Julian Nagelsmann had to do without a number of regulars in the friendly against Ajax
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It wasn’t enough to win in the second game either. After the defeat against Cologne, Bayern’s new coach Julian Nagelsmann cannot get past a draw against Ajax Amsterdam with his Bavarians.
Julian Nagelsmann has to wait for the first victory as Bayern coach. Even in their home debut, the Munich team, who played for the first time in the new jerseys with the five championship stars without the EM participants, only managed to score 2: 2 (1: 1) against Ajax Amsterdam.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (40th minute) and Tanguy Nianzou (48th) met for the first time again in front of 8,500 spectators in the arena. Zakaria Labyad (10th) after a mistake by Bayern goalkeeper Sven Ulreich and Victor Jensen (50th) scored the goals for the Dutch record champions, who were also not yet complete. “It’s not easy, we are a wildly thrown together team,” commented goalkeeper Ulreich on RTL.
Nagelsmann changed all field players after an hour, so that only young players acted before the 32-year-old Ulreich. After all, they kept the 2: 2. The Munich team lost the first test match in the pre-season against 1. FC Köln 2: 3. Bayern will contest the next test next Wednesday in Munich against Bundesliga opener Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Nagelsmann, who has been 34 years old since Friday, emphasized before the start of the game that he was allowed to do a “dream job” at Bayern – with one caveat: “It only really starts when the squad is complete.” That will be in the course of the coming week Be case. In addition to the few seasoned professionals such as Choupo-Moting or Dayot Upamecano, who had access to millions, there were again many talents in the starting line-up.
Ulreich made a mistake before conceding the first goal
But even among the youngsters there were players with claims such as Michael Cuisance (21) or Joshua Zirkzee (20). These should actually use the absence of the top stars for self-promotion. But they hardly did it against Ajax. Zirkzee even gave himself a fit of arrogance when he had rounded Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer and wanted to casually insert the ball just before the goal line, which was then cleared by Perr Schuurs, who rushed up from behind to the corner.
Joshua Zirkzees (r.) Appearance should not have pleased Nagelsmann
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The 0: 1 owed the return goalkeeper Ulreich to Munich with a bad pass to the opponent. The former Frankfurt Sebastien Haller served goal scorer Labyad. Ajax coach Erik ten Hag, who coached Bayern amateurs years ago, also had to improvise in terms of personnel. In the beginning, the Ajax game seemed more harmonious.
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Upamecano stood out positively at Bayern. Before Nianzous 2-1, the defensive giant almost hit his head as well. Omar Richards added a few accents on the left. And Choupo-Moting remains a reliable Lewandowski backup, even if he stumbled upon a good chance.
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