Champions League 2023/24 - Matchday 3
## Galatasaray S.K. 1-3 FC Bayern München
Date: October 24th, 2023
Time: 18:30 CET
Venue: RAMS Park, Istanbul
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Current Champions League Table (prior to this weeks Matchday):
| Team | GP | Wins | Draws | Loses | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Bayern München | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
- Galatasaray S.K. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4
- FC København | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1
- Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0
| FC Bayern München | Galatasaray S.K. | Player Status |
|---|---|---|
| Neuer | - | Injured |
| Goretzka | - | Injured |
| Gnabry | - | Injured |
| Guerreiro | - | Injured |
| Upamecano | - | Injured |
Ulreich - Mazraoui, Kim, de Ligt, Davies - Kimmich, Laimar - Sané, Musiala, Coman - Kane
Peretz - Choupo-Moting, Sarr, Müller, Tel, Krätzig, Pavlović
Muslera - Boey, Sanchez, Bardakcı, Karataş - Ayhan, Torrreira - Tete, Aktürkoğlu, Zaha - Icardi
Güvenç - Angeliño, Demirbay, Mertens, Ziyech, Nelsson, Oliveira, Yılmaz, Ndombélé, Bakambu
Harry Kane 9 points outta the first the UCL games. Without further iverservstion, I guess he never achieved that before. Heck, maybe he barely had that as a total before. Especially not during the group stage facing us. :-D
First half reminded me of playing vs city last season. If I speak I am in big trouble
I hope this sub finally puts some fucking respect on Ulle‘s name, he‘s been saving our asses all season already with world class saves
underrated comment 👏
Müller not subbed for his ucl wins count sucks…
Dunno but seems like tuchel doesn’t rate him, I feel he would have easily found a few good deep passes today
Ehh, save him for the league until KO rounds really. Group stage is in the bag and Müller can’t be playing 40+ games a season anymore
He could’ve started in my opinion. They work real good with Musiala.
As much as Gala pressed and as well as they played, they really didn’t have a sniff in the second half.
Love the way Laimer and Ulrich played. The two save’s Ulrich had early were amazing.
The team showed heart and worked their tail off. Deserved terrorist style win!
Even though the defense looked shaky as a whole, I thought De Ligt played very well. I feel much more confident when he is out there to command the defense.
Musiala got a lot of criticism. Right fully so. I get it.
But i honestly think his “poor decision-making” today was due to him thinking he has to win this game for us on his own. Which is understandable if you look at the performance and how we started this game. And you know, he did win us the game with an assist and a goal.
Müller has to start the next game (I hope)
Personally I am OK with this performance given that it was away and the stadium was so annoying. The Garatasaray side was quite impressive offensively the first half pressing high. They got lucky and unlucky moments. But their defense was just atrocious and became too vulnerably when players used up their energy.
But Tuchel: what is wrong with you and Muller?
When they include the best fucking 9 in the world, the attack improves as fuck. There are tons of work to do but hey, we won.
Are there no interviews after the Game on Dazn?
A midfielder better be signed in Jan, it’s like watching a huge void in middle …
There are so many talking points here but the first question I have:
- What happened to Kimmich?
Like what’s going on? Is he honing it in? Protesting because his manager got sacked and he’s no longer the go-to for Tuchel? Unhappy that his mate was rumoured to be on the chopping block this summer?
I feel like his best years have been wasted which is a ridiculous thing to say considering what he has achieved but this guy should be a shout for the best midfielder in the world and he was there but something has happened this year where he has massively fallen off. Maybe that is a reactionary take but it’s where I am.
Is he suffering from trying to do it all? He’s taking on all this responsibility but fundamentally can’t handle it without another quality midfielder protecting him.
As for him wearing the arm band, I get it’s a largely empty symbol and it’s more an administrative thing but tonight he wasn’t good enough to wear the shirt let alone captain’s armbands.
When there was all the talks of future captain and all that, the argument was “he’s too hot headed” and it was always rebuffed with “so was Kahn, Effenberg, Van Bommel…” But now he doesn’t strike me as the guy to rally the players and get them working in the way that De Ligt, Müller, shit even Goretzka does!
Maybe I’m just disappointed with the performance and his was notably frustrating. It’s a frustration that stems from him being way off where he should be.
He simply doesn’t have a good partner in midfield anymore.
Despite what he insists Kimmich is not a 6. He is far far better as an 8. At the moment Laimer has been playing better at RB and Kimmich has had to hold the defensive line when he’s in midfield struggling. Goretzka roams waaaay too far forwards and so Kimmich has to drop back.
If we get Palhinia, genuinely Kimmich can go forward, where he is best.
its what i argued in the daily discussion earlier today
kimmich is killing his own game by a combination of ego, wanting too much and lack of discipline/smarts
he demands the ball in situations he cant get out of
he tries to chase in the midfield despite being too slow to do so
he goes from side to side trying to help, but then opponents are open in the center
its just bad play, somebody needs to show him the tape and tell him that less is more
He doesn‘t have a choice because his midfield partner (either Goretzka or Laimer) is always completely invisible when we have possession and Kimmich has to do it on his own
nah, i am done making excuses
how is another midfielder going to help kimmich, when he is running towards our own goal with an attacker on him
if your name is not messi or thiago just dont do it, even amateurs get taught this basic stuff
make a run to offer yourself, if your opponent bites, you get outta there
but he keeps running, gets the ball and then drawing a foul or a backpass are the only options
im telling you Tuchel is smoking expired bath salts
I missed the game bar 15 minutes in the first half. Sounds like it wasn’t champagne football but thankfully got the win.
I wanted to know, how was the Kim DeLigt partnership? Sounds like Gala were all over us with a heavy press, and there was lack of support from the midfield (shocker)?