Bayern Munich had to settle for a 2-2 draw against FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday. The Bavarians dominated the stats only to have the visitors steal their thunder in front of the home crowd. Two goals from two
half-chances saw Mainz take the lead and almost cause an upset in Bayern’s undefeated run in the Bundesliga so far.
Regarding the manner of conceding goals by the Bavarians, executive for sport Max Eberl commented, “They executed that one counter-attack very, very well. Basically, they had two actions: the set piece and the second goal against them, and suddenly it’s 1-2. And you think: Yes, why? How can that be? But that’s exactly football.” (via FC Bayern)
And he is spot on. Football is a sport which you can dominate for 89 minutes but if you don’t have the goals to show for that, the opponent can take away all that hard work in a single moment. The match against Mainz had a similar script. At no point did Bayern seem to be out of control. The flow of goals seemed inevitable until they were not.
More teams will target Bayern with set-pieces
A few missed chances here, a couple a lackluster decisions in the box there and suddenly Mainz could equalize or go up with a couple of bold chances. The set-piece weakness that has grown to be a targeted chink in Bayern’s armor was once again the culprit today. Young Kacper Potulski powered Mainz’s equalizer from the free-kick in the first half followed by Lee Jae-Song’s screamer of a header in the second half caught Bayern napping. With a nifty penalty draw from Kane, the home side managed to salvage a draw and wrestle a point from the travelling team.
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