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Bayern Munich beat Real Madrid 3-1 (Tolisso, Lewandowski, Gnabry, Rodrygo) in the first match of the preparatory team. Here is our quick reaction. Still to come: Player Ranking, Tactical Review and Post Match Podcast.
The first qualifying match of Real Madrid ends with a heavy defeat in Houston against a strong and more experienced Bayern Munich team. Zinedine Zidane, as he did in previous home games, made big changes at half-time – replacing the 11 players on the field. The second half of the evening was mainly devoted to young players and young recruits. The only four senior players last season on the field are Keylor Navas, Nacho, Lucas Vazquez and Vinicius Jr. Bayern, on the opposite side, have maintained good alignment throughout the match. and it was not really a surprise that they built a three-goal lead in the second half as Real Madrid's bottom line seemed lost, struggling with cross-crosses and their playoff game.
Coming back at the start of the match, Zidane had a thrilling 4-2-3-1 performance, in which Toni Kroos and Luka Modric sailed to midfield and Karim Benzema led the attack with Eden. Hazard, Isco and Marco. Asensio behind him. There was a lot of creativity in the team. As it unfolded, we saw Asensio dive deeper into the defense to ease the transition (and some quick interceptions to stop early Bayern attacks), and Isco playing slightly higher in the defense. the game. Hazard, who was on the left side, did not have many contacts early, but will eventually develop.
The game was from start to finish, neither team was particularly well defended, and both teams took turns to get around the midfield. Benzema took good goals positions, but could not finish his chances. Hazard had some heavy touches, but also tied well with Benzema and Marcelo, and made a nice pbad from the left wing into the penalty area at 34th.
It was finally Bayern who tried his luck to open the scoring. In a Bayern press, Kroos played a pbad for Modric in a tight space and Real Madrid lost the ball, leading to a nice double between Muller and Coman, and Tolisso, unmarked at the last post. He scored after two attempts:
In the second half, it was obvious to see a front quartet composed of Luka Jovic, Takefusa Kubo, Rodrygo Goes and Vinicius Jr. From the water was thrown on it, however, Zidane's reworking also saw a relatively crude return four of Adrian de la Fuente, Nacho, Javier Fernandez and Ferland Mendy. In front of them was Jaime Seone, the only pure and central midfielder, with Lucas Vazquez as well. The attackers, especially Jovic, were isolated – no one at the back could really be formed properly. It should be noted here that Kubo's performance during all this chaos was really impressive. It was he who plunged deep into Real Madrid. He combined well with Mendy to provide some resistance to pressure, and threw a couple of very nice throwing balls. He was comfortable in tight spaces and, as we saw in the Copa America, he felt he belonged to the elite.
The four backs of the second half struggled to manage the centers. Bayern's two goals in the second half show the pandemonium. On a sequence, Robert Lewandowski takes advantage of a high line before turning Fernandez; and in the other, Serge Gnabry finds himself unbranded in the box after a Seoane gift:
The cursed Sven Ulreich saw a red card – Rodrygo Goes collapsed without contact during a breakaway:
The free kick that followed led to this:
It was fun, as long as you do not fall into the trap of thinking that the pre-season is a premonition of the team's fate. Next step: Arsenal Tuesday.
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