On the afternoon of September 13, Bayern challenged newly promoted Cologne away.
This is another showdown full of gimmicks.
Not only because of the rivalry between Sudong and Ibisevic, nor because of Podolski’s encounter with his former club, but more because of Cologne’s head coach Christopher Daum.
Speaking of Daum, I guess many fans don't know him, because his reputation has indeed faded in recent years, but in the years since the turn of the century, Daum was a well-known figure in Germany and even European football.
He was even very close to the head coach of the German national team.
But at the peak of Daum's coaching career, a drug abuse incident was exposed, which completely ruined his coaching career, and the person who broke the news was the current Bayern giant Hoeness.
Back then, when Hoeness first broke the news, many people didn't believe it at all. They even criticized Hoeness for fabricating the news and slandering Daum. However, Daum didn't know what was wrong and chose to undergo the test. The results were found
, boy, Hoeness is right!
This incident caused quite a stir in the Bundesliga at the time, and Daum's coaching career also plummeted. He later had to coach Cologne, but his ability was still extraordinary. This season, he led Cologne to the Bundesliga as the third-placed player in the Bundesliga.
As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.
When Daum faced Bayern, the fight was particularly exciting.
Especially as a newly promoted team, Cologne must try its best in every home game.
With the strength of the Cologne team, their Bundesliga goal is to avoid relegation. If they want to avoid relegation, they have to score as many points as possible in every home game. Therefore, in the game against Bayern, Daum must fight against Bayern whether in public or private.
knock.
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The Cologne team also adhered to the coach's pre-match arrangements and launched a fierce press against Bayern from the beginning of the game.
This team has kept pace with the times and adopted a four-two-three-one style of play, concentrating its forces to strangle in the midfield. It is also playing at home, and it is full of physical fitness. Coupled with Daum's years of training, this team has indeed become a strong team.
It started off very strongly.
Bayern is affected by the absence of Franck Ribery and Robben. In addition, two consecutive weeks of national team games and the first round of the Champions League group stage next Wednesday have seriously divided Bayern's concentration.
The opening is more about control.
One side patiently controlled the game, and the other side pressed hard, and the game situation became a stalemate.
The best chance in the first half occurred in the 33rd minute. Bastian Schweinsteiger sent a direct pass. Su Dong quickly crossed into the right side of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, he forced a breakthrough and then passed the ball low, but the ball was passed from the middle.
Klose, who responded, failed to follow up in time and almost scored.
The first half ended with a score of 0-0. The Cologne team really tried their best at their home court.
But in the second half, Heynckes decisively increased his offensive intensity, especially the two wings of Marcelo and Lahm, who actively moved forward and participated in the wing attack in the frontcourt.
In the 51st minute, when Marcelo broke through with the ball from the left, he caused a foul on the Cologne defender and gave Bayern a chance to take a free kick in the frontcourt.
Bastian Schweinsteiger took the free kick and sent the ball into the Cologne penalty area. Sudong pushed away the defender defending him, jumped up high, and hit the goal with a header, opening the scoring for Bayern.
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After breaking the deadlock, the next game will be much easier to handle.
Heynckes quickly replaced Cologne's Prince Podolski and replaced Klose.
Sure enough, Podolski played more energetically against Cologne.
After just one minute on the field, he cooperated with Modric and sent a direct pass. Modric stopped and passed the ball. After getting rid of the defensive player, he passed the ball low to the front. Su Dong used his speed to decisively intervene.
After grabbing the ball before the defensive player, he hit the ball with a powerful volley in the penalty area, giving Bayern another victory, 2-0!
After scoring twice, Bayern slowed down their offensive appropriately. Especially considering the Champions League in midweek, Bayern has no reason to fight with Cologne.
But Podolski obviously didn't think so, and he played particularly hard.
Before the end of the game, Modric also sent a through ball, which was accurately passed behind the defense. Sudong succeeded in countering offside, rushed into the penalty area, caught up with the ball, and faced the almost disarmed goalkeeper Mond.
Lagon and Sudong attracted the defensive players, and then selflessly distributed the ball to the right side. Podolski caught up with the ball without any defense, and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.
Prince Cologne was so excited that he jumped up.
Who doesn’t want to return home in glory?
Although the whole world knows that Podolski is in an awkward position at Bayern, he may be able to play and score in the game against Cologne. Podolski can be regarded as getting his wish.
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Su Dong scored two shots and passed the ball, Bayern defeated Cologne 3-0 in the away game!
This piece of news quickly spread throughout the German football world, making the media and fans who were originally looking forward to seeing a good show feel disappointed. They were all wilted and listless, and the hype was not enough.
After scoring twice in the last round, he scored twice again in this round. How can anyone chase Su Dong like this?
