Bundesliga

No hole in the Bayern defense

The victory of FC Bayern at FC Augsburg, one notices the Absence of the Central defender not – because the replacement is hardly tested. It also frees itself of the HSV from the cellar table.

The colleagues encourage: Philipp Lahm and co to wear when you Arrive in Augsburg Badstuber-shirts

“Always keep going, never give up, Holger”, had it on a banner in Gästeblock of the Augsburg stadium. Holger Badstuber was everywhere in this Sunday evening. “We are with you, you can do it again”, stood on the Jersey with the number 28, the all Bayernspieler Arriving übergesteift had. Badstuber was everywhere, just not on the square. The defender, in the Abschlusstraining before the appearance of his FC Bayern in Augsburg, an ankle fracture suffered, is the tragic figure at the Champions League. Cruciate ligament rupture in December 2012 – one and a half year break, tendon rupture in September 2014, four months break, muscle tear in April 2015 – well over half a year break and now he will probably be back for at least three months absence.

But it was mostly more of the personal destiny, in Munich, him, moving, it is now the fate of FC Bayern. Because up to this Saturday, he was the last of the Mohicans in the Central Defensive of the Triple-aspirants. So were in the Augsburg game the looks, especially on the defense. On the paper were David Alaba and Joshua Kimmich in the centre, Philipp Lahm and Juan Bernat on the outside. If, however, the 3:1 (1:0)-victory of the Bavarians in Augsburg, Germany, to Test for higher things and wanted to, was disappointed. For according to the Motto “attack is the best defense” was coach Pep Guardiola to storm, what did the stuff.

Double pack with Lewandowski

That in the end only these two goals by Robert Lewandowski (15. and 62. Minute) and Thomas Müller (78.) heraussprangen, was rather the lack of chance conversion of guests to owe for the class of abstiegsgefährdeten Augsburg. Always, when you seriously made, fast played, were the Bavarians also equally dangerous in front of goal to the good, Marvin Hitz, of the some ways undid. Only in the final phase, then came the Bayern defence once just to Swim. As Arturo Vidal, Lahm and Douglas Costa the place has long been abandoned and the Team is mentally already on the way back to the 60 kilometres away, in Munich, was shaking Raul Bobadilla Kimmich and completed to the final result.

Lewandsowskis (number 9), first prank. Later he Saisontor number 21.

Guardiola praised his “new Abwehrtürme” after the game: “you have all of the duels won, play fast forward and backward, full of concentration, it is almost impossible to play better than so much of today”. And captain Philipp Lahm led the even to the position play back: “We were very good from the coaches, but it does us all very very painful, what with Holger Badstuber happened. He is one of us”.

Bayern aim so well without a trained Central defender and new signing Serdar Tasci spent the entire 90 minutes on the bench – the championship meet. An indicator for the Champions League first knockout round tie against Juventus in Turin next week on the 23. February was the match in Augsburg but it is not. Augsburg is already on Thursday against Liverpool FC in the Europa League asked. Then it will not get any easier.

HSV is liberated from the cellar table

In the afternoon had the Hamburger SV three important points in fight against relegation got. Against Borussia Mönchengladbach managed the hamburgers, a 0:1 deficit in a 3:2 (2:1)-victory to turn. Fabian Johnson (14.) had the guests in the lead, balancing half Martin Hinteregger (38.) via own goal with strong and Artema Rudnevs was only three minutes later to 2:1. In the final phase, provided Ivo Ilicevic (80.) the decision, Raphael succeeded in the 88. Minute of the first goal.

Here, you can, again, the chronology of the Sunday games and read.

All of the results and the updated table can be found
here.