Initial reactions and Observations<\/p>\n
Bayern were lucky enough to escape with the win after that closing stage. Inviting pressure is never a good idea, but they did enough to win the match.Parking the bus is still a relatively alien concept to Bayern. They clearly want to perfect it, but they\u2019re still a long way from mastering it.Urbig made several big saves to deny Freiburg an equalizer, and maybe a winning goal<\/p>\n
That\u2019s all, everyone. Huge thanks for sticking around with us. Bayern plays Magdeburg in the DFB-Pokal in midweek and then Der Klassiker at the weekend. Speak to you all in a bit.<\/p>\n
90+5\u2019 \u2014 TOR! Olise pounces on Backhaus\u2019s hesitation and puts the ball in the empty net. Bayern is now 3-1 up, and surely good for the win!<\/p>\n
90+1\u2019 \u2014 Urbig produces a massive save!<\/p>\n
90\u2019 \u2014 Five minutes of stoppage time added on.<\/p>\n
88\u2019 \u2014 Sacha Boey scores in his first game of the season, but he was offside.<\/p>\n
87\u2019 \u2014 Matanovi\u0107 with a free header heads the ball straight at Urbig.<\/p>\n
86\u2019 \u2014 Hiroki Ito comes on for Lennart Karl.<\/p>\n
85\u2019 \u2014 Bayern keep Freiburg out after a dangerous attack.<\/p>\n
83\u2019 \u2014 Vincenzo Grifo hits the wall on his freekick.<\/p>\n
82\u2019 \u2014 Goal. Freiburg score a lucky goal to bring the game to one goal. Bayern still 2-1 up. The goal is credited as a Tom Bischof own goal.<\/p>\n
81\u2019 \u2014 Saibari and Kane shoot bullets at the Freiburg goal, but Backhaus somehow keeps both of them out.<\/p>\n
76\u2019 \u2014 Upamecano heads the ball just over from a corner kick by Olise.<\/p>\n
75\u2019 \u2014 Saibari is forced into a tight angle, his shot is therefore a tame one.<\/p>\n
73\u2019 \u2014 Alphonso Davies replaces Nathaniel Brown.<\/p>\n
69\u2019 \u2014 Brown shoots weakly at Backhaus.<\/p>\n
62\u2019 \u2014 Saibari\u2019s first shot in the game is saved by Backhaus.<\/p>\n
61\u2019 \u2014 Ismael Saibari and Sacha Boey come on for Serge Gnabry and Josip Stanisic.<\/p>\n
59\u2019 \u2014 Urbig collects Igor Matanovi\u0107\u2018s shot.<\/p>\n
57\u2019 \u2014 Harry Kane heads the ball over from an Olise freekick.<\/p>\n
55\u2019 \u2014 Jan-Niklas Beste gets booked for a sliding challenge on Brown.<\/p>\n
52\u2019 \u2014 Upamecano nearly pokes the ball home from a corner kick.<\/p>\n
47\u2019 \u2014 Derry Scherhant shoots the freekick straight at Jonas Urbig, who collects the ball.<\/p>\n
46\u2019 \u2014 Welcome back! The second half has begun.<\/p>\n
Solid game from Bayern so far. The counterattacking scheme has somewhat worked, presumably another system the team is trying out for future use.That was an incredible goal by Dayot Upamecano. Won the ball outside his box, ran up and latched onto Michael Olise\u2019s pass and finished a 1v1. Harry Kane probably taught him a thing or two.Lennart Karl is frustrating to watch at times, and today is one of those times.Konrad Laimer is obviously trying to get used to playing in midfield again after an extended period of playing as a right-back.<\/p>\n
45+3\u2019 \u2014 H\u00f6ler sees Jonas Urbig off his line and tries to shoot from his own half. The ball goes out.<\/p>\n
45\u2019 \u2014 Four minutes of stoppage time added on.<\/p>\n
43\u2019 \u2014 TOR! Serge Gnabry shoots from an impossible angle to put Bayern 2-0 up just before the break.<\/p>\n
42\u2019 \u2014 Gnabry fires WAY over the goal.<\/p>\n
34\u2019 \u2014 Nathaniel Brown\u2019s shot gets saved by Backhaus.<\/p>\n
29\u2019 \u2014 Yuito Suzuki tries his luck from distance, but it goes over.<\/p>\n
27\u2019 \u2014 Serge Gnabry fires wide of the target.<\/p>\n
25\u2019 \u2014 Lucas H\u00f6ler gets a yellow card.<\/p>\n
24\u2019 \u2014 Michael Olise dribbles inside but hits his shot weakly at Backhaus.<\/p>\n
22\u2019 \u2014 Freiburg could not poke the ball home after a scramble inside Bayern\u2019s box.<\/p>\n
16\u2019 \u2014 TOR! After a quick exchange of attacks, Bayern go on the counterattack and Dayot Upamecano of all people finishes 1v1 against Mio Backhaus. Bayern go 1-0 up!<\/p>\n
14\u2019 \u2014 Bayern under pressure from the home side.<\/p>\n
4\u2019 \u2014 The game has resumed.<\/p>\n
1\u2019 \u2014 Not even a minute in, and the game is temporarily suspended because of pyro smoke.<\/p>\n
Kickoff \u2014 LET\u2019S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!<\/p>\n
Lineups are out! Tom Bischof and Konrad Laimer start in midfield, with Nathaniel Brown, Lennart Karl and Jonas Urbig joining the starting XI. Alphonso Davies, Ismael Saibari, and Tim Binder start on the bench.<\/p>\n
Bayern Munich played out a 2-2 draw with Arsenal in the Champions League, an impressive result when you find out that the Bavarians were missing several key players. With their next Champions League match a must-win (and by extension the rest of the group phase games), the Bavarians visit SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n
The team from the Black Forest were off to an impressive start to the season, only halted by a 2-1 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen last week. For them, this is the chance to climb higher in the table. For Bayern, this is a chance to stamp their authority on the rest of the league.<\/p>\n
Location: Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany<\/p>\n
Kickoff: 6:30 PM Local time | 12:30 PM EST | 9:30 AM PST<\/p>\n
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