Bayern Munich beat Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 in its first of two preseason matches heading into the 2025/26 campaign. If you missed the match, here’s a 3-2-1 rundown.
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Debuts and new faces galore. Bayern has had a busy summer already with its Club World Cup campaign, and perhaps in view of that, Vincent Kompany made good use of the time to try out his full squad. Tom Bischof (20), Paul Wanner (19), and Lennart Karl (17) all started while Luis Díaz made his Bayern introduction in the second half after
transferring in from Liverpool.
Kompany made 11 substitutions in total, including at keeper (hello, Jonas Urbig!). Cassiano Kiala, Jonah Kusi-Asare, and David Michael Santos Daiber are the youth team players who made substitute appearances.
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As in two goals for superstar in progress Michael Olise.
Last summer’s transfer find is something else. Olise has brought spunk and verve to the Bayern attack, cementing himself as the team’s top winger in a group that last year featured veterans Leroy Sané, Kingsley Coman, and Serge Gnabry in the pecking order.
He’s picking up right where he left off.
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49-51%. The game ended with Bayern 2-1 victors on the scoreboard but Lyon had the slightest of edges in possession. Does that matter? Not really. But it jumps out. Bayern excelled at suffocating opponents and controlling games, leading the Bundesliga with 63% possession average in 2024/25 — a figure that is also a Bayern best dating back to at least 2019/20. This game, though, was two-way traffic.
This wasn’t Bayern’s first-choice XI by any means and it was only a friendly. But credit to Lyon — 6th placed finishers in last year’s Ligue 1 standings — for hanging in there and getting their chances.
Highlights
So that’s how it happened. If you want more coverage from the game, check out our post-game coverage below! Match Awards, in-depth observations, a Postgame Pod, and more!
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