2: 1 in Hamburg – hard work for Bavaria – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

The discussion about the “lame duck” Pep Guardiola should go. With much effort and very little splendor of FC Bayern Munich won on Friday night for the first league game after coach Guardiola the announced departure in the summer. At home weak Hamburger SV, Bayern could for the 2: 1 victory rely on Robert Lewandowski; get him both goals for the 16th win of the season. In between, the HSV had thanks to Alonso’s own goal equalized.

“In the first half we had everything under control, then we slept a bit. Luckily we still won. Today three points were important, “said Bavaria’s double-scorer Lewandowski. It is “Suck” HSV coach Bruno Labbadia said: “So cheap goals that we conceded today.”

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So a stalemate at the Bayern game against the defensive and largely harmless Hamburger never came. Anyway, the sovereign leaders won the opener of the last half of the season under his idiosyncratic coach. Bitter was the violation Jerome Boateng: The national team had the beginning of the second half to be replaced. The HSV lost for the third time in succession and now has points in Stuttgart and against Cologne in order to avoid the relegation zone. All, however, the performance was better than 0:. 5 in the first leg

From Hamburg view had been resolved, the three most important players before kickoff. Both Pierre-Michel Lasogga and Johan Djourou and Gojko Kacar ran on; all three were struck – particularly Lasogga just risked a lot with his battered, but unoperated right shoulder. The absence of Emir Spahic and the long-term injured Sweden Albin Ekdal had the HSV cope, such as the fact that at the training camp in Belek injured up to eleven professionals or malad partly could not mitüben. Accordingly dissatisfied was coach Bruno Labbadia also with the camp and the weak friendlies.

With its attack against Müller saw HSV goalkeeper Adler for the residue. Photogallery

For Bayern, it was the usual under Guardiola long injury list. In addition to Franck Ribéry, Mehdi Benatia and Mario Götze the Spaniard had to dispense with Rafinha and Bernat. Particularly annoying: Rafinha had in the 1: 2 injured test match defeat at Karlsruher SC on Saturday. After Thiago, David Alaba and Holger Badstuber were deployed, three players with lush medical record.

But who has Arjen Robben, Arturo Vidal and Javi Martinez on the bench, so can not really talk about personal problems. Somewhat uncertain the current Bayern strength was still. “In Karlsruhe, we were not ready because we have lost every duel,” national team Boateng had said, “against Hamburg, we must be very different because”. Shortly after Hamburg compensation also injured Boateng on the left bar.

minus three degrees, deep turf, sold-out stadium, were the fundamentals of the Bundesliga back round starts. Bayern with a triple chain and Lahm and Alonso before pulling on the famous ball game, released by inaccuracies but opportunities to counterattack. So Aaron Hunt had the first good scene in the 13th minute with his to soft shot.

Eight minutes later flew Dennis Diekmeiers shot just wide of the far post. The Bayern initially made only the two fun, the Rib & amp; be forgotten Rob. Kingsley Coman and Douglas Costa presented their opponent Dennis Diekmeier and Matthias Ostrzolek several times an impossible task. Then the HSV professionals helped only as of Kacar fouls in 33 minutes or earlier of Ostrzolek – both looked early yellow card

These were also René Adler a, in the 37th minute when he. to him hastening Thomas Müller at the penalty area took the box. Although Müller had previously shot and lifted the ball over the crossbar, but Adler’s use justified referee Felix Zwayers signaled a penalty – and actually a dismissal. Because the master contactors Müller was fouled, Lewandowski came and brought the Bavarians with his 16th goal of the season 1: 0 lead. Shortly thereafter, the HSV had luck that Zwayer overlooked the penalty worthy challenge Cleber at Müller.

But the Bayern lead did not last long. With a shot curled Hunts drew Alonso with the toe into his own goal (53 minutes). The HSV was now a short time better and dominated the game. But in the 62nd minute after Lewandowski was Müller’s shot on the spot and scored to 2: 1. His 17th goal in the 17th game – and in the end the one that decided this game, although the HSV anrannte again. “What a fluke goal”, scolded HSV coach Labbadia.