Much was recently discussed whether Vincent Kompany always made the right personnel decisions. In any case, the FC Bayern coach did not give any reason to criticize, after all, two of his substitutes hit, but it was not enough for his team against Borussia Dortmund. Four days after the Champions League defeat against Inter Milan, the Munich team had to satisfy themselves in the Bundesliga with a 2-2 against the club from Westphalia with the former Bayern coach Niko Kovac. Not much happened on the other side. The situation at the top of the table is like before this match day: the Munich leaders lead to six points and 25 goals ahead of Leverkusen. Thomas Müller spoke of a “game of the missed possibilities”, but found: “We got a little closer to the championship.” “The mentality, the faith is there” Bavaria coach Kompany spoke of “mixed feelings”, but in the end it is important that “we are also six points ahead of Leverkusen”. When looking at Milan, the 1-2 deficit that the Munich people have to catch up to keep the chance of the final Dahoam, the confidence predominates. “Of course everything is not perfect at the moment, but the mentality, the belief is there.” The astonishing was that Bayern coach Vincent Kompany did not rotate vigorously with a view to the quarter-final second leg in the Champions League, but his colleague Niko Kovac. After the 0: 4 at FC Barcelona, the BVB has little chance of moving into the round of the last four and could therefore put all the strength on the rest of the Bundesliga season to be internationally again in the coming season. Performed without a hit: Bayern-Stürmer Harry Kane (left) Epaaber Dortmund started with five fresh players who started with just one change compared to Tuesday: Raphael Guerreiro stood in the starting eleven – and was greeted loudly by the fans. Kingsley Coman and Aleksandar Pavlović were back in the squad, but the two were out of the question for a mission from the start. Rather Joao Palhinha or Serge Gnabry, but both had not necessarily imposed on each other. “We are not lacking in motivation,” the Bayern coach was certain, but the energy was initially not big enough, so that it may not necessarily be sustainably annoyed by the Dortmund, which is equipped with the highest confidence after the bankruptcy in Barcelona. The Munich team lacked speed in their attacks. In the statistics of the first half, 13 goal shots of Bayern were recorded, but only three of them were dangerous. In the 20th minute, Müller flanked from the right over the defense in front of the second post, where Harry Kane came to the shot, but failed due to Dortmund’s goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. The second good opportunity resulted from a counterattack. “In the end, the effectiveness was not the one we imagined” Min-Jae Kim had prevented a Dortmund attack and played the ball into the opposing half, where Michael Olise ran him, stormed onto Dortmund’s goal, but did not make a decisive factor enough, so that Kobel could clarify. And number three was a massive spacer shot by Kane, which the BVB goalkeeper drained with difficulty over the crossbar. “In the end, the effectiveness was not the one we imagined,” said Müller self -critically and Dortmund? There wasn’t much for a half – but then the team used a capital mistake from Kim. After a cross from Julian Rerson, the South Korean lost sight of Maximilian Beier in his back and had it headed for Dortmund from a short distance from the surprising 1-0 lead for Dortmund. Shortly afterwards Kim was replaced, possibly less because of his error, but rather because the central defender has been playing with Achilles tendon complaints for weeks. This time, however, Kompany waived the defense completely like on Tuesday against Inter Milan, he brought Guerreiro for the left defense, Josip Stanisic moved into the central defense. This was initially primarily due to BVB, which now sensed his chance. “The team felt a bit gripped at the honor and put everything in the second half,” said BVB managing director Lars Ricken. A just under a quarter of an hour were closer to the Dortmund closer to the second goal than the Munich team. But FC Bayern recovered from the deficit. At first Guerreiro achieved the equalization (65th) with the active support of Müller, who finished the ball in the penalty area, and only four minutes later the substitute Gnabry turned the game with the 2-1. First off. Because Dortmund came back again – through Waldemar Anton, who pushed the ball after a corner from a short distance to 2: 2 over the line. A few chances followed on both sides, but no more goal in this in the second half.
