Bayern Munich thrash sorry Hamburg at Allianz Arena
Jupp Heynckes’ high flying Bayern Munich thrashed Hamburg in the Bundesliga fixture played at the Allianz Arena on Saturday, August 20. The visitors were left embarrassed as the hosts left the ground with a heavily impressive 5-0 score line which piled more misery on the Hamburg manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Oenning.
The Munich giants were dominant right from the start as they had most of the possession and were attacking the relatively young Hamburg side from both flanks. The hosts had an early chance as Franck Ribery’s cross from the left found Arjen Robben in the box but the Dutchman’s header went straight into the hands of the goalkeeper.
But it only took the Bavarians 13 minutes to take the lead as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-Van-Buyten-c10095 headed home from a great Robben cross to make it 1-0. Just four minutes later it was Ribery who scored his first goal of the campaign after some excellent display of dribbling skills inside the opponent’s box.
Hamburg had a rare chance to score in the first-half but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Neuer-c23424. The visitors were poor throughout the course of the match with some bad mistakes made by defenders.
Robben and Mario Gomez combined in the 32nd minute but the latter’s header forced a brilliant save from Jaroslav Drobny, denying the hosts a third goal.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arjen-Robben-c6521’s individual brilliance made it 3-0 in the 34th minute for Bayern. The winger went past two defenders on the right and found the net with a brilliant chip shot over the goalkeeper to score his second of the week. The score line remained 3-0 at the interval.
The Bavarian outfit carried on with the same momentum in the second-half and had ample opportunities to score. Last season’s top goal scorer Mario Gomez scored his first of the season after some terrific link up play with Thomas Muller. The duo exchanged good one touch passes and Gomez beat the opposition goalkeeper to make it an impressive 4-0 for the hosts.
Die Bayern had chances coming their way consistently in the second-half but failed to convert most of them. Mario Gomez and Thomas Muller missed easy chances to add to the score but substitute http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ivica-Olic-c17399 put the final nail in the coffin ten minutes from time with a great header to make it 5-0.
Bayern Munich climbed to third place on the Bundesliga standings table with six points after the win whereas Hamburg sit in a disappointing 17th place with two losses from the three games played.
The Bavarians next travel to FC Kaiserslautern whereas Hamburg will face another struggling side FC Koln at home this weekend.
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