Bayern wins 8:0 in Kuwait friendly, with match observations

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Bayern struggled to find its sync early on its in friendly against Kuwait Sporting Club, but a strong display in the second half led the team to a 8:0 victory.

Since this was a friendly, which is the occasion for Pep Guardiola to experiment, I won’t go ahead with serious analysis. But here are a few observations.

First half

• Kuwait’s pace gave trouble to the defence, allowing passes across the
• pace gave trouble to the defence;
• Kuwait crowded the area efficiently, minimizing the number of chances created;
• Javi played deep in the middle as defensive midfielder, often being the last man to stop a scoring chance;
• The passing game did not flow for the first 20 minutes. Players struggled with ball control;
• The chemistry was good between Claudio Pizarro and Mario Mandzukic, linking up for dangerous attacks.

Second half

• More regular starters were on the pitch and Bayern had more control of the game;
• Mitchell Weiser did a great job at playing on the right and serving passes towards the middle.

Goals

1:0 Shaqiri walks on the edge of the area, serves a pass to Pizarro in the middle. He shoots, takes his rebound and scores (31')

2:0 Julian Green takes pass on the left, cuts inside and shoots inside the far post (48')

3:0 Weiser comes down on the right, sends a pass to Götze in the middle and he tips it in with his toes (58')

4:0 Thomas Müller receives a high bouncing deflection from Weiser and heads it in (61')

5:0 Müller receives a cutback by Götze and shoots it in (65')

6:0 Thiago receives a pass from the left by Green and slides to put it in (83')

7:0 Götze has the ball in the area, taking a pass by Thiago, the keeper comes out but he shoots it past him before getting stopped (85')

8:0 Thiago sees the ball bouncing in front of him in the area and he volleys it in (89')

Lineup

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