DBasia.news – Bayern Munich showed their superiority over Borussia Dortmund in a match titled Der Klassiker. Playing at the Allianz Arena in the 28th week of Bundesliga, Bayern won 5-0 and now sit at the top of the standings.
The 100th Der Klassiker in the duel of two teams fighting for the Bundesliga title starts at the Allianz Arena. Niko Kovac applied a 4-2-3-1 tactic and reserved James Rodriguez, Leon Goretzka and Franck Ribery.
While Lucien Favre in the stronghold of Borussia Dortmund down with a 4-3-3 formation. Marco Reus, Jadon Sancho, and Jacob Bruun Larsen became a mainstay on the front lines to try to bang on Bayern’s defense.
Two great opportunities have been created by both teams at the beginning of the match. However, the hosts took the lead on the 10th minute when Mats Hummels headed the ball from the corner which Thiago Alcantara took. The position changed to 1-0.
The goal seemed to undermine the Dortmund’s spirit of play. Bayern coldly destroyed Dortmund with three other additional goals created in the first half. Seven minutes after the first goal, Robert Lewandowski scored an additional goal.
The Polish striker grabbed the ball from a Dan-Axel Zagadou blunder, the Dortmund defender, then controlled the ball and fired a scissor kick from 25 meters. Roman Burki could not prevent it.
Bayern’s 2-0 advantage forced Dortmund to more aggressively attack to score. But the game actually provoked Bayern to counterattack and add to the coffers of their goals.
Sure enough, Bayern went ahead 4-0 in the first half through two additional goals scored by Javi Martinez and Serge Gnabry. Martinez scored with a rebound ball from Burki’s ward, while Gnabry grabbed Thomas Muller’s cross bait.
Bayern can be said to have won three points when the game was left for 45 minutes of the second half – the first half ended with a 4-0 for Bayern’s advantage.
Favre tried to change the composition of his squad by playing Julian Weigl and Mario Gotze in the second round. However, Bayern, who have won 4-0, wisely played the tempo of play when they had the ball and defended well when the opponent tried to score.
Kovac included Franck Ribery, Leon Goretzka and Renato Sanches in the second half replacing Martinez, Muller and Kingsley Coman. Bayern really played in their best condition in this fight. Dortmund is not given the opportunity to build an attack.