Champions League: FC Bayern plays 1:1 against FC Salzburg

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Fbright light, full stadium, loud fans, football atmosphere – that was what encouraged FC Bayern. But in the pandemic, the German record champions not only seem to have gotten used to it, but these emotional conditions, which are now unfamiliar, are apparently even having an inhibiting effect. That was the case in the cup in Mönchengladbach and also in the Bundesliga at FC Augsburg. And now it almost went wrong in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League at RB Salzburg in front of 30,000 spectators. With his late goal to make it 1-1, Kingsley Coman at least saved Munich from the next embarrassment and from having to fight with their backs to the wall in the second leg in three weeks to get through to the next round.

For the first time in two years, Bayern played to a full arena on Wednesday and for the first time since last season’s quarter-final loss to Paris St. Germain they did not finish a premier league game as a winner. “Of course we have planned much more. But it’s okay,” said Joshua Kimmich. “It just wasn’t enough in the first half. We did better in the second half and played a little harder.”

Because for the Bavarians in Salzburg it was also about restoring internal peace. After the 4-2 defeat in Bochum, things got turbulent. It was about defensive behavior and attitude. And in the environment, Uli Hoeneß and Oliver Kahn worked on the recently proposed playoff round. And there was also the question of how the team would react.

Déjà vu experience for FC Bayern

Bochum’s embarrassment was supposed to be a slip, like the cup defeat against Mönchengladbach at the end of October. The people of Munich started boldly, also passionately, but so did Salzburg. The fact that the team of young coach Matthias Jaissle was considered a blatant outsider in a duel with the 2020 Champions League winner did not change the tactical orientation. She played as Nagelsmann had expected: “It would speak against her DNA if they were to curl up behind,” the Bayern coach said before the game.

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