Brace for Kane, maiden goal for Jackson – Bayern stay perfect
They wanted to take advantage of the first home game in the Champions League in the history of the club. “A big dream come true,” revealed the coach of Pafos Juan Carlos Carcedo before the match, and you could hear the noise increase each time Pafos has just possessed in the first minutes. Carcedo wanted his foreigners of rank “be also courageous” at home and take the few risks “that Bayern offers us”. Eighty minutes later, it was clear: the Bayern of the FC did not offer the slightest chance Pafos FC. The 5-1 score was nice on the Cypriot champions, which were saved by the post alone three times. Full -time statistics have shown 26 goal attempts to six.
Sensational start of the season
With him, the German records of records recorded their ninth victory in nine competitive games this season – a simply sensational start to the campaign. “In the end, it is a 5-1 victory at Pafos. Obviously, we were favorites, but in terms of performance, everything was as it sede,” said Joshua Kimmich, thereafter.
The biggest opponent before kick-off, 2,400 kilometers south-east in Munich, was rather their own mind. The team acted quickly on the words of their coach, who has repeatedly warned Pafos. In the small stadium with a little less than 10,000 fans – including around 1,000 itinerant supporters – Pafos started with great enthusiasm, but this courage quickly died, like a candle lit by someone on the southern Cypriot stormy coast. With a targeted and professional exhibition, Bayern left no doubt that they would leave with the three points in the first game outside this season in the Champions League. With their usual high pressing, visitors immediately recovered possession on the few occasions they lost the ball and played with a goal towards Pafos’ goal. The result was an overwhelming possession for the Bavarians, who have increasingly tightened the knot flowing around their opponents, who defended with everything they had from the start.
“ Harry puts them from afar ”
Having struck the post in an artistic style after nine minutes, Harry Kane gave the advance of Michael Olise’s pass on 15 – his 101st goal in his 105th competitive appearance for the Bayern. “It obviously helps us when he scores two or three goals in each match,” said Kimmich. “Harry is fine at the moment, you must say. He puts them away.” At this stage, visitors had 80% possession. It was Kane’s 22nd goal in the Champions League for the club, already a more than he has succeeded in five other appearances in the competition for Tottenham.
Bayern March with 5-1 Victory over Pafos
Bayern continued to play with seriousness and concentration and made 2-0 in the 20th minute, Raphaël Guerreiro by mounting on the match sheet after a two with a first starter of the Champions League Nicolas Jackson. Olise again launched the movement with high -speed football – the Frenchman was too hot to manage because the pivot point on the right flank. Just like the overall game of Bayern, which was at least too fast for animated hosts. Pafos simply couldn’t contain the wave of attacks in Munich. After several stepovers, Olise installed Jackson for her first goal of Bayern to do it 3-0. “Nico was fantastic today: a goal, a decisive pass and almost another goal at the end,” said Kane. “I am very happy for him. We need him all season, I hope he remains in good shape and fresh. ”
The ninth shot on goal also found itself in the net of Pafos four minutes later, Kane walking in one way or another of a certain number of bodies to score his fourth goal in two games of the Champions League this season as well as his first hug in first half. With 34 minutes on the clock, Bayern led by four goals for only the second time in a UCL outdoor match – the only other time was in the 7-1 victory against Roma in October 2014.
Pafos with blue shot
And Munich kept his foot on the gas pedal. It should have been five before half-time when Luis Díaz went through the goal, but instead of making a square in Konrad Laimer, the Colombian was refused head-to-head by goalkeeper Neofitos Michael-the best Pafos player in the night. However, the best moment from the point of view of the local team was provided by Mislav Orsić, who received a little too much space after a moved pass in the defense of Bayern and withdrew a goal with a cracking. It was only the second shot to the goal of Pafos, which remained clearly lower with 34 assists in the third striker compared to 231. “We saw in the second period that it would not be so easy against them,” said Kimmich. “Obviously, we decided on the contest early, but they have qualities that could cause problems to other teams.”
Free points of the game against Pafos:
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The fifth goal simply did not want to come so easily during this period. Kimmich directed the rebound of a powerful effort by Aleksandar Pavlović off the gaping goal, Jackson missed an opportunity One-V-One opportunity-but this time, Olise converted the rebound with a final end from a tight angle to finally make 5-1 over 68 minutes. For head coach Vincent Kompany, it was the trigger for several substitutions, Lennart Karl out of the bench to become the third player in Bayern in the Champions League at the age of 17 and 220 days. He granted Olise a well -deserved break – the last time he provided two assists and a goal was in the 5-1 victory against the Shakhtar Donetsk last season.
‘He spreads throughout the club’
Only the position spared Pafos’ home debut in the first European club competition to be more painful, preventing another Jackson attempt as well as a replacement Serge Gnabry. This has not changed the 101st victory of the Champions League of Manuel Neuer, which pulls it statistically with Iker Casillas. Nineteen attempts for five and the final score of 5-1 were impressive proof of a physical, tactically and technically shiny display of Bayern. “We have an atmosphere and a spirit in this team – because these are teams that win, not individuals,” said Jan -Christian Dreesen at the banquet of the Team hotel around midnight. The CEO continued: “It’s a real joy and it’s good for all of us, he spreads throughout the club, which is great!”
“Last year, we discussed ourselves far from home in the league phase, so this time, we wanted to build on the momentum that we had since the start of the season – especially after the Chelsea match,” added Kane. “We have this momentum and we desperately want to maintain it.” The next chance to do so comes to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, who lost 5-1 against Atlético at the same time. A tenth victory in the tenth game becks up.
The whole reaction to the confrontation with PAFOS:
Harry Kane: “We want to continue the momentum”
