Welcome to the FC Bayern Campus Round Up, where Bayern Munich’s U-17, U-19, and U-23 matches are recapped, line ups are provided and highlights to each match are hyperlinked on top of their respective score lines. Unfortunately, none of these matches can be viewed in full length without an FCBayernTV subscription. Without further ado, here is the round up:
Bayern lineup: Schmitt – Manuba (75. Marušić), Dettoni, Breitkreuz, Brückner – Kern, Denk, Aseko (75. Rüger) – Della Rovere (66. Irankunda), Wagner (66. Unsöld), Demircan (88. Yildiz).
Unused subs: Pavlešić – Scholl, Becker, Kusi-Asare.
Injured players: Younes Aitamer, Benjamin Ballis, Moritz Mosandl, Jonathan Asp Jensen, Javier Fernandez
Goals: 0:1 Maljojoki (15.), 1:1 Demircan (20.), 2:1 Denk (35.), 3:1 Breitkreuz (40.), 3:2 Malinowski (50.), 4:2 Wagner (55.), 5:2 Irankunda (68.)
The Rückrunde, or second half of the Regionalliga Bayern season, has now begun and Bayern did so in style. Despite the visitors’ opener through a goalkeeping mistake, the home side kept their cool and eventually managed to squeeze five past the opposition goalkeeper thanks to a rare Emirhan Demircan header, the usual biweekly Luca Denk goal, the biweekly Breitkreuz headed goal and a couple of goals in the second half from forwards Maximilian Wagner and Nestory Irankunda.
Speaking of Irankunda, his case is a very interesting one. He has certainly not been bad for Bayern II, but for all his brilliant positive attributes, he also has a lot of weaknesses that have certainly been laid bare over the current season. His attacking movement outside of the box is uncertain, his linkup play very sloppy, his passing in general could use more precision and he needs to be more calm on the ball.
These weaknesses saw him dropped last week and this week as well, but Irankunda has responded well by winning a penalty through his tenacity last week and scoring a smart goal on the counter this week. Sure, he was hardly lacking in either tenacity or pace in previous weeks but it would have been easy to sulk after making such a high profile move and being benched. He just needs to keep this up and the lacking areas of his game will improve over time.
This result sees Bayern draw so very close to the top of the table. Both Bayreuth and 1. FC Schweinfurt, the two teams ahead of 3rd placed Bayern II, lost this weekend, meaning Bayern are two points behind Bayreuth with two games in hand and three points behind top of the table Schweinfurt with a game in hand.
Bayern lineup (with subs): Klanac – Dalpiaz (87. Schuhbauer), Puljić, Schäfer (90.+1 Paylan), Ofli – Nasrawe (87. Zöls), Mijatović, Richter (71. Eckl) – Scott (71. Wilson), Chavez, Mike (87. Hoffmann).
Goals: 0:1 Plöttner (23.), 1:1 Mike (34.), 2:1 Schuhbauer (90.+3), Qela (90.+4)
Injured players: Tim Binder, David Santos, Iwinosa Uhuns, Sadiki Chemwor, Noah Codjo-Evora
This was a frustrating game for many reasons. The line up already produced a noticeable surprise, with center back Roko Mijatović slotting into midfield as usual starter Veis Yildiz was promoted to Bayern II. But Bayern still had the better of the match and arguably should have won it. However, the good play as undone by sloppy defending on set pieces, the source of the opponents’ two goals.
Still, everything else paled to the nature of the 1859+1 equalizer. Bayern believed they had scored the winner when Maximilian Schuhbauer reacted well to tap in a goal with the clock reading 92:35 after two additional minutes were signaled. However, the referee allowed the game to keep going for nearly two more minutes, only blowing his whistle after the late equalizer from the guests. It was a phenomenal equalizer, with goalkeeper Milan Qela acting with all the confidence and know-how of a seasoned striker to head the ball past Bayern goalkeeper Leon Klanac. But the nature of it was rather aggravating for Bayern.
This result does nothing to damage Bayern’s standing in the league, however. The point was enough to give Bayern an 11 point lead over 2nd place with three games left, confirming Bayern as league victors.
Bayern U-17 4-0 Augsburg U-17
Bayern lineup (with subs): Ruland – Wijks, Kiala, Pavlić (60. Schmid), Ajayi (60. Moumouni) – Karl (73. Anand), Lambe, Göttlicher (73. Matosevic) – Snip, Gashi (72. Afanou), Egwuatu (60. Hentcho Nseke)
Goals: 1:0 Gashi (7.), 2:0 Gashi (17.), 3:0 Egwuatu (44.), 4:0 Karl (66.)
Unfortunately, Bayern did not make the highlights to the U-17s match against Augsburg available, with this weekend’s summary via their official website fairly lackluster. In general, the coverage of the youth teams this weekend was quite poor, with no U-19 live stream, a far too short highlight package of the U-19s match and no U-17 highlights. Hopefully, Bayern do better next week.
Looking for more thoughts and analysis on Bayern Munich’s upcoming Champions League match with Benfica, along with a reaction to Bayern Munich drawing Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB-Pokal? What about our takes on the latest news regarding Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané, and Alphonso Davies — and what might happen if Bayern actually finds a way to ink them all? Great, then check out our Bavarian Podcast Works — Flagship Show on Patreon, Spotify, or below:
