He struggled in the first, but… stepped on the gas and “cleaned up” in the second half of the away match against Galatasarai the Bayern Munich!
The Bavarians took the lead in the 8th minute with Comanbut then struggled, threatened on several occasions and leveled with a well-timed penalty by Icardi at 30′, before dominating the second half, taking the three-point win (3-1)thanks to the goals of Kane (73′) and Musiala (79′), making it 3/3 and now “touching” not only the qualification to the “16” phase of this year’s Champions League, but also the first place in the 1st group.
Balanced at the start of the match, with the Bayern to take the lead in the first good chance he created (8′), after a pass by Sane, a wrong tackle by Karatas and an ideal end of the phase by Coman. However, Galatasaray reacted immediately, with Ulreich to deny equalization to Akturkoglou with an impressive operation, a minute later.
Finally, the hosts managed to equalize in the 30th minute, with Icardi to take a penalty from Kimich and to execute well ala… Panenka, while in the 39th minute the Argentinian striker had a header, before Ulreich stopped Akturkoglou again in the 45th minute, this time at 4-a-4.
The picture of the match was different in the second half, with the Bayern to take possession of the ball and gradually increase the pace, dominating and missing many opportunities in front of her opponent’s goal. Finally, the German champions took the lead again in the 74th minute, after a very nice collaboration between Mazrawi, Musiala and Kane, with the English striker sending the ball into the net from close range. The final 1-3 formed in the 79th minute with a great shot o Musialawhile until the end she had several more opportunities to extend her lead even more.
So, Bayern took her her third win in as many games which he has given so far in the 1st group, taking a very important step towards qualifying as the first, in the “16” phase.
The results of the 3rd matchday in the 1st group:
Galatasaray-Bayern Munich 1-3
(30′ pen. Icardi – 8′ Coman, 73′ Kane, 79′ Musiala)
Manchester United-Copenhagen (22:00)
The next matchday (8/11):
Bayern Munich-Galatasaray (22:00)
Copenhagen-Manchester United (22:00)
The standings of the 1st group:
Source: Sport Fm
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