65\u2019 \u2014 Jamal Musiala and Jonathan Tah replace Serge Gnabry and Kim Min-jae.<\/p>\n
53\u2019 \u2014 Bayern forgot how to defend and concede yet another goal.<\/p>\n
46\u2019 \u2014 TOR! Luis Diaz immediately impacts the game and scores off the bench<\/p>\n
45\u2019 \u2014 Second half begins. Lennart Karl is taken off for Luis Diaz.<\/p>\n
Both teams have a weird system\u2026of not having a system. All the players appeared to be out of position and it\u2019s causing havoc.Bayern got done over by a soft foul (that doesn\u2019t even remotely look like a foul) but their players get bulldozed and nothing happens. Cool.<\/p>\n
45+5\u2019 \u2014 Manuel Neuer produces yet another brilliant save.<\/p>\n
42\u2019 \u2014 TOR! Serge Gnabry crosses the ball into the Hamburg box and Harry Kane eventually blasts the ball home after a scramble.<\/p>\n
34\u2019 \u2014 The ref calls a silly and soft foul in the box and Hamburg convert the resulting penalty.<\/p>\n
29\u2019 \u2014 Joshua Kimmich has a pop from distance but his shot hits the crossbar.<\/p>\n
24\u2019 \u2014 Manuel Neuer saves a shot from point-blank range.<\/p>\n
23\u2019 \u2014 Hamburg get a yellow card.<\/p>\n
22\u2019 \u2014 Harry Kane shoots from distance but the ball goes wide.<\/p>\n
12\u2019 \u2014 Bayern has seen Michael Olise and Harry Kane upended but nothing given.<\/p>\n
6\u2019 \u2014 The ensuing corner came dangerously close to sailing past Manuel Neuer.<\/p>\n
5\u2019 \u2014 Kim Min-jae and Dayot Upamecano intervene and turn the ball back behind the goal line.<\/p>\n
Lineups are out! Josip Stanisic returns to action, while Jamal Musiala starts on the bench. Luis Diaz is interestingly benched along with Tom Bischof and Hiroki Ito.<\/p>\n
Bayern Munich sealed the deal in the Champions League following a 2-1 win over PSV Eindhoven in the last league phase match before the knockout rounds. Up next for the Bavarians is a visit to Hamburg in the north.<\/p>\n
The Rekordmeister has never dropped points against the Bundesliga\u2019s \u201cdinosaur\u201d in 12 years, and they\u2019ve never lost to them in 17. This is also a Hamburg team that hasn\u2019t won a match of football since December so this should be doable for Bayern.<\/p>\n
Location: Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n
Date: Saturday, 31 January 2026<\/p>\n
Time: 6:30 PM Local time | 12:30 PM EST | 9:30 AM PST<\/p>\n
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