The Schalk in the eyes: Xabi Alonso after his Sunday shot on Tuesday night
At least after the final whistle, there was a bit of gloss in the Munich Arena. With a Christmas laser show at the end of the last home game of the year Bayern viewers tried then still enchant. At 1: 0 victory against the previously SV Darmstadt had 98 the champions failed
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In the second round Although continued the favorite against outsiders by this but only with great difficulty. Darmstadt managed long to prevent the Bayern on combining. It took an art shot by Xabi Alonso in the 40th minute to not to bring the Munich Christmas peace at risk. The Spaniard scored the only goal of the day, securing his team so the quarter-finals.
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Unlike the other Bundesliga new boys, the FC Ingolstadt who tried last Saturday with its own resources, an early pressing to stop the champions, who defended Hesse initially in his own half with two compact rows. “That’s more than David and Goliath. With not think of a comparison, how big the miracle if we get stuck “, the Darmstadt coach Dirk Schuster had said before traveling to Munich.
The Munich joy large, even if only a goal is scored – but it was just a particularly beautiful Photogallery
He had the face of hopelessness, to reach the quarter-finals, the possibly injured Jan Rosenthal and Luca Caldirola rather left at home in order to save for the important to the relegation in the fight Bundesliga match on Sunday in Mönchengladbach.
If even a chance, but then at least as much as possible out of trouble. They succeeded the intestinal dwellers, who have never won a competitive match against the champions, first admirably. For Munich this penultimate game of the year was a game of patience, because only rarely existed in the well-ordered defense of Hessen is a gap, and when the ball the way on the way into the box once not got stuck on the many-legged Darmstadt-defense, lacked the precision in the final.
So Kingsley missed in the initial phase from close range twice the target. After ambitious beginning flattened the fray. The actions of FC Bayern lacked the wit, and the “lilies” dared after 20 minutes even more and more to leave their own half, not only in possession, but also to the opponent to attack early.
Probably Bayern coach Pep Guardiola began to think already, how he could bring some life into his team again in the break because Xabi Alonso saw a first in the mid-term is no longer possible held climax. A corner kick, the ball landed at the Spaniard who just over 25 meters not decided to use a passport into the depths in front of goal, but for just once to pop – and he met in the upper left corner. The guide was like a little wake-up call for Bayern, because almost would Robert Lewandowski the 2 before the break. 0 succeeded, but his header landed the post
The fact that the game in the second half was a bit more cheerful, was mainly due to Darmstadt, which is now at least a couple of times the Munich defense busy, but without providing risk. The urge of Bayern to score a second goal, Guardiola was still not big enough, he brought the football artist Thiago and sent Arturo Vidal for showering.
A lot could also no longer cause the Spaniards, but at least there was a nice bicycle kick from Coman inside the box and a near-goal by Philipp Lahm; it would have been his second goal in four days; before the choreographers of FC Bayern made for an atmospheric finale.
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