Leroy Sané shines as a joker in Bayern’s win against Benfica and makes up for a bad day from Michael Olise. Those responsible for Bavaria are happy about the bank options, which are also attractive for future tasks.
It’s a nice luxury to be able to substitute Leroy Sané in a game.
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After a long battle with recurring performance problems, the winger has only played one competitive game over 90 minutes so far this season, otherwise he has always come off the bench – but he also demonstrated how valuable he is in the role of a joker on Wednesday evening in the 1-0 win. Demonstrate success in the Champions League over Benfica Lisbon.
Leroy Sané earns applause from Kompany
In the 56th minute, Sané was replaced by coach Vincent Kompany for Michael Olise (who was unusually weak on Wednesday).SPORT1-Grade 5). Sané’s thirst for action was quickly apparent; less than ten minutes after his substitution, the right winger hit a remarkable long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area onto the visitors’ goal. Kompany received applause for the action.
A little later, Bayern scored the decisive goal of the evening in the form of Jamal Musiala (67th) – and Kompany also attributed it to the revival that Sané had brought into the game. “I am of course very happy that I have the quality of Leroy,” enthused Kompany afterwards DAZN: „Today Leroy turned the game around.”
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In the SPORT1-Individual criticism, Sané earned a grade of 2. In this form, Sané looks ready to return to the starting line-up – where there is the usual tough competition on the offensive wings with Olise, Kingsley Coman and Serge Gnabry.
Friend raves about Bayern’s offensive
Whenever Sané actually returns to the starting eleven, he will still be out of the DFB team during the international break and can continue to recover. Bayern’s sporting director Christoph Freund is happy about the prospect of being able to continue to count on strong outside players from the bench, especially when someone else is having a bad day.
“It is of course a great strength of ours that we have a really good bench and that we can always bring fresh impetus. Leroy did it today,” emphasized the Austrian on Wednesday in the mixed zone.
Joshua Kimmich made a similar statement: “As she (Sané und Coman, Anm. d. Ed.) came in, they made very good decisions. That helped us a lot. The other two (Olise and Gnabry) did a little bit of preparatory work and worked on the opponent for 60 minutes. And then it’s great for us if you can add two outside players like that.”
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Kimmich: “You have to swallow it”
The DFB star drew the comparison from his own experiences as a full-back. “If you go against Michael or Serge for 60 minutes and then Kingsley or Leroy come in – you have to swallow. That definitely gave us a real push from the bench today.”
Freund also emphasized that it is not so easy for the opposing team when wingers of such caliber are substituted: “That is a great strength over the course of the season and you can already tell.”
National and international competition can see it as a threat.
