Alphonso Davies in a duel against Thorgan Hazard. Picture: EPA
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Miep, Miep – how Bavaria’s “Roadrunner” Alphonso Davies enchants the football world
After beating Borussia Dortmund 1-0, Bayern Munich are as good as German champions. The team of Hansi Flick is now 7 points ahead of the first chasers – with 6 games remaining.
The performance of the 19-year-old Canadian Alphonso Davies was particularly impressive. The full-back, whose role we analyzed in the run-up to the game, performed well and, above all, shone with his speed. After about half an hour, he prevented a possible goal from Erling Haaland with a mad sprint.
35.3 km / h were measured at Davies Sprint. Video: streamable
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Davies, who switched from Vancouver to Munich for the bargain price of 10 million euros in January 2019, also impressed “space interpreter” Thomas Müller. In an interview in English, he compared the speed of his teammate to the cartoon character Road Runner: «He gots the opponent when he thinks‹ oh, I have time, I have time ›and then Miep, Miep, Miep, Miep, the Roadrunner , the FC Bayern Roadrunner, comes ahead and steal the ball. »
The great interview with Thomas Müller. Video: streamable
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In one action, he showed that Davies, who calls Lionel Messi his great role model, also has offensive qualities when he left four Dortmunders before he was cleared out of the way by Mats Hummels.
Professionals like Inters Romelu Lukaku or West Hams Declan Rice were just as enthusiastic about the speed of the Bayern left-back as England football expert Gary Lineker, who also praised the intelligence of Davies.
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