Frankfurt does FC Bayern – Leipzig wins 8-0 – sport

Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 Bayern (2-1), Goals 1: 0 Kostic (25.), 2: 0 Sow (33.), 2: 1 Lewandowski (37.), 3: 1 Abraham (49.), 4: 1 Hinteregger (61.), 5: 1 Paciência (85.)

In the end it was a historic defeat for FC Bayern – 1: 5, in words one to five, at Eintracht Frankfurt. Bankruptcies of this height are usually not accepted at Munich, so coach Niko Kovac faces an extremely uncomfortable week. Captain Manuel Neuer sees it coming, when asked how the next few days will be: “Very restless.” Kovac said, “I know how business is going. I’m not naive or blue-eyed. But I’m not giving up.” His superiors Uli Hoeneß and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge left the stadium as silently as sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.

Right at the start, the Munich central defender problem had worsened again. Jérôme Boateng was the last man to stand against Gonçalo Paciência and flew off the field in red. As Niklas Süle and Lucas Hernández are known to be out in the long term, David Alaba and Benjamin Pavard were now at the headquarters together. After 25 minutes, the Frankfurt showed their superiority for the first time, Filip Kostic used a rebound from Alaba for the lead. The “best fans in the league” (Kovac over the Frankfurt supporters) cheered much louder again when Djibril Sow turned 2-0 a few minutes later.

Bayern initially stayed in the game because Robert Lewandowski (of course) put the ball energetically in the Frankfurt goal shortly before the break. But in the second half it became clear how inferior the Munich team were. David Abraham, Martin Hinteregger and Paciência even put 5: 1 for Frankfurt. Kovac complained in consternation: “After the red card, everything was thrown overboard. Nevertheless, it mustn’t happen to us in the end. It wasn’t what we expected from us today.” The crisis talks may begin.

Bayer Leverkusen – Borussia Moenchengladbach 1: 2 (1: 2), Goals 0: 1 Wendt (18th), 1: 1 Volland (25th), 1: 2 Thuram (42nd)

League leaders? That leaves Borussia Mönchengladbach. After a somewhat happy away win in a great, fast-paced game at Bayer Leverkusen. Gladbach has been at the top for four match days, which has not happened in 40 years. “We want to stay up there as long as possible,” said manager Max Eberl. “Of course this is no longer a flash in the pan,” said national defender Matthias Ginter.

The 0: 1 fell after really excellent preparatory work by Marcus Thuram, who asserted himself vigorously on the right side, so that Oscar Wendt only had to insert in the middle. After Kevin Volland equalized for Leverkusen, it was Thuram himself who brought Gladbach back into the lead. The afternoon ended bitterly for Leverkusen: Leon Bailey saw red after injury in injury time. “If he joins, it’s stupid. He doesn’t have to do that,” complained his coach Peter Bosz.

Borussia Dortmund – VfL Wolfsburg 3: 0 (0: 0), Goals 1: 0 Hazard (52.), 2: 0 Guerreiro (58.), 3: 0 Götze (88., penalty)

Birthday gift for Lucien Favre: On the coach’s 62nd birthday, BVB defeated VfL Wolfsburg and climbs past Bayern in the table to second. It didn’t look like it for at least a half-time: Wolfsburg played better, had the best chance through Lukas Nmecha when he hit the crossbar. Dortmund, on the other hand, had to cope with the recent injury to Marco Reus, who had to get out after half an hour.

But Wolfsburg was not rewarded. In the second half, Dortmund suddenly used his chances casually, first Thorgan Hazard, a little later Raphael Guerreiro, and finally Mario Götze met with a penalty just before the end. “The first half was tough. After the 1-0 there was fun again. We then played it purposefully to the end,” said BVB professional Julian Weigl. For VfL Wolfsburg it was the first defeat of the season in the Bundesliga, and the second within a few days (after the 1: 6 in the cup against Leipzig).

RB Leipzig – 1. FSV Mainz 05 8: 0 (5: 0), Goals 1: 0 Sabitzer (5th), 2: 0 Werner (30th), 3: 0 Nkunku (36th), 4: 0 Halstenberg (39th), 5: 0 Poulsen (44th), 6: 0 Werner (48th), 7-0 Mukiele (50th), 8-0 Werner (87th)

Those who don’t have a concrete heart had to feel sorry for the 1.FSV Mainz 05 this afternoon. It was a hurricane that struck the team of coach Sandro Schwarz in Leipzig – the Mainz were swept along and staggered about helplessly. Mainz scored five goals in the first half: first met Marcel Sabitzer, then Timo Werner, then Christopher Nkunku, Marcel Halstenberg and Yussuf Poulsen. Curious: The Leipzig team scored three goals in their own stadium.

Five goals in half, but the Leipzig team continued relentlessly. Werner and Mukiele raised twice after the break, at the end it was eight-zero. “It is unbelievable, we could hardly believe what was happening here. The way we played from the first second was insane,” cheered Werner, who was involved in six goals. The opponent from Mainz has already conceded 26 goals this season – and is therefore worse than SC Paderborn. “We lost our heads,” complained coach Schwarz: “We had far too many simple ball losses, we also completely lacked the stance. And then you get into a hail of goals.”

Werder Bremen – SC Freiburg 2: 2 (1: 1), Goals 1: 0 Rashica (9th), 1: 1 Petersen (28th), 2: 1 Gebre Selassi (59th), 2: 2 Petersen (90th + 3)

It was a bad afternoon for Bremen goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka. How he intended to play Nils Petersen in the penalty area, but the Freiburg man got a leg in between and intercepted the play equipment, then was able to insert it without hesitation. Pavlenka reacted in the only correct way: he was lying on his stomach on the lawn, digging his face into the lawn.

The colleagues initially ironed it out for Pavlenka. Milot Rashica scored by foot in the first half, Theodor Gebre Selassie in the second by head, Bremen headed for home victory – until Petersen headed to equalize shortly before the end and Pavlenka again looked anything but confident on the short post. “The Nils makes it very clever with his experience”, Freiburg coach Christian Streich said: “I am admittedly very happy about the point. It was a great game for the spectators.”

VAR of the day: This intervention from Cologne had paid off. After the foul by Bayern defender Jérôme Boateng, referee Markus Schmidt in Frankfurt initially decided on penalties and yellow. A look at the screen showed Schmidt: both were wrong. He corrected himself, not a penalty, because the foul occurred outside the box. Not yellow, but red for Boateng. What would Bavaria have preferred if in doubt?

Change of the day: In Dortmund, referee Tobias Welz injured his calf after a good half hour, which triggered a rather strange ring exchange. His assistant Martin Thomsen took over the pipe, the fourth official Marcel Pelgrim moved to the line for him. A five-minute break, then everything was finished. Welz finished the game as the fourth official.

Record of the day: For Leipzig, the 8-0 win over Mainz was the club’s highest win in the Bundesliga. So far, the record was 6-0, set against Nürnberg on October 17, 2018. Now the team put two more hits on it.

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