Die Wölfe were handed a thrashing by FC Bayern.
Bayern Munich started the new year off with an explosive 8-1 win against VfL Wolfsburg. While the game started off with both teams fighting on an equal footing, the game turned decisively in favor of Bayern in the second half. Wolfsburg did create decent chances however, as the game progressed they capitulated to the growing pressure of Bayern and did not recover from what turned into a complete shellacking at the hands of the Bavarians.
Primin Schwegler, the sporting director of Wolfsburg did not hold back in acknowledging the collapse in Munich (FC Bayern). “The first half was okay. We can build on that. But not what we showed in the second half. If you come away having lost it 6-0, then there wasn’t much that was good. And that was the case here. There were too many simple goals. A complete collapse. We made far too many mistakes,” opined Schwegler.
Failure to build forward or adapt
The Wolves had a fairly decent defensive base who worked relentlessly to hold off the Bayern forwards. However, the midfield and attack could not stitch together meaningful stretches of play to put Bayern on the backfoot. Attack was the best form of defense against a roaring Bayern. However, the visitors could not play fast enough to keep up with the homeside and ended up giving away possession. The midfield and fullbacks proved to be slow for the pace of the Bayern attack. The visiting defense eventually fell to the pressure conceding two own goals from a 3.30 xG.
Bayern made 383 passes in the Wolfsburg half. You just cannot let your opposition make more than half their passes in your half. The Wolfsburg coach Daniel Bauer could have made more changes earlier than he did. There was an overall lethargy on the side of Wolfsburg in accepting adapting to the change in intensity that Bayern displayed. And before you knew it, its too late to shut the shop.
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