De Ligt avoids trouble before going to the Union

To avoid concerns like the one that occurred on Tuesday, T.IO’Shell lined out in a very offensive eleven (4-1-4-1), with Kimmich as the sole pivot, and Gnabry as a false nine. In between, Mane, Müller, Musiala and Sanneh switched positions to create chaos in Freiburg’s defence. Davies and Cancelo, on both sides, added two more players in almost every attack in the opposition area. With such an overwhelming disposition and beginning, It was a miracle that Freiburg survived the first 45 minutes. Gnabry, Musiala, Sané, Pavard and Mané all came close to making it 0-1, but Flekken, the post or a defender on the line prevented the Munich team from taking the lead. Just before the break, Davies came close to giving Tuchel a heart attack. In Freiburg’s only dangerous play, Duane ended up finishing Gregoric’s cross onto the post before the deadpan gaze of the Canadian, who only needed to put a rug on the Japanese wing. Tuchel’s face as he made his way to the locker room did not herald Davis’ calm first half.

injury and controversy

As football is so unpredictable, with so many attacking players at Bayern Munich, the one who ended up opening the box was central defender, De Ligt. The Dutchman received an unstoppable Pepinazzo ball from 25m that was opening up and ended up sneaking through the team. The great goal. A minute later, the controversy arrived. Ginter jumped to the ground and threw the ball to Müller inside the area, but the referee reasoned that his arm, without support, was in a normal position when sliding. Having become accustomed to the penalties given in Spain, the decision not to whistle the maximum penalty seemed scandalous.

With the advantage already on the scoreboard, Bayern allowed Freiburg to take a step forward. With spaces to run Tuchel’s teams have always been dangerous and with bullets like Mané, Sané or Davies the options for planting themselves in the opposing area in a few seconds is pretty high. While Sane and Gnabry forgave the counter, Sommer kept a clean sheet for Bayern with some miracles that Neuer deserved.

In the end, the Swiss goalkeeper’s save and De Ligt’s goal were enough to give Bayern three points in a match in which they had chances to score. The victory keeps Tuchel’s team leaders in the German League, a position that allows them to reach the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at the Etihad Stadium against City in high spirits.