Welcome to the FC Bayern Campus Round Up, where the matches of Bayern Munich’s U-23, 19 and U-17 squads are recapped, line ups are provided and the highlights to the matches are hyperlinked on top of their respective score line. The U-23s are finally back. Remember, to watch highlights you need to have an account on the website but do not need to spend any money.
Information on U-23, U-19 and U-17 matches is provided by the official FC Bayern website here, here and here, respectively. If you wish
to learn more about the format of the U-17 and U-19’s youth leagues and what is at stake, you can find more info here. Additionally, none of these matches can be viewed in full length without an FCBayernTV subscription. Without further ado, here is the round up:
Bayern II (U-23s) 2-0 SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing, Matchday 21
Bayern lineup (with subs): Bärtl – Manuba (64. Schuhbauer), Puljić, Deziel Jr., Ofli – Rüger (46. Schmitz), Santos Daiber (64. Yanda), Della Rovere – Richter (50. Sadat), Heinz, Cardozo (86. Degraf).
Goals: 1:0 Heinz (66.), 2:0 Yanda (90.)
Unused subs: Heilmair – Darboe, Scott.
Unavailable players: Tim Binder, Leon Klanac, Steve Breitkreuz, Younes Aitamer, David Heindl.
Position: 6., 32 points
The return of Bayern’s U-23s was delayed from last week due to Munich being hit with a lot of snow, delaying their match from SpVgg Unterhaching from the weekend to Tuesday. That match was a big success, as the Bavarians left as deserved 1-0 winners as Louis Richter, in his first start of the season, scored the winner against the 2nd placed team in the league while Deniz Ofli, Maycon Cardozo and David Santos Daiber (all promoted from the U-19s) made their starting XI debuts.
The winning streak continued with a fairly comfortable win against 17th placed Hankofen-Hailing. The same starting XI as against Unterhaching (aside from center back mainstay David Heindl, who was ruled out of the match for an unknown reason and replaced by Ljubo Puljić) rolled out against the struggling visitors and…well, struggled to create much of anything at first. The best the Bavarians managed were a few half chances while Hankofen-Hailing had the best chance of the match as an opposition forward failed to convert a one-on-one chance against goalkeeper Jannis Bärtl. Furthermore, the bright Richter left the field with a serious looking injury in the 50th minute. It was far from ideal.
But Bayern still created by far the most chances, kept the ball more and did not let their opponents create much in turn. Eventually, this formula was going to lead to success if they kept at it. So it did, with the bit of fortune the team needed. A cross from substitute Schuhbauer was poorly cleared and fell perfectly to star striker Anton Heinz, who took a touch before poking the ball past the goalkeeper. This forced the visitors to push up a little more and another substitute in Julien Yanda punished this more attacking mindset as he took advantage of acres of space on the left to put a lid on the match.
Of course, none of the wins change much for the team in the league. They remain mired in 6th place and will likely fall down to 8th when the teams currently in 7th and 8th play their 3 games in hand. Furthermore, they are still 17 points behind first placed Nürnberg II, having played a game more. However, the priority has always been giving talented youngsters the stage to perform. The way Ofli, Cardozo and Santos have immediately slotted into the team and performed very well can only bode well for their development. Nor are they the only intriguing talents in the team.
These talents will get the chance to show their mettle again next Friday, as they take on a free falling SpVgg Bayreuth.
Bayern U-19 3-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach U-19, Matchday 4
Bayern lineup (with subs): Prescott – Moumouni (63. Mijatović), Pavlić, Schäfer, Ajayi – Lambe (73. Hentcho), Schmid (73. Zöls), Matosevic – Egwuatu (46. Snip), Gashi (90. Chemwor), Mike (90. Bohomo).
Goals: 0:1 Wörsdorfer (8.), 1:1 Gashi (19.), 1:2 Vali Fard (36.), 2:2 Gashi (71.), 3:2 Zöls (85.), 3:3 Peret (90.+4).
