Bayern – RB Leipzig, Getty Images December 20, 2024, 11:24 p.m

The previous season under Thomas Tuchel for Bayern Munich was marked by a complete loss of control of the situation in the domestic arena, so when Vincent Kompany took charge of the club before the start of the new campaign he had a lot to work on. And if “Rekordmeister” has already traditionally “refused” from the German Cup due to failure at an early stage, the team’s affairs were much better in the Bundesliga.

Before the start of the fifteenth round, Bayern led the standings, but the advantage of only four points over the current champion, Bayer Leverkusen, did not leave the Munich team in peace. As a result, the home game at the start of Germany’s final football weekend in 2024 against RB Leipzig took on additional strategic significance for the Red Machine. As for the “Red Bulls”, who could question their place in the UEFA Champions League zone in case of failure.

In recent years, a tradition has been formed at the Allianz Arena, as if in a theater – if you are late for the second bell, you have missed everything. And this time he was ready – those spectators who were late for the game missed two goals at once, because in only two starting minutes of the confrontation, the score was changed twice by the efforts of both teams. In fact, everyone played their cards – Bayern turned on the pressure early on and Musial was brought down from Olise’s cross, then RB Leipzig caught their opponents on the counter-attack and Szesko scored from Openda’s pass.

However, the problem was that the home team’s tactics continued to work, but what else interesting was prepared for us by Marco Rose’s team, we never managed to see it, because there were no reasons – Kompany’s team dominated the field and scored for the second time already in the middle of the first half. when Olise’s cross was finished off by Laimer.

It was noticeable that the “Red Bulls” lost control over the situation and cannot break out of the abyss, which their opponents continue to deepen with protracted attacks. Kimmich’s long-range shot from the right in the 36th minute cleared many of the questions in this encounter, although Šeško’s quick-fire goal still kept hope alive that Leipzig could bounce back after the break.

But no, no one came back in this game. On the contrary, Bayern continued to build up the lead, and if the hosts were more careful in the implementation of scoring opportunities, the score would have been simply terrible. He doesn’t really please the guests anyway – we saw two more goals from Sane and Davis in the final quarter of an hour of play, when Leipzig’s defense was already on foot, and Bayern’s attack decided to just give a little holiday to their home fans. But Henrikhs’ injury at the end of the meeting still marred a bright football evening.

In the next round, Bayern Munich will visit Borussia Mönchengladbach, while RB Leipzig will host Werder Bremen.

Bavaria — RB Leipzig 5:1
Goals: Musiala, 1, Laimer, 25, Kimmich, 36, Sane, 75, Davis, 78 — Sheshko, 2

Bavaria: Peretz — Laimer (Pavlovic, 68), Upamecano, Kim Min-jae (Dyer, 83), Davis (Guerreiro, 82) — Kimmich, Gorecka — Oliseh (Tel, 83), Musiala, Sane — Kane (Mueller, 86).

RB Leipzig: Gulachi — Seiwald, Orban, Gertreida (Klostermann, 82) — Heinrichs, Schlager (Kampl, 74), Nusa — Baumgartner, Vermeren (Raum, 82) — Openda, Sesko (Silva, 74).

Warnings: Upamecano, Olisse, Kane, Laimer, Kimmich – Schlager, Heinrichs