FC Bayern celebrate a resounding victory at FC St. Pauli on the 29th Bundesliga matchday. FCBinside provides three insights into the game
Bayern win 5:0 on the Kiez and the game provided the following insights
1. Kompany has built an unstoppable goal machine
The championship could be decided as early as next week: on matchday 30, Bayern only need to gain one more point than second-placed Borussia Dortmund and could then celebrate the title as early as mid-April. Bayern have to play VfB Stuttgart at home on Sunday, while BVB play TSG Hoffenheim the day before
It has long been clear that winning the title is only a matter of time, which is why Bayern are now only playing for records in the Bundesliga. The team achieved a particularly impressive one against St. Pauli
Leon Goretzka’s interim 2:0 was FCB’s 102nd goal of the season, breaking the previous Bundesliga record set by Franz Beckenbauer and Co. in 1972, when the Kaiser scored the record goal for Munich and the record was only broken 54 years later
And that’s not all: Bayern under coach Vincent Kompany are set to pulverize the record. After the resounding victory at St. Pauli, Munich have already scored 105 goals. And the current Bayern team still has five games to go. The fans can be optimistic about scoring many more goals in the remainder of the season, because Kompany has built an unstoppable goal machine
The game at the Kiez was exemplary of this, and was actually the worst possible time for Bayern, between the first and second legs of their Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid
And yet Bayern still wanted a goal in Hamburg. Even when the record was broken: still a goal. Slowing down? Still a goal!
Bayern under Kompany are greedy to the max this season and that is unlikely to change in the remaining games of the season. The goalscoring record is likely to be pushed up considerably by this team
2. Bayern are ready for Real
Kompany rotated his team against St. Pauli, changing seven positions compared to the 2-1 first-leg win in Madrid. Munich once again approached the dress rehearsal ahead of the second leg with the utmost seriousness and did not stop scoring even when the three points had already been secured
There is another way of doing things, as their opponents Real proved. In their dress rehearsal, the Whites were held to a 1-1 draw by Girona, who are in the middle of the table in Spain. There is another way of boosting confidence
Bayern, on the other hand, are ready for Real and go into the game as favorites, even if Real Madrid should never be written off, as Bayern supervisory board member Karl-Hein Rummenigge warned
„We mustn’t make the mistake of letting too much euphoria build up. I’m currently seeing a bit of hype, and I honestly don’t like it,“ said Rummenigge on DAZN . He added: „Real Madrid have annoyed us often enough here in Munich, and I’d like to remind you of that.“
However, Bayern don’t look like they’re taking their opponents seriously enough. Kompany’s philosophy all season has been to only ever talk about the next opponent and to take every team seriously. Just look at the performance at St. Pauli. It’s hard to imagine that Bayern will get sloppy just before the Real return leg. The players and Kompany are currently taking every task too seriously
3. Musiala can still become a weapon
Harry Kane, Michael Olise, Luis Diaz, Serge Gnabry – after the win at the Bernabeu at the latest, the whole of European soccer raved about Bayern’s attack. Jamal Musiala only came off the bench in Madrid and was then unable to really make his mark
Musiala has been hampered this season by his serious injury at the Club World Cup and subsequent ailments, but he probably played his best game of the season at St. Pauli. He put Bayern on the road to victory with his goal for 1-0 – with his head! Musiala also set up the 4-0 through Nicolas Jackson
Former Bayern boss Oliver Kahn had previously publicly advised Musiala that he should skip the upcoming World Cup in order to get really fit
After the game, the 23-year-old made it clear that he very much wanted to help „the country and the team“ at the tournament
But it’s not just in the summer that Musiala can become valuable for Germany. Bayern’s number 10 can also become a weapon for the club in the decisive games of the season. With his world-class technique, inimitable dribbling and his eye for goal, Musiala is always good for a game-winning move
Perhaps in the semi-final of the DFB Cup in Leverkusen. Perhaps in a possible Champions League semi-final. Or even on Wednesday against Real!