Red cards: Niko Horvat (BMG, 10.), Luis Schäfer (BAY, 82.)
Unavailable players: Michel Ekodi, Chivano Wijks, Noah Codjo-Evora, Chris Afanou, Cassiano Kiala, Bogdan Olychenko
Position: 2., 7 points
Get three players back, lose two more. Goalkeeper Leonard Prescott and defender Kiala spent last weekend on international duty for Germany’s U-17s at the Algarve Cup and had to miss the fixture. Only Prescott returned fully fit, however, as Kiala suffered a season ending injury. Creative midfielder Olychenko joined him on the sidelines, but Roy Snip and Luis Schäfer returned from their respective injuries. Meanwhile, Roko Mijatović continues to get minutes as he looks to recover match fitness from his ACL injury. When the regular starters at the CB and GK positions return, one would think the defense would be much improved.
It was not, unfortunately. Bayern had the worse of the opening period and deservedly conceded the first goal. The defending for that goal was shambolic. Gladbach had a free kick from a fairly wide position, in which a shot should not have been dangerous, but the wall ahead dissolved as soon as the ball was struck, allowing the ball to travel through quite easily and sneak into Prescott’s near post. Nor was the defending for the second much better, as the returning Schäfer conceded a very sloppy penalty to see Bayern down 2-1 at half-time despite being a man to the good for half an hour. For good measure, Schäfer would then get a second yellow card for another clumsy challenge in the 82nd minute and get sent off, leaving the teams at 10 men apiece.
In the meantime, however, Yll Gashi shone. The team’s center forward proved his quality with two excellent striker goals to pull Bayern level twice to 1-1 in the 19th minute (a clever free kick that also took advantage of poor defending) and then 2-2 in the 71st minute (a one touch finish from the very edge of the right side of the six yard box, which perfectly encapsulates his poacher’s instincts). He then held up the ball brilliantly when Bayern desperately searched for a winner when both teams were down to, holding up a cross from Wisdom Mike to lay it off to Simon Zsöls. The substitute forward then buried what should have been the winner.
But of course it was not to be. In the 94th minute, the visitors managed one more last gasp attack in which the ball slipped past Richard Ajayi and was brilliantly saved by Prescott before the rebound was turned home. Despite being a man up for 70 minutes and having a 3-2 lead in the 93rd minute, the Bavarians could not win the match.
The table for the second phase of the league looks like this:
- FC Kaiserslautern, 8 points
- FC Bayern, 7 points
- Borussia Mönchengladbach, 7 points
- Rasenballsport Leipzig, 7 points
- Hannover 96, 4 points
- Berliner AK, 0 points
Bayern U-17 3-5 Köln U-17, Matchday 4
Bayern lineup: Podar-Stiube – Pucci, Gashi, Pavić, Horvath – Hentcho Nseke, Osmani, Horoszczak, Babl – Schaff, Danioko
Goals: 0:1 Esposito (12.), 0:2 Esposito (26.), 1:2 Babl (29.), 2:2 Osmani (36.)., 3:2 Eichie (Eigentor, 50.), 3:3 Colles (58.), 3:4 Neugebauer (82.), 3:5 Alsabadi (90.+2).
Position: 6., 1 point
This was a rollercoaster of a match, given Köln went 2 goals to the good before Bayern pulled it back to 3:2 and Köln got the win by scoring 3 more goals. The situation is rather grim for the U-17s, though: They have 0 points after 3 games and are 4 points out of qualification for the next phase of league play. Fortunately, they do have a match in hand. The U-17s now have two games this week, playing the aforementioned match in hand in midweek before contesting matchday 5 on the weekend. They need to start getting wins and quickly.
The table looks like this:
- FC Köln, 10 points
- Karlsruhe, 9
- Nürnberg, 7
- Kaiserslautern, 4
- Hoffenheim, 1
- Bayern, 0
