Thomas Mueller Broke VfL Bochum’s Goal, Alphonso Davies Avoid the Nightmare

DBasia.news –  Wednesday (10/30) early morning Western Indonesian Time, Bayern Munich defeated VfL Bochum with a final score of 2-1. This victory was very meaningful for Alphonso Davies and made himself successful in avoiding nightmares.

If Bayern Munich were eliminated from the DFB Pokal event at home to Bochum, Alphonso Davies would have been devastated. Because he made an own goal that makes the host superior. Try sweeping the cross, the ball slid into the goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

Own goals are rare for Bayern in DFB Pokal. Alphonso Davies became the first player to do that in 47 years. Because the previous own goal occurred in the 1971-72 season, precisely in the quarter-finals.

Before the Canadian wunderkind, the last Bayern Munich player to score an own goal at the DFB Pokal event was Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck. His own goal colored 1-5 losses suffered by Die Roten at 1.FC Koeln headquarters in the quarter-final leg II which took place on April 12, 1972. That result also made Die Roten knocked out for a 4-5 aggregate defeat.

Alphonso Davies almost repeated the bitter story of Schwarzenbeck. Bayern Munich must wait until the final seven minutes to get up and turn things around. Serge Gnabry equalized in the 83rd minute. Then, Thomas Mueller sealed Die Roten’s victory just one minute before the fight was over.