I have grown to despise this match. This is just a glorified friendly for a meaningless trophy, and the only real reward is €3M. I have noticed that whenever we win the Supercup it has a strange effect on the team where they take the rest of the season for granted and finish empty-handed. On the other hand I don't like to lose, especially against Bayern, who might have been galvanized by Gerd Müller's passing. Let's hope none of our players get injured.
I think winning can send a big message. On team news shouldn't Meunier and Brandt be back by now? Apparently Hazard has an ankle injury and is out of the match. For me this is a very important match, because Bayern still have one of the best 11 in the world and they also have strengths that play against our weakness. I want to see how we can cope with the best. To gauge where we need to strengthen and prepare for the CL. I think we can win the league this year even if we have a significantly weaker first 11 than Bayern, because they have no squad. However, I don't think in a one off game we can really go with the best teams in the world unlike last season.
I'm not impressed by Bayern's squad honestly. In terms of skills they are similar to us. In terms of drive, mentality and experience is where they are better. I'm hoping with Rose we can catch up on the mentality side.
Their squad is not impressive, but their first team sure is. Here is a very basic comparison. Neuer>Kobel Davies>Guerreiro Hummels>Suele Akanji> Uppemencano Pavard> Meunier Kimmich >Dahoud Goretzka>Brandt/Bellingham Muller>Reyna Reus>Gnabry Coman>Malen/Hazard Lewandowski >Haaland. It will be good to see tomorrow just how far we are from the top.
Brandt and Meunier will return to the team this week. It's not a friendly, it should be seen as a glorified test game. It was usually the last game before the season really starts to see where you are at. Looking at past games, guys like Sancho definitely had fun beating Munich and we should treat is as a possibility to gain some confidence. So a few of the spots might go to young players (Knauff) or those who didn't really impress so far (Malen).
Mostly agreed.. but I would say: Central defense is key! And we're better there. - Also Kimich vs Dahoud.. they're very different, but Dahoud is definitely the better creator - Coman vs Malen.. we haven't seen Malen yet. - Also if you rearrange, you can say Reus > Muller, and then last year it was Sancho > Gnabry. But agreed that Gnabry would be better than Reyna today. - Finally.. Lewandowski = Haland, at least. Plus Haland has age on his side.
Yeh we had Sancho last year and I agree. Sadly Haaland being younger doesn't really matter for us, because he is leaving. I would also say when Piszczek was rested he was close to Pavard. Fair point about Malen. Last year we were as good as any team out there, but has a poor manager. If you want to look at why Favre was so bad look at Portugal. Their manager managed to win the Euros with the a very weak Portuguese team, playing negative defensive, reserved football. However, he was completely clueless how to get the best of a quality team with the likes of Guerreiro, Neves, Sanchez, Bruno, Ronaldo, Joa Felix, Jota, Bernardo Silva, Moutinho, because he just doesn't know how to deal with such talent. As of now I still think we lack a LP and Sancho replacement.
Kobel Passlack Witsel Akanji Schulz Dahoud Reyna Bellingham Reus Moukoko Haaland I was looking forward to see Moukoko+Haaland together. 2 express trains but mainly through the center while we don't have the agile/fast players to light it up on the wings or wingbacks/fullbacks that are strong in offense. Lineup looks interesting but it doesn't feel like the best setup against Bayern. We might have the numbers against their (superior) midfield but they own the wings.
I missed the first 10 minutes but I like what I've seen the last few minutes. Reus should have converted that opportunity.
0-1 This is very frustrating... Already growing to hate Nagelsmann. We should be able to come back with the current effort but I am worried we won't be able to sustain it all game.
Yes, but Reyna let his man go. Poor play for him. It's been an intense high pressing game, but sloppy. We have especially been sloppy with Reus, Passlack and Dahoud gifting Bayern chances. Reus should have scored his chance. Moukoko has been good and can cope at even this very high level already. Mistakes are mistakes but Passlack as expected is way out of his league. Bellingham and Reyna are out of their depth and actually the second biggest problem not coming back to control the ball. I know it is tough ask on them physically to come inside to get on the ball when we have it, but then run outwide when we lose it, but they are failing to do so.
Yeah, has Nagelsmann always been such a clown on the sidelines? I don't remember him acting like this. Reus and Haaland had good chances but otherwise we lack some composure and precision, partially due to the youth. Too many individual mistakes (Bellingham and Passlack with phases when they struggled), but I like the fire in the team, they won't just roll over. Unfortunately, not much class on the bench. I think Knauff is the type to help in defense against those fast players.
Chances were pretty equal if not slightly to our advantage but their players were able to finish once where ours didn't...
pretty offputting that Gladbach can play them so close and we cant even get on the score sheet against them. Every time I think we are close to them in my mind, it seems we are farther a part than I realize. We are injured in the defense I know, but man we havnt made great strides there in our depth either.
my wife and I intend to take a trip there next year, why the heck are they wearing such heavy coats already in August? Is it that cold already?