s goals, but could not bring the ball to Neuer’s possession in general.
In the meantime, the hosts created scoring opportunities, but not in one continuous wave, which in the end was probably the reason why we did not see a crushing score on the scoreboard after the first half. But there was at least one goal. And quite simple, unlike all other combinations of Bavaria, which painted near other people’s possessions. In the 22nd minute, Kimmich passed from a corner from the left wing to Kane at close range, and he headed it in.
However, after such an aggressive and dominant first half, Kompany’s team jumped on the rake that had already hit them throughout this campaign. The second half in Bavaria turned out to be not just mediocre, but such that it threatened to deprive the hosts of a full set of points at the end of the match. And if Nmecha or Adeyemi had carefully approached the realization of their own scoring opportunities…
And so — Kompany’s team somehow crossed this dangerous period, after which Kovacs made a substitution with the appearance on the field of Job Bellingham, whose first action was a productive error in his own goalkeeping. He tried to kick Diaz’s cross from the left flank far away, but it turned out that he first stopped the ball, then slipped on a flat spot, and when he tried to kick far away in a panic, he hit straight at Olisa, who read this episode with a very cool head in the tackle.
However, in a situation where Bayern had to simply bring the match to a victorious conclusion, Allianz Arena was once again made nervous. Another double substitution from Kovacs, this time played in the right direction, and in the 85th minute, Ryerson’s pass from the right wing was closed by Brandt with almost the first touch of the ball on the near side. And the “bumblebees” would like this goal to be extended, but not this time.
In the next round, Bayern Munich visit Borussia Mönchengladbach, while in midweek host Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League, while Borussia Dortmund travel to Copenhagen in Denmark before hosting Cologne.
Bavaria — Borussia D 2:1
Goals: Kane, 22, Olise, 79 — Brandt, 85
Bavaria: Neuer – Boi (Bischof, 84), Upamecano, Ta, Laimer – Kimmich, Pavlovich (Kim Min-jae, 90+2) – Olisse, Kane, Diaz – Jackson (Goretska, 61).
Borussia D: Kobel — Anton, Schlotterbeck, Sule (Bensebaini, 46) — Ryerson, Zabitzer (Bellingham, 73), Gross (Brandt, 84), Nmecha, Svensson — Girassi (Silva, 83), Adeyemi (Bayer, 74).
Warning: Lymer — Ryerson, Anton, Bensebaini