Welcome to the FC Bayern Campus Round Up, where the matches of Bayern Munich’s U-19 and U-17 squads are recapped, line ups are provided and the highlights to the matches are hyperlinked on top of their respective score line. The U-23s did not play a match on the weekend and will now play their next match on Tuesday, August 25. They did play a midweek friendly, though. One can read about it here. Remember, highlights can be watched for free once one has established an account on Bayern’s website. Unfortunately, Bayern did not release the U-17’s highlights this week.
Information on the matches of the U-19 and U-17 teams is provided by the official FC Bayern website here and here, respectively. If you wish to learn more about the format of the U-17 and U-19’s youth leagues and what is at stake, you can find more info here. Without further ado, here is the round up:
Bayern U-19s 3-1 Ingolstadt U-19s, Matchday 4
Bayern lineup (with subs): Podar-Stiube – El Chaar, Mijatović, Moumouni, Nuraj – Matosevic, Snip (52. Osmani), Schaff – Afanou (72. Av. Hentcho Nseke), von Taube (72. Maric), Imade (80. Horoszczak).
Goals: 1:0 Afanou (8.), 1:1 Kaydin (16.), 2:1 Afanou (35.), 3:1 von Taube (43.).
Unused subs: Nadler, Horvath, Karandrikas
Unavailable players: Matthias Kösters, Frank Egwuatu, Leopold Schmid, Thibault Maspimby
Position: 2., 9 points
Last weekend, Bayern’s U-19s had secured their second 4-0 win in a row to start the season and were comfortably top of the table. However, they welcome Stuttgart’s U-19s to their home in midweek and were promptly thrashed 6-1. It was a huge blow to the morale, saw them surrender top spot in the league and would raise a big question for the weekend match: Can they handle the pressure following such a devastating defeat? This weekend’s opponents were Ingolstadt, who had played 2 games and won both. Their last match was on the last weekend against Stuttgart, overcoming them 3-2 in an underdog victory. The narrative was clear: To get back on track, Bayern would need to beat the ones who beat them badly. But it was a wonderful opportunity to redeem themselves.
Taking on Ingolstadt was a rotated XI. Only Skendy Nuraj remained of the back 4 that started vs Stuttgart, as Horvath, Karandrikas and Gashi were replaced by El Chaar, Mijatović (dropping down from the U-23s) and Moumouni, respectively. Horoszczak was also left on the bench and Maric joined him there in a last minute decision, with Imade and Afanou both starting.
Bayern started the game the better team and should have scored within a few minutes. A brilliant combination between von Taube and Schaff saw the latter race through and lay the ball across to Afanou, who contrived to miss from just a few yards out with the goal at his mercy. He would make up for it, though, by demonstrating his speed and power when the ball ricocheted to him in the 8th minute, tanking past two players and beating the goalkeeper from a difficult angle.
Unfortunately, the defensive difficulties that were laid bare against Stuttgart were not ironed out yet. A poorly weighted pass by Roy Snip saw the ball easily intercepted and immediately launched over the Bayern defense to Ingolstadt’s #11, Kaydin, who beat Moumouni in a 1v1 duel to run through on goal, only stopped by a foul in the penalty area. Kaydin himself duly stepped up and netted the equalizer from 12 yards out.
The period after this was a shaky one. A throw on the right from behind the halfway saw two Bayern defenders misjudge it and get underneath it, another get easily pushed away from goal by a forward before the forward played a simple pass across the box. If not for a brilliant save from goalkeeper Podiar-Stiube, the turnaround would have been complete. And all that from just a throw in and one pass. The game would devolve into bad decision making from both sides and failed attacks, though the visitors would tend to get closer.
Then von Taube decided to seize the game with both hands. The #9 had to drift out wide to receive the ball but elegantly eased past his marker before driving into the box, getting his head up and laying the ball across the box for Afanou, who would not miss this close range finish. Then, after Imade was brought down and the referee ignored the transgression, Nuraj did brilliantly to keep the play going and get to the loose ball first. Von Taube also quickly realized what was happening and made a brilliant run to the near post and was found by an exceptional dinked pass from his left back before smashing the ball into the back of the net just before halftime. 3-1 at the break.
From there, Bayern managed to assert a level of control. Outside of one good Podiar-Stiube save early in the second half, the visitors created little more while Bayern wasted the remaining opportunities they had. In the end, the game ended with the same scoreline at halftime: 3-1.
Multiple players deserve praise for their performances- Nuraj, Schaff and Afanou spring to mind- but again by far the best player on the pitch was von Taube. The notable striker talent has been compared to Kane for how good of a playmaker he is and he demonstrated exactly why those comparisons are earned. Beyond just those brilliant moments, every action he had was oozing with technical quality and consistency. Most young players will demonstrate their quality in a handful of actions but struggle to replicate that quality consistently throughout 90 minutes. But everything von Taube did was superb. He deserves praise for that.
1. FC Nürnberg U-17s 2-4 Bayern U-17s, Matchday 3
Bayern lineup (with subs): Röhlk – Etüz, Ebert, Schreyer, Dachgruber – Zubovic, Mujic, Rieber (75. Hiseni) – Mahr (86. Nduka), Krasniqi, Ludwig (23. Herber)
Goals: 1:0 Jüngling (4.), 1:1 Ludwig (21.), 1:2 Mujic (45.+2), 2:2 Postolenko (46.), 2:3 Mahr (52.), 2:4 Krasniqi (90.+1).
This was a victory earned through impressive consistency. Traveling to face local rivals Nürnberg in a derby, Bayern was dealt the first blow through an early goal by Jüngling. They did not let this break their focus, though, taking control of the match, creating chances and eventually equalizing and even taking the lead just before half time. They were sucker punched again by another early concession in the second half, but still fought their way back to win. For a team filled with teenagers, such mental resolve is impressive.
“All in all, the victory against Nuremberg was deserved. I was particularly pleased with our reaction after conceding an early goal in the first half. We were very dominant and gained control of the game – just as we had planned. It was probably the best half we’ve played so far. After the break, we had to fight off another early goal, but then we managed to turn the game around in a more complicated phase,” said head coach Lars Bender.
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