Although Su Dong has never responded publicly in the media, and all mentions of Ibisevic are full of praise, everyone believes that he must be competitive in his heart, which is what all professional players have.
mentality.
And now, Su Dong has scored twice in a row, played four rounds in the Bundesliga, scored six goals and four assists. Such statistics are outstanding. He is simply trying to defend the Golden Boot Award and the assist king.
ah!
I don’t know if it was influenced by Su Dong’s two goals. Ibisevic, who scored five goals in the first three rounds, failed to score in the home game against Stuttgart on the night of the 13th.
In the end, Hoffenheim drew 0-0 with Stuttgart at home.
After two consecutive rounds, one draw and one loss, Hoffenheim's quality has been clearly tested.
The previous two consecutive victories were more due to the fact that the opponents Hoffenheim encountered were not strong in the schedule. They really encountered strong opponents like Leverkusen and Stuttgart, and the quality of Hoffenheim's newly promoted team was also different.
It was exposed.
In the last round against Pharmaceuticals, Ibisevic was able to score two goals. In this round against Stuttgart, he simply failed to fire, which disappointed the media and fans who were expecting to see him continue to dominate Sudong.
In fact, many media outlets have turned around and believe that Ibisevic's ability has been overestimated.
The day after the game, after Bayern's routine open training session, Su Dong took the initiative to mention Ibisevic in an interview with the media. He thought this was a normal situation.
"He scored five goals in the first three rounds. This report card is already very good. I think everyone should give him more tolerance."
He also reminded Ibisevic not to pay too much attention to these news and discussions in the outside world, but to focus on training and competition, and to be undistracted, so that he can better display his own strength and level.
"I believe that a scorer who can score five goals in the first three rounds will continue to bring surprises and surprises to us in the next league. I am also looking forward to seeing his continued success.
Goal."
Su Dong's remarks won him unanimous praise from the media and fans.
He was not arrogant in victory but not discouraged in defeat, especially when he gave targeted suggestions to Ibisevic, which showed Su Dong's magnanimity.
Especially when reporters asked Su Dong, was he really not worried about being outdone by Ibisevic?
Su Dong smiled and said that he had never cared about this.
"I know that my performance this season has indeed declined slightly compared to before. This is related to my summer preparation and training, but everyone has also seen that I am gradually getting back to my best condition."
Su Dong said that he very much welcomes someone to surpass him in scoring.
"This will give me more motivation!"
Su Dong's suggestion quickly received a response from Ibisevic.
The Bosnia and Herzegovina center expressed his gratitude to Su Dong for his encouragement, and also said that he will continue to work hard to score goals.
"I believe that, whether for me or for all scorers around the world, Su Dong is like a beacon on our way forward, and we will continue to charge towards him!"
This is undoubtedly a great recognition of Su Dong.
The news that the German media was making a fuss about lasted for a month finally ended with the Soviet Union's victory.
But the battle for the top scorer this season has just begun.
The league has only played four rounds.
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Three days later, Bayern faced the Belarusian team BATE Borisov at home.
Robben finally made his official return and appeared in Bayern's lineup, forming a frontcourt trident with Olic and Sudong.
Toni Kroos, Mascherano and Modric form a midfield three.
Less than a minute into the game, Toni Kroos sent a precise through ball. Su Dong succeeded in countering offside. After dribbling the ball into the penalty area, he calmly pushed the ball and scored, one to zero!
The entire Allianz Arena was in complete excitement!
All Bayern fans could not have imagined that the first goal of the new Champions League season would come so quickly.
After that, Bayern launched waves of offensives against BATE Borisov.
In the tenth minute, there was a chance for a corner kick, and Pepe scored with a header, giving Bayern another victory.
In the first half, after Bayern missed consecutive scoring opportunities, they temporarily led 2-0.
In the second half, the side changed and the battle resumed. In the 47th minute, Olic fired a powerful volley from the penalty area. After it was saved by the goalkeeper, Su Dong cleverly picked up the miss and easily scored, 3-0!
In the 64th minute, Su Dong scored again, helping Bayern expand the score to 4-0!
This time it was an assist from Modric.
After scoring a hat trick, Su Dong was quickly replaced by Klose.
Not long after Su Dong came off the field, Robben finally seized an opportunity and scored a goal after missing consecutive opportunities in this game. This was the Dutchman's first goal of the new season.
In the end, Bayern defeated BATE Borisov 5-0 at home.
This battle completely demonstrated Bayern's strong momentum in the new season, and also laid the foundation for the next Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen.
Everyone knows that in the Bundesliga, the only player that can pose a threat to Bayern's championship is Werder Bremen.
Before such an important matchup, Bayern had won consecutive victories, and it could be said that Bayern's morale was high and they had the momentum to overwhelm Werder Bremen.
