After more than 13 years, FC Bayern Munich was once again a guest at the Millerntor and of course it was sold out. Our team faced an extremely difficult task against the leaders who were the only team still undefeated in the league. Head coach Alexander Blessin had to make one change compared to the 2-0 away win in Hoffenheim: Lars Ritzka started in place of the injured Philipp Treu. At FCB, last in the league with a 3-0 home win against Union Berlin, coach Vincent Kompany made four changes during the week after the 1-0 home win against Benfica Lisbon in the Champions League. The game was then rung in with a joint choreo by the FCSP fans in the south stand and the Bayern fans in the north stand.
Bayern took control of the game early on, but in the early stages they repeatedly looked in vain for gaps in the brown-white defensive combination. When Oladapo Afolayan was able to overcome Dayot Upamecano on the left and bring the ball sharply into the penalty area, a murmur went through the Millerntor. But Manuel Neuer was wide awake and on the ball ahead of Morgan Guilavogui (7th). Not always, but again and again, our boys received applause from the stands for winning duels and successful actions with the ball. Then the record champions for the first time: Following a free kick, Jamal Musiala was able to shoot from 17 meters, but Nikola Vasilj grabbed it safely (14th). Shortly afterwards, the guests came dangerously in front of the goal again, but after a through pass and a cross pass from Leroy Sané, our boys were able to clarify the situation as a collective (16th).
Our team was by no means hiding; in fact, it even established itself in half of Bayern. Following a corner, several Kiezkickers narrowly missed the ball (20th). It felt like FCB took the lead out of nowhere: Musiala won the ball almost 30 meters in front of the FCSP goal, put it in front of him again and shot from 25 meters. Vasilj stretched in vain, the ball touched the bottom edge and fidgeted in the net – 0:1 (22nd). Shortly afterwards, Musiala passed back to Harry Kane, whose 18-meter shot passed the top right (24th).
The deficit had a brief effect, after a corner Karol Mets then finished in the Bayern penalty area, he put the ball past the top right of the FCB box from ten meters – a shame (29th). The Munich team came through in the first half They had almost 70 percent possession of the ball, but they did very little with it. Our team held up really well defensively and occasionally made pinpricks. Kurt before the break, Bayern ran the ball quickly and Sané had the chance to make it 2-0 from eight meters, but the Mets were just able to block (41'). Not much later the half-time whistle blew.
During the half-time break, the FCSP fans commemorated the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 9th and 10th, 1938 with a choreo (“No Forgiveness, No Forgetting”). Among other things, the former St. Pauli player Selig Cahn, who died in 1942, was also remembered was murdered in Auschwitz.
After the break, things continued on the pitch without any substitutions. The record champions were visually clearly superior after the break, but by far the best offense in the league did not find the right means against the compactly defending Kiezkicker. After Upamecano's cross, Kane sent a header from eight meters just past the right post (52'). Our team was able to successfully keep Bayern away from their own goal, but their own attacking efforts often ended at the halfway line because Bayern also defended well.
Then our boys won another corner and it could have been dangerous. Guilavogui passed the ball, which was initially blocked, to the free-standing Johanes Eggestein, but the ball reception failed – a shame (64th). Shortly before the final quarter of an hour began, Blessin made his first change: Robert Wagner replaced Oladapo Afolayan (74'). Shortly after the change, Sané broke through to the right, but he was initially stopped by the Mets and Wahl. But Sané was able to pass it back to Goretzka, whose shot was taken by Vasilj in the follow-up (75th). A little later, Vasilj defused a treacherous shot from Sané (78').
Then the second change for us: Andreas Albers came on for Johannes Eggestein (80th). Were our Kiezkickers able to pull off another one in the final minutes and reward themselves for their strong performance against the overwhelming favorites? Unfortunately no. The Munich team, who missed the chance to make a preliminary decision twice through Musiala (85th) and Kane (89th), defended their lead and ended up just narrowly at the Millerntor. Even though our Kiezkickers had to leave the pitch as losers, they received lots of applause from their fans for a strong performance.
10th matchday: FC St. Pauli vs. FC Bayern Munich
FC St. Pauli
Vasilj – Wahl, Smith (88th Batter), Mets – Saliakas, Irvine, Boukhalfa (88th Sinani), Ritzka – Afolayan (74th Wagner), Eggestein (80th Albers), Guilavogui
Head coach: Alexander Blessin
FC Bayern Munich
Neuer – Guerreiro (69. Laimer), Upamecano, Kim, Davies – Kimmich, Goretzka (82. João Palhinha) – Sané (82. Olise), Musiala (90. Müller), Coman (69. Gnabry) – Kane
Head coach: Vincent Kompany
Tor: 0:1 Musiala (22.)
Yellow cards: Guilavogui, Saliakas, Co-Traineer Németh / Kim, Laimer
referee: Timo Gerach (Landau)
spectators: 29,546 (sold out)
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Photos: FC St. Pauli / Witters
