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Bayern Munich Ends First Half of Season Strong with Victory Over Wolfsburg

[골닷컴] Reporter Jeongbin Lee = Bayern Munich won the last game of the first half. They kept the two points scored in the first half until the end and won three points. Kim Min-jae, who also started this day, gave a solid performance.

Bayern Munich won 2-1 in the 16th away game of the German Bundesliga round in the 2023-24 season against Wolfsburg held at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany at 4:30 am (Korea time) on the 21st. Jamal Musiala and Harry Kane scored as Bayern Munich beat Wolfsburg.

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Bayern Munich, who won, finished the first half of the season with 38 points (12 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss). They came second by 4 points, having played one game less than the leader Leverkusen (42 points). Bayern Munich will take a break for around three weeks before entering the second half of the season.

The home team, Wolfsburg, played in a 3-5-2 formation. Kuhn Castales was responsible for the goal. Cedric Jeziger, Moritz Jenz and Sebastian Bornau were the three back. Joachim Mele, Maximilian Arnold, Aster Branks, Matthias Svanberg and Ridley Baku provided offense and defense support. Roblo Mayer and Jonas Wien formed the top two.

The away team, Bayern Munich, fought in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Manuel Neuer donned the gloves. Alphonso Davis, Minjae Kim, Dayot Upamecano, and Konrad Reimer guarded the back. Rafael Guerreiro and Aleksandar Pavlovic combined in midfield. Leroy Janae, Thomas Müller, and Jamal Musiala assisted Harry Kane, who is the front line striker in the second line.

In the 4th minute of the first half, Svanberg opened the game by running from midfield and even shot. In the 8th minute of the first half, Kane created a threatening scene by shooting the second ball following a Bayern Munich free kick. In the 23rd minute of the first half, Jaune’s free kick fell into the arms of the Castales goalkeeper.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Müller’s shot, which received Kane’s through pass in midfield, was blocked by the bullet defence. Then, after shaking the flank, a cross was sent to Guerreiro, but the Wolfsburg defenders blocked the shot in front of the goal. In the 32nd minute of the first half, the goalkeeper Castales saved, and after catching Davis’ cross from the left, Müller’s header hit the corner of the goal.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Bayern Munich scored first. Musiala hit the cross from Müller on the right with his head and hit the net. In the 43rd minute of the first half, Kane caught the ball near the middle outside the box and attempted a mid-range shot, which was sucked into the goal. In the 1st minute of extra time in the first half, Wolfsburg managed to gain one point with Arnold’s left-footed mid-range shot.

In the 13th minute of the second half, goalkeeper Neuer blocked Roger Rio’s sharp cross, and Thiago Thomas threatened Bayern Munich with a mid-range shot later. As Wolfsburg’s attack intensified, Bayern Munich replaced Müller in the 18th minute of the second half and brought on Matthijs de Ligt.

In the 29th minute of the second half, Kane’s off-balance shot in front of the goal was blocked by goalkeeper Castales. At the 37th minute of the second half, Jaune’s free kick was once again directed at goalkeeper Castales. In the 40th minute of the second half, Pavlovic attempted a mid-range shot and aimed for an extra score.

As the Wolfsburg attack calmed down, Bayern Munich began to take advantage of the gap. Davis, we used you to target space behind the opponent. With 4 minutes of extra time in the second half, the score difference between the two teams did not change. Bayern Munich, on their way to Wolfsburg, smiled as they won their final game of 2023.